93.94% . Not bad for a Frenchman, so I can boast.
I got wrong the Gettysburg address and the federalists.
I got 90.91%, or 30 out of 33. I missed 14, 26, and 33, 14 because I’m not a religion major (I thought the Puritans were pacifists, as opposed to thinking all humans were sinful) and 26 and 33 because the test is wrong:
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[li]A business’s profits is assets minus liabilities, not revenue minus expenses. Revenues minus expenses ignores debts, meaning it gives an overly-rosy picture of the current financial status.[/li][li]If taxes equal government spending, then… none of their answers really fit. I chose ‘government debt is zero’ as the least retarded response, because there is no way to know if tax per person equals government spending per person (their preferred option): As a limiting case, the government could be taking in taxes from everyone and giving it all to Halliburton. Taxes would still equal spending.[/li][/ul]
96.97% - 32 out of 33 correctly.
87.88%–I got four wrong.
Considering that American history is my weakest area, I don’t think I did too bad. I got the Gettysbug Address and FDR’s threats wrong.
I answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
Answers to my Missed Questions:
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person
#7 - I’m disappointed in myself for missing this one.
#33 was an awkward one to answer. At first I chose D, the “correct answer”, but then switched to “A. government debt is zero”. They could have been more clear what they meant by “per person”. Is it “per capita” average, or for each individual person? But giving it a second thought, I see why “A” is incorrect.
78.79%- I failed most of the finance-related questions, and was surprised that the “government of the people…” from the Gettysburg address was original to that document and not a quotation from a previous one used in it, as I thought it was.
93.94%
The page is saying that the average score is 74.2% and looking through the SDMBers results, that’s the low end of the scale here. It would be interesting to know whether that’s self-selection or actual knowledge.
Both, I would guess. I remember having once tried such a test and conveniently forgotten to post the results.
To drag down the average a bit, I got 78.79%, and probably would have forgotten to post that here.
However, they claim that:
I find those stats hard to believe, both that the general mean should be 49%, and that elected officials did significantly worse than the general public, so I think there’s probably some unrecognized skewering going on.
I got 87.88%.
If you click the 2007-2008 button at the top of the page, then click the “take the 2007 quiz” button on the left, you can take the 60-question version of the quiz. I got 93.33%.
I got 80% on that quiz. I’m not up on my ancient philosophy.
I was feeling like quite the genius with my 100% score, when I realized the first part of this thread (pre-resurrection) was for a much longer, apparently harder quiz.
So now I feel like less of a genius, but still, it’s positive reinforcement for the day to get 100% on anything.
That explains it. I only saw 33 questions. Then I came back here and folks were tlaking about 60 questions. I guess that means I fail automatically. 
Zombie Quiz!
100%, but then again, I’d better score that high. I teach this stuff!
My quiz only had 33 questions - but I got an 84.85%. A good, solid B, which is all I ever really ask for.
100% on the 33-question quiz.
82%. Eh, not the greatest, but I hate economics.
Word for word, my response.