# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/21 "2008-12-02T20:10:59Z")
“You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88%” ---
**Author:** ![ProudlyDefiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@ProudlyDefiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProudlyDefiant)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/22 "2008-12-02T20:13:19Z")
90.91% I wish there was a breakdown by age. I’d like to see what the average 18-30 year old scores compared to other age brackets. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/23 "2008-12-02T20:13:41Z")
90.91 % Question 30 confused me. Question 33, I misread deficit for debt. Question 15, I didn’t know if it was A or E. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/24 "2008-12-02T20:14:57Z")
29/33 - 87.88% Question #33 kinda threw me though: The question is “If taxes equal government spending, then:” and its answer is “D. tax per person equals government spending per person”. I interpreted this to mean “The taxes paid by each individual are equal to the government spending on that same individual” not simply total taxes and total spending averaged out per person, which would have seemed too easy. Of course none of the other options were good either. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/25 "2008-12-02T20:16:50Z")
84.85%, missed 7, 8, 29, 30, 33 ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/26 "2008-12-02T20:19:43Z")
“You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %” I missed 7 and 8. I didn’t know there was Supreme Court involvement with the New Deal. I’d better go read about that… ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/27 "2008-12-02T20:21:44Z")
You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 % Average score for this quiz during December: 75.2% Average score: 75.2% Does this mean I should go back and read the constitution? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/28 "2008-12-02T20:22:01Z")
32 out of 33 here. I missed question #4. Civil War history was never my strength. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/29 "2008-12-02T20:33:03Z")
90.91% (missed 4,7 and 29) ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/30 "2008-12-02T20:33:33Z")
81.82% I thought that was pretty good until I saw the rest of your scores. Now I feel like a slacker… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/31 "2008-12-02T20:56:52Z")
78% here too – I suck at economics. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/32 "2008-12-02T21:18:02Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > I missed Question 33 for a score of 96.97% Same here. I’m a Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/33 "2008-12-02T21:24:04Z")
100%. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/34 "2008-12-02T21:40:28Z")
I got 3 wrong. I got 7 and 14 wrong and misread 21. Considering I’m not American, I’m satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/35 "2008-12-02T22:01:57Z")
> [@](#): > > You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 % (sigh) I misread one of the questions. The others I legitimately didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/36 "2008-12-02T22:02:49Z")
I got 84.85%, which motivated me to put a copy of the constitution in the bathroom for light reading. You can get cheap copies [here](http://www.ashbrook.org/constitution/) or [here](http://www.constitutionfacts.com/index.cfm?section=bookstore&page=bookstore.cfm). ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/37 "2008-12-02T22:05:57Z")
> [@JohnM](#): > > 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? I don’t know about that, but you can definitely be Governor of Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/38 "2008-12-02T22:07:49Z")
I’m shocked that I got 78%. I did not expect to do that well. **Rigamarole** , I had the exact same thought process on #33. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/39 "2008-12-02T22:16:39Z")
96.97%. I couldn’t remember exactly what the Lincoln-Douglas debates had been about, so I guessed (A), even though I knew that (B) would have made more sense given the time. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/40 "2008-12-02T22:22:24Z")
I am not surprised that I only scored a 67%. This Thanksgiving my older sister and I were remembering how our history classes in H.S. always started with Christopher Columbus and pretty much ended at the early part of the Civil war. It was the same every year. Our teacher never went beyond that. I had 3 years of History too. My husband was shocked to find out how little I know abut WWI and WWII! And the only time I ever remember studying the Constitution and Civics is in 7th grade. I obviously haven’t retained much since 1977. - I was a fairly decent student otherwise. Top 10% of my class in H.S. I really hope my son learns more about US government. I will have to study right along with him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375.md?page=3)