# How much do you know (quiz) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375 "2008-12-02T19:07:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/1 "2008-12-02T19:07:58Z")
How much do you know about the basics of the US government? Here is a short quiz about our national historic documents and our economic system. Please take the quiz without reference to any sources other than the knowledge in your head. I’m betting that Dopers will do much better than the national average, and a lot better than the politicians who took the test! Be sure to post your scores after you visit the site below, and have fun! [http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx](http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/2 "2008-12-02T19:09:57Z")
I took this last week after reading a news story referring to the surprisingly poor performance of elected officials who took the test. I got 100%. Does that mean I can be VP now? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/3 "2008-12-02T19:20:16Z")
90.91% here and I’m a Brit. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/4 "2008-12-02T19:21:26Z")
78% I’m above average - barely! ☹ Hangs head in shame ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/5 "2008-12-02T19:30:43Z")
I missed Question 33 for a score of 96.97% A pretty fair and comprehensive quiz considering its brevity. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/6 "2008-12-02T19:35:48Z")
100% ---
**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:** [December 2, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/7 "2008-12-02T19:38:11Z")
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % Missed Questions: Question #27 CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/8 "2008-12-02T19:41:03Z")
%66.67. I never cared much for history. Maybe if I’m doomed to repeat it, it will help me remember! ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/9 "2008-12-02T19:46:28Z")
32 for 33 = 96.97%. I missed question 29. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/10 "2008-12-02T19:49:11Z")
84,85% correct. Missed on questions: 6, 7, 8, 15 and 25 ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/11 "2008-12-02T19:49:51Z")
90.91% Not to bad considering I was on the phone working while taking the test and I missed some easy ones I would have got if I was paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/12 "2008-12-02T19:51:58Z")
Missed 2, for 93.94%. I didn’t know what the anti-Federalists did, and I over-thought the last question, “If taxes equal government spending, then…” I thought they were trying to trick me with the answer that turned out to be right. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/13 "2008-12-02T19:56:11Z")
96.97%. Missed #33. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/14 "2008-12-02T19:56:31Z")
72%, just short of an average American. I’m happy with that. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/15 "2008-12-02T19:58:01Z")
90.91%, and an Australian. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/16 "2008-12-02T20:01:30Z")
87%. Not bad for a lot of guessing from a grubby unwashed foreigner. 🙂 I noticed that Question 33 had no correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/17 "2008-12-02T20:06:00Z")
93%. I missed two economic questions. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/18 "2008-12-02T20:06:13Z")
Missed 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 for a total of 81,82%. Acceptable for a non-US citizen, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/19 "2008-12-02T20:06:59Z")
Stupid questions 33. I got all of the right but that one. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/20 "2008-12-02T20:07:14Z")
81%, but half the ones I missed were due to sloppy thinking. All in all I’m satisfied with my result. Screwed up on the questions themed on abortion, taxes = spending, ‘by and for the people’, economic recession, anti-Federalists, and powers of the federal government. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375.md?page=2)