Americans Suck at News IQ Quiz

13 Mar 2008 By

The Pew Research Center recently did a survey on News IQ and let’s just say that the American public didn’t do so well.

12 out of 12 correct answers puts you in the 97th percentile. Honestly, I happened to guess correctly on a couple of them. But it’s multiple choice; it shouldn’t be that difficult.

What’s screwed up is that the question answered most correctly (by quite a bit) is about Barack Obama’s most famous campaigner.

How’d you do?

(via News Cut)

  • http://mysocalledblog.com Lachlan

    Not surprising we suck. But I got 11/12, so yay me for not sucking.

  • http://fridayfishwrap.com MJ

    Ooh, I love quizes!

    10 of 12 for me (I missed the dow jones and serbia questions dang it!) so yay me for not totally sucking either!

  • Missy

    I, on the other hand, do suck. Guess I haven’t been listening to enough Wait, Wait (my primary source of news). Shame prevents me from publicly admitting my score. So, Erica how did you do?

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    12/12, of course!