What's Your News IQ??

[TahitiNut]

What's Your News IQ?
Take the Quiz

To find out, we invite you to take our short quiz about prominent people and major events in the news -- then see how you did in comparison with 1,502 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a recent national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

You'll also be able to compare your News IQ with the average scores of men and women; with college graduates as well as those who didn't attend college; with people who are your age as well as with younger and older Americans. Are you more news-savvy than the average American? Here's your chance to find out.

http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/

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My results...
Thank you for taking our News IQ quiz. You correctly answered 9 of the 9 possible questions along with approximately 4% of the public. You did better than 96% of the general public.
(in "invisible ink")

[devilgrrl]

1. I missed one...

:blush:

[Matsubara]

2. I only got five right.

:cry:

I'm terrible at remembering figures...

[file83]

4. Don't worry, it's only trivia.

It has ZERO reflection on your "News IQ" (no such thing, really).

If you are here at the DU, you've got a higher IQ than most of America anyways!

[TahitiNut]

8. Well, I can't remember more than about 3 or 4 Kanji (other than numbers).

After dating and living with my Japanese fiancee/girlfriend for 2 years, I don't think I learned more than 25 or 30. (Damn things just don't stick in my head.) I found that VERY frustrating. Very.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Got 'em all right!

Interesting quiz. I wish they had also broken the results down based on which party you affiliate yourself with.

[Solly Mack]

5. 9/9

sad really...I need more prime-time in my life lol

[Nite Owl]

6. All correct n/t

[Straight Shooter]

7. Oops, I skipped over one and they counted it incorrect.

Which wasn't a smart thing for me to do, then. :P

[me b zola]

15. me too

I didn't even see the question that I had skipped, I don't know what happened.

But I also missed one of my own accord, one that I really should have known. :dunce:

Still, my score was 7/9, so that is how I answered this poll.

[Clark2008]

54. If you didn't answer the first part of that question correctly, then

you don't GET the second part.

It was the minimum wage question. If you didn't answer that both houses had passed the bill, then you didn't get the second question as to how much the minimum wage would be increased.

That's why you didn't see it. :)

[Straight Shooter]

60. Waaahh! That's not fair. I knew it had increased to $7.25.

They shoulda asked dat one first. :dunce:

[bunkerbuster1]

87. Yeah, 'sup with that?

I thought it was only the House, not the Senate. So why doesn't the Pew poll give you a chance to answer the question about the wage?

Seems like they've screwed up.

[SharonRB]

63. Thanks for the explanation, Clark!

Even though I got the first one wrong -- I wasn't sure if the Senate had actually passed it yet -- I would have gotten the second one right.

[TahitiNut]

76. The Senate passed it with an amendment. AFAIK, it's not yet assigned to a conference committee.

The last action on the legislation was in the first week in February. It seems all they give a shit about is being able to claim they voted for it ... and have no haste in actually enacting it.

[Straight Shooter]

96. I think that's what my problem was; I don't remember it being finalized, a done deal.

My bad. I do remember being very excited about the House passing it, after Repub control stalling the issue for so long.

[yodermon]

89. that's exactly what happend to me!

I thought the Senate hadn't passed it yet :blush:

[KoKo]

84. Was it the raise in "minimum wage?" It never came up on my screen

so it got counted as "incorrect."

[angstlessk]

95. No, it is the minimum wage quesiton, if you got that wrong, they

ASS U ME the next question is wrong..they do not even ask it..and you get a demerit for not answering it. I thought since it is now in the supplemental it had not passed, but I recall the HOUSE passed it..but the Senate blocked it..my bad!

[Reverend_Smitty]

9. Got 9 out of 9

[sandnsea]

10. Hillary formed an exploratory committee

I'm not 100%, but I don't think she's made her actual official announcement yet, just the exploratory announcement. So I missed that one.

[jgraz]

13. Holy shit -- she can't even take a position on her own candidacy?

Maybe she should wait for a focus group. :rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Yes she did announce

maybe 3 months ago?

[sandnsea]

28. Yeah, she was forming an exploratory committee

In it to win it? That was announcing the exploratory committee. Usually they do an official announcement after that. Maybe she did and I missed it, but I didn't find it in google either.

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. Tell the people who wrote this quiz they are wrong then

:)

[sandnsea]

35. I'm just trying to find out

That's all. :shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. I watched her on TV

She announced. It was a weekend. Sorry I don't remember the exact date. Maybe in February?

[sandnsea]

41. This?

"Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has announced that she is forming an exploratory committee for president, thereby launching a bid to become the first female chief executive of the United States.

"I'm in," she said on a Web site, hillaryclinton.com. "And I'm in to win."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2810072&page=1


Usually there's the exploratory committee, and then the official announcement later. She made the exploratory committee announcement Jan 21. I'm just trying to find out whether she made the official announcement later. If you've got a link to something, that would be terrific.

[hfojvt]

46. I checked the press releases on her website

and find no official announcement. The website says it is funded by the exploratory committee. However, I consider that a moot point, that after announcing her exploratory committee she started campaigning, raising funds, going to debates. I would say you are then a candidate, unlike Fred Thompson or Newt or Gore, who are not doing those things. I also thought it was odd when I read the news that Brownback announced, because I thought he had done so a month earlier, and I just noticed Richardson's announcement. I was no aware of the multiple announcement tradition.

Which, of course, is a huge trouble with multiple guess tests. I wondered about the minimum wage too, because they have passed it, but they have not passed it in the sense of sending a bill to the White House. I have heard it was going to be attached to the Iraq bill. If they do that, it would be nice if they would dump the business tax cuts.

[sandnsea]

47. The question was did she announce

specifically. And the no response was, no she did NOT announce, just like that. So it was confusing.

And it matters, they just aren't the same announcement. I didn't make the rules.

[nonconformist]

56. Well, that WAS her official announcement - "I'm in" on her website

She seems to consider that her official announcement, as does the media.

[sandnsea]

68. Was Richardson not running until May 21?

http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0098

He announced his exploratory committee in January too.

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/richardson/richardson012107st.html

Seems to me the media considered him running before May 21.

Dean didn't announce until June 2003, Kerry and Edwards officially announced in September.

Again, this is just the way it's done. I didn't make up the process. One of these days she'll make an official announcement, or somebody will show me where she did and I missed it.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

65. With All Due Respect, How Much More Friggin Clear Does One Need To Be Than "I'm IN. I'm IN To WIN".

I mean seriously, that's not straightforward enough?

[sandnsea]

70. See above

It's just not the process. I can't help the process. The question was whether she had announced, not whether she was running.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

71. I Saw Above And Found It Ridiculous, Hence My Reply. Again, How Much More Clear In Announcing Can

one be than saying "I'm IN. I'm IN to WIN."?

You seriously are trying to put forth a premise in which the above is NOT considered announcing? Seriously? How much clearer can one be? Wipe your eyes; there's no grey here.

[sandnsea]

78. I didn't make the damned process

If you want to call the process ridiculous, you're welcome to do it. You can't call ME ridiculous for pointing out the fucking process. If she officially announced, the way Richardson did, then get me the article. I fully recognize I may have missed it.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

82. What The Fuck Process Are You Talking About? Do You Have A Link To This Written In Stone Process?

[sandnsea]

83. Oh criminy

Go yell at the Washington Post.

"The word "exploratory" is not in any FEC regulations. Instead, the phase is referred to as "testing the waters," and an exploratory committee is legally just a campaign committee with "exploratory" in its name. When a formal campaign is announced, the candidate usually changes the name of the committee -- for instance, from "Obama Exploratory Committee," as the senator named his new entity, to something like "Obama for President."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011701820.html

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

85. Nowhere In That Article Does It Claim That Saying "I'm IN, I'm IN To WIN" Is A Sign Of Exploring.

Look, you're wrong here. You got the answer wrong on a meaningless quiz. Get over it. Sheesh.

[sandnsea]

88. I already posted THAT link

THAT was the post you first responded to. Why don't you just APOLOGIZE for being such an asshole to me, how about that. *I'm* not making a big deal about it, I asked if she had actually announced the OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN and I missed it, that's all.

"Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has announced that she is forming an exploratory committee for president, thereby launching a bid to become the first female chief executive of the United States.

"I'm in," she said on a Web site, hillaryclinton.com. "And I'm in to win."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2810072&page=1

[springhill]

43. That's the only one I missed also.

[sutz12]

11. Surprised myself and aced it.

:)

edited for spelling

[Adsos Letter]

12. 8/9...I'm happy with that.

[emilyg]

42. same here.

[Lugnut]

14. 9 out of 9

I surprised myself.

[AzDar]

16. 9/9 ...I think I need a hobby.

[pepperbear]

17. THANKS TO DU, I got of 9/9. .....

consider it a glowing testimonial.

:grouphug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. 9/9.

[Egnever]

19. Bah I missed one that counted as 2!

apparently if you get the minimum wage one wrong you aren't given the follow up question on what it was raised to and automatically get that question wrong even though you didn't even get to answer it!

Lame, but oh well I am happy with my results just the same.

[Suich]

29. Me, too!

Bummer! :-(

[Mojorabbit]

34. That is what happened to me too

I couldn't figure out why I had not seen the question.
So I got a seven out of nine.

[Berry Cool]

48. Same here.

I feel dumb, because I should have known that.

[DKRC]

20. 9/9 because I'm addicted to DU!

:woohoo: Information overload put me in the 96th percentile baby!

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. 100%

Do I get a prize? :)

[azurnoir]

22. I got 7 correct

but the quiz "skipped" the question about how much the minmum wage would be raised, I took it again and that time it skipped 2 questions.

[RedCappedBandit]

24. 9/9

I get 96% of my news at DU ;)

[pansypoo53219]

25. i cheated

last time i got 8 of nine. but i still was squishy on the question i missed last time. how much the minimum wage was raised. still kinda lame.

[question everything]

26. I missed one. Really missed it

clicked too fast, or something and did not even see the question about the proposed new min. wage..

[SeattleGirl]

31. If you got the first question about the min. wage wrong (ie, which

house of Congress passed the min. wage law), the question about what the min. wage would be would not show up for you. So, either you got it wrong, or you did click to quickly.

[question everything]

36. Oh, that explains

yes, I got the first one wrong, I thought that it got stuck in the Senate.. waiting for giving something to small business in return. As a matter of fact, it is included in the "war fund" bill.

[Stinky The Clown]

103. Same here

As if my computer farted or the internet hiccoughed.

I gave myself an extra pint because, on reviewing the answers, I knew that one.

[uppityperson]

27. only 69% taking test know more Iraqi civilians killed than US military?

In 2006, were more Iraqi civilians or more U.S. soldiers killed as a result of the fighting in Iraq? 69%
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is John Roberts. Can you tell me if he is generally considered a liberal, a moderate, or a conservative? 37%

I got min wage wrong, was thinking $7.25 but underguessed.

[Richard Steele]

44. Yeah, some of those really surprised me. 37% know Roberts is conservative? WTH?

And the average score is only 50%. That's just sad.

[uppityperson]

61. 50% average, didn't notice that, well I did but I was thinking 50% is middle

hence average, didn't think that more should know this stuff. Joke on me.

[Jim Warren]

32. 8/9

The senate also passed the minimum wage bill?:shrug:

[porphyrian]

33. With DU as pretty much my only source, I scored better than 77% of Americans?

You really are better informed if you don't pay attention to the corporate media.

[Cobalt-60]

38. 7 of 9

isnt voyager on tonight?

[Breeze54]

39. I'm with 4% of the general public. 9 out of 9 correct..

Thank you for taking our News IQ quiz. You correctly answered 9 of the 9 possible questions
along with approximately 4% of the public. You did better than 96% of the general public.

And I don't have cable or satellite TV!!! :rofl:

[Skarbrowe]

40. I messed up on the minimum wage increase. That caused me 2 missed. nt

[deacon]

45. missed one

[guajira]

49. To my Surprise - All Correct

Which is why I like DU - posters here are much more informed than the general population!!

[RebelOne]

50. 9 out of 9. But why was my score 96%? Should have been 100%

[nonconformist]

51. Because you are in the top 4% and scored higher than 96% of the public

[nolabels]

91. Huh?

:crazy:


I missed the one about what party eye blong two.

JUst goes to prove you can't figure you know nothing until you know something :shrug:

[nonconformist]

52. 9/9. w00t!

Thank you for taking our News IQ quiz. You correctly answered 9 of the 9 possible questions along with approximately 4% of the public. You did better than 96% of the general public.

[malaise]

53. 9/9

I'm a news junkie.

[boobooday]

55. I guess I need to pay more attention to trade deficits . . .

and stuff like that.

I got seven.

[Coexist]

57. 9 for 9

[TahitiNut]

58. DUers KICK ass

:evilgrin:

[slackmaster]

59. Great excuse to post this pic

[Richard Steele]

66. Pfft. You just know those are "implants".

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SharonRB]

62. I got 7, but somehow one question never showed up

I never saw #5, the one about how much the minimum wage was raised to. So, I really only got one wrong. I would have gotten that one right if I had seen it.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

64. As Far As Sruveys Like This Go, This Was A Really Easy One.

But how depressing is it that not one of the questions received more than 70%?

I mean, 30 somethin percent of people don't know we have a trade deficit? That more Iraqi civilians were killed than troops? Jesus.

[BlooInBloo]

69. Yup.

[MH1]

73. 30 % ? Hmmm, that number sounds familiar.

30% of people not knowing we have a trade deficit just about explains the hardcore 30% of Bush supporters, doesn't it?

[TahitiNut]

74. It's appalling. No wonder Smirk gets 30% approval. These people vote, too.

We're the most politically ignorant country on the planet, imho. The average European or Canadian seems to know more about Ammerican politics than the average American.

[Marnieworld]

67. Well I'm officially awesome-9/9

But that's old news. :D

[npincus]

72. 9/9... I wonder how the FREEPTARDS would do?

[MH1]

75. 9/9. :) n/t

[geardaddy]

77. 9 for 9

I was actually surprised that I got them all correct.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

79. 9 for 9, but had to guess

on the minimum wage number. They all seem too low. :(

edit to add:
Maybe this is almost like cheating. I get as much or more info from DU as I get from watching or reading "the news". And if the words aren't here, then the links certainly are.

[madokie]

80. 96

I'm not sure how that can be but there it is

[BluePatriot]

81. Most people don't know all that? Yikes (nt)

[HCE SuiGeneris]

86. 9 of 9. I guess I spend too much time here.

;)

[SaveElmer]

90. I thinkn one of the questions is wrong...

Hillary Clinton has not formally announced she was running for President...she announced an exploratory committee...

Obviously she is running...splitting hairs I know...but still

[Richard Steele]

97. That's the one that I missed as well. A mere technicality, perhaps...but as you say, "but still". nm

[sandnsea]

99. Well ya don't say

Thanks for pointing that out upthread.

[Iris]

92. I got 7 out of 9 even though I haven't consciously read or watched or listened to any news

in months. (I'm finsihing my master's).

Anyway, I hope I don't bring the Dems. down in the final tally.

[in_cog_ni_to]

93. 9 correct.

Thank you for taking our News IQ quiz. You correctly answered 9 of the 9 possible questions along with approximately 4% of the public. You did better than 96% of the general public.

[tmlanders]

94. 9 out of 9

But I wish they gave the Dem vs. Rep. breakdown. It would probably track with those polls they do on Fox News viewers.

[helderheid]

98. 9 outta 9, baby!

[baldguy]

100. along with approximately 4% of the public

[Kadie]

101. Wow! I got them all correct.

Thanks DU for keeping me informed!

:bounce:

[bamacrat]

102. 9 for 9, the national average is 50%, sad.