For the third straight year, the Inter-collegiate Studies Institute has found that a large number of Americans (they surveyed 2,508 from a variety of backgrounds) cannot pass a basic 33 question test on civil literacy that include questions on their country's history and institutions. The average score on the test was 49%. An F.The test is available online, here. It took about five minutes and I scored a 73%. I will admit, I found some of the questions a little tough. Must be watching too much television, the number one reason American's are dumber these days.
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87.87%
Hate to brag: 93.94% (#8 and #33 taxes are not my strong point!) Actually I don't hate to brag. Rubbin' it in royally!
History major's don't count and people that read books, titled "Young Patriots." Now if it was "Young Patriots Do Washington" then that's another story...
87.88% but with some good guessing involved. Those last questions stumped me. Shows me I know more about history and not about taxes and the economic side of govt.
I missed one. Damn.
(My claim to fame...I lost on Jeopardy. Yep. The gospel truth, by $100.)
And I was a history major/history teacher, so I guess I'm disqualified...?
Hey, I know somebody whose been on tv!! Seriously, good for you. That show is hard, and now I have a bigger complex than I had before :)
You're swimming with the ladies here, but there's a pretty girl in your picture so you pass that XY test. You're almost too late, I'm thinking of lighting a torch to this blog and starting anew. Refereeing a lopsided game alone gets old after awhile. Maybe I'll do self help, or cooking or something.
(If you knew me you'd be peeing your pants with laughter right now, as I am good at neither.)
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