What Do You Know About the News?

[Buttercup]

Admittedly, I'm a sucker for quizzes of all kinds. Let's see what you know about current events.

"Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news by taking our short 12-question quiz.

Then see how you did in comparison with 1,002 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted September 25-28 by the Pew Research Center.

When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American and compare responses across demographic groups."



I scored 11 out of 12. Post your score

The News IQ Quiz | Pew Research Center

 

[Brinne]

8 of 12, I botched it with some of the percentages and the North Dakota question.

 

[Viker]

10 of 12. Better than 92%. I would say not bad but I fudged up the ones about government spending and the unemployment rate.

 

[Valjean]

12/12
But I'm a news junkie.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

12 out of 12. But then again, I have a few primary news sources and several others, so it wasn't that hard of a quiz.

 

[s2a]

Admittedly, I'm a sucker for quizzes of all kinds. Let's see what you know about current events.

"Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news by taking our short 12-question quiz.

Then see how you did in comparison with 1,002 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted September 25-28 by the Pew Research Center.

When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American and compare responses across demographic groups."

You answered 12 of 12 questions correctly.
You scored better than 99% of the public and the same as 1%.



I'm such a nerd.

 

[YmirGF]

You answered 12 of 12 questions correctly.
You scored better than 99% of the public and the same as 1%.



That wasn't much of a shock, lol. I am informed.

 

[YmirGF]

12 out of 12. But then again, I have a few primary news sources and several others, so it wasn't that hard of a quiz.

True. There are probably a few that would be stumped by, "What is Hillary R. Clinton's first name."

 

[Slide]

6/12.

Well, crap. My retention hasn't improved.

 

[Bunyip]

I got 9. But how am I supposed to know what you Seppo's are up to?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I got 9. But how am I supposed to know what you Seppo's are up to?

9 also.
I wonder if our North American friends understand what a Seppo is? We should do a quiz on Aussie slang, mate.

 

[Bunyip]

9 also.
I wonder if our North American friends understand what a Seppo is? We should do a quiz on Aussie slang, mate.

Seppo.....septic tank.....YANK.
Flat out like a lizard drinkin - would've clarified earlier.

 

[Pastek]

You scored better than 78% of the public, below 14% and the same as 8%.

You answered 8 of 12 questions correctly.


Well many questions were about national us problems that i don't know about but i did quite well