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News IQ Quiz #738902 09/08/13 01:43 PM 09/08/13 01:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette OP
The Italian Stallionette OP Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	I ran across this quiz by Pew Research asking how much you know about the news. For the fun of it, I took the quiz. A few tough questions IMHO. Anyway, I scored an 85. Give it a shot if you want. TIS http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/ "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #738949 09/08/13 06:34 PM 09/08/13 06:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,030 Texas O olivant
olivant O Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,030 Texas	TIS, I scored a 96. I thought the 1st question which illustrated the colored coded map was unfair as was the one with the graph of national populations. "Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: olivant] #738951 09/08/13 07:01 PM 09/08/13 07:01 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette OP
The Italian Stallionette OP Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	Yes that graph was very confusing to me too. I don't know how I got Wendy Davis and the Yahoo CEO lady mixed up. TIS "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #738955 09/08/13 07:46 PM 09/08/13 07:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,300 New York Sicilian Babe
Sicilian Babe Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,300 New York	That map was stupid. I did not do well, only a 65. I got that map wrong, the chart wrong and a couple of others that I thought were easy to mix up. I feel ashamed. President Emeritus of the Neal Pulcawer Fan Club

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: Sicilian Babe] #738958 09/08/13 09:55 PM 09/08/13 09:55 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 236 T TheIsland Made Member
TheIsland T Made Member Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 236	Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe That map was stupid. I did not do well, only a 65. I got that map wrong, the chart wrong and a couple of others that I thought were easy to mix up. I feel ashamed. You beat me I got a 52

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: TheIsland] #738966 09/08/13 11:25 PM 09/08/13 11:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,696 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,696 AZ	91. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #738981 09/09/13 02:47 AM 09/09/13 02:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,602 Yunkai afsaneh77 Mother of Dragons
afsaneh77 Mother of Dragons Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,602 Yunkai	Got 10 out of 13 right. Who cares about Yahoo's CEO? Also I thought congress had more women. And have no idea what "Common Core" is. Still don't care. Better than 85%. "Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: afsaneh77] #738995 09/09/13 08:30 AM 09/09/13 08:30 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	I got 8 correct, which I was quite pleased with, being a foreign body and all I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: Yogi Barrabbas] #739004 09/09/13 10:22 AM 09/09/13 10:22 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette OP
The Italian Stallionette OP Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	I didn't think it was easy at all but for someone NOT from the U.S., it would be totally foreign. TIS "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739013 09/09/13 11:32 AM 09/09/13 11:32 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania klydon1
klydon1 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania	96. I didn't recognize the blonde woman, but guessed correctly on two others after eliminating a couple of choices. I wouldn't have known Google Glass without a choice.

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: afsaneh77] #739014 09/09/13 11:36 AM 09/09/13 11:36 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania klydon1
klydon1 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania	Originally Posted By: afsaneh77 Also I thought congress had more women. And have no idea what "Common Core" is. Still don't care. Better than 85%. This was the "trick" question. While recent stories highlighted the Senate has more women members than ever after the 2012 election, and the House has had increasing numbers, it is still pretty much a male dominated Congress.

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: klydon1] #739037 09/09/13 01:04 PM 09/09/13 01:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,602 Yunkai afsaneh77 Mother of Dragons
afsaneh77 Mother of Dragons Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,602 Yunkai	Originally Posted By: klydon1 This was the "trick" question. While recent stories highlighted the Senate has more women members than ever after the 2012 election, and the House has had increasing numbers, it is still pretty much a male dominated Congress. I know, I remember hearing now there's a line at the lady's room for female senators. "Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739038 09/09/13 01:06 PM 09/09/13 01:06 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,300 New York Sicilian Babe
Sicilian Babe Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,300 New York	Actually, I heard the term "common core" on the news today, and immediately thought of that quiz. NYC schools opened this morning and the school chancellor was talking about it. President Emeritus of the Neal Pulcawer Fan Club

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739042 09/09/13 01:28 PM 09/09/13 01:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 722 Midwest LittleNicky Underboss
LittleNicky Underboss Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 722 Midwest	13 out of 13. The only question that obviously stupid was the yahoo CEO question. The others had some decent usage. Should probably ask Mr. Kierney. I guess if you're Italian, you should be in prison. I've read the RICO Act, and I can tell you it's more appropriate... for some of those guys over in Washington than it is for me or any of my fellas here

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: LittleNicky] #739076 09/09/13 04:24 PM 09/09/13 04:24 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,066 OH, VA, KY Mignon Mama Mig
Mignon Mama Mig Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,066 OH, VA, KY	5 out of 13. Shows how often I watch the news. Dylan Matthew Moran born 10/30/12

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739094 09/09/13 06:17 PM 09/09/13 06:17 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,427 Bar Vitelli, Queens, NY Signor Vitelli Underboss
Signor Vitelli Underboss Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,427 Bar Vitelli, Queens, NY	Eight out of thirteen right. Quite disappointed in myself. Pew Research indeed! Signor V. "For me, there's only my wife..." "Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!" "When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?" "It was a grass harp... And we listened." "Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?" "No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739158 09/10/13 05:59 AM 09/10/13 05:59 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette I didn't think it was easy at all but for someone NOT from the U.S., it would be totally foreign. TIS Some of it may have been guess work, but I actually did know a few I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: LittleNicky] #739540 09/12/13 12:51 PM 09/12/13 12:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel dontomasso Consigliere to the Stars
dontomasso Consigliere to the Stars Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel	Originally Posted By: LittleNicky 13 out of 13. The only question that obviously stupid was the yahoo CEO question. The others had some decent usage. Yeah right. "Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!" "I stood in the courtroom like a fool." "I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: dontomasso] #739546 09/12/13 12:58 PM 09/12/13 12:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel dontomasso Consigliere to the Stars
dontomasso Consigliere to the Stars Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel	12/13 Got the one wrong about demographics in Japan or whatever. "Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!" "I stood in the courtroom like a fool." "I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739659 09/13/13 02:37 AM 09/13/13 02:37 AM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,779 J jace Underboss
jace J Underboss Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,779	10 right, but I had an edge on one question, I saw Afsaneh's mention of Yahoo CEO, so I was able to get that one. So really would be 9 correct to be fair.

Re: News IQ Quiz [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #739824 09/14/13 10:08 AM 09/14/13 10:08 AM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,619 NJ Don Marco Underboss
Don Marco Underboss Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,619 NJ	96 - but a few were guesses. "After all, we are not communists" Christopher Moltisanti: You ever think what a coincidence it is that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease? Tony Soprano: Yeah well, when you're married, you'll understand the importance of fresh produce.

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