# How did you do on this simple quiz? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250 "2012-07-04T23:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/41 "2012-07-05T10:23:00Z")
4/10, better than 20% of Americans, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/42 "2012-07-05T11:06:19Z")
10/10 That’s 20 of us already getting 10 of 10, better than 99.6% of Americans. Either we’re all lying, or they’re underestimating what Americans know about the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/43 "2012-07-05T11:10:31Z")
9/10, dang! Some of them have been widely talked here, others in the Spanish news, others I hadn’t heard about but my crystal ball worked. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/44 "2012-07-05T11:26:21Z")
10/10. I’ve been paying attention, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/45 "2012-07-05T11:31:12Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > 10/10, Just guessed the way I hoped it would work Same here. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/46 "2012-07-05T11:59:56Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > I’m not American and know very little about Obamacare, but I got 8/10 because it seemed to me that the questions had a pro-public-healthcare leaning to them, so you could guess what they were getting at. Basically “Will Obamacare cause \ to happen?” Answer: No. Non-USer and I also got 8/10 based on the same rationale. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/47 "2012-07-05T12:05:29Z")
9/10. Missed #4. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/48 "2012-07-05T12:09:19Z")
I got 6/10, am not in the US and guessed my answers. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/49 "2012-07-05T12:17:27Z")
I’m Dutch, I don’t think I could explain how our UHC works but… > [@](#): > > You answered 8 out of 10 questions correctly, better than 90% of Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/50 "2012-07-05T12:49:25Z")
9/10. Missed the last one about immigrants. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/51 "2012-07-05T12:54:30Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > 10/10 > > It seemed like a lot of softball questions to get the participant invested in reading their spin. I’ll bite. What do you think of their spin, on a question by question basis? Are they accurate? Are the things mentioned in the question good or bad for Americans, why or why not? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/52 "2012-07-05T12:56:54Z")
Only 6 our of 10 but that’s because I answered 3 “I don’t knows”. I answered “no” on the first one because it’s not a fine, it’s a tax, even though I knew the answer they were looking for. Number 9 was sort of iffy too because of the state exchanges even though they’re not separate plans. So if I were to have taken my best guess I would have gotten 8, since I had a hunch on the other 2. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/53 "2012-07-05T13:11:49Z")
10/10, I’m finally a one percenter! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/54 "2012-07-05T18:09:51Z")
10/10 but I would be very upset if I missed any. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/55 "2012-07-05T18:12:51Z")
Considering the source it was very easy to get all 10 right. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/56 "2012-07-05T18:42:22Z")
8/10. Missed #5 because I don’t regard the tax credit as “financial help,” and #8 because, well, I didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/57 "2012-07-05T21:16:44Z")
10/10. I’ve been following this story all along. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/58 "2012-07-05T21:19:42Z")
_You answered 9 out of 10 questions correctly, better than 97% of Americans._ ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/59 "2012-07-05T21:28:01Z")
10/10 A couple of questions had wording that might be disputed (particularly the “Pay a fine” question, versus paying a “penalty” or a “tax”), but went with the less-nit-picky answer and thus got it right. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250/60 "2012-07-05T22:24:40Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > 9/10. > > snip > > I haven’t been paying much attention and am Canadian so have no skin in this. Most of my answers were deductions. It’s disappointing that I did better than 97% of Americans. Me too. Except, I missed the first question, I didn’t know there was a fine involved, so I thought it was a trick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-do-on-this-simple-quiz/627250.md?page=4)