# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/61 "2008-12-03T07:12:51Z")
100% I have to admit some of the questions were poorly worded. Over the years, I’ve trained myself to give the answers I think they want instead of the answers I think are best. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/62 "2008-12-03T07:26:15Z")
100%. I agree that many questions were poorly worded, including 33. But, like **bibliophage** , I suppose I’ve learnt how to take tests ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/63 "2008-12-03T12:58:59Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > Question 33, I misread deficit for debt. Yeah, I did that too. It was the only one I got wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/64 "2008-12-03T13:27:36Z")
100% but I’m pleased by the average score for dopers. There were quite a few esoteric questions on the quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/65 "2008-12-03T13:39:21Z")
I got 70%, not bad considering I’m not American! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/66 "2008-12-03T13:48:43Z")
I just like seeing how the average score for December is considerably higher than the overall average. I think we had something to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/67 "2008-12-03T14:54:24Z")
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % I feel stupid for not getting them all. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/68 "2008-12-03T15:30:03Z")
31 of 33. Missed 29 and 33. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/69 "2008-12-03T15:30:42Z")
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’. Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/70 "2008-12-03T15:37:07Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % > > Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’. > > Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it? I don’t think I took any History courses. History was part of a distribution requirement I think I met through Econ courses instead. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/71 "2008-12-03T16:22:08Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % > > Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’. > > Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it? Computer engineer undergrad degree here. And computer science masters degree. So no requirement for poli-sci or history in either case. I did take a post Civil War history course and a macroeconomics course as an undergrad, though. I’ve just been reading the newspaper pretty much everyday for a while now. It keeps me up on both current events, politics, and how the events of the day fit into the historical framework. ---
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/72 "2008-12-03T18:16:11Z")
90.91%, I was expecting a bit lower. ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/73 "2008-12-03T18:38:00Z")
93.94% Missed the Roe v Wade question, and the first ammendment one :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/74 "2008-12-03T18:47:03Z")
30/33 or 90.91%. I missed questions 7, 13, and 14. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/75 "2008-12-03T20:19:24Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I’ve just been reading the newspaper pretty much everyday for a while now. It keeps me up on both current events, politics, and how the events of the day fit into the historical framework. There’s a way to get news outside of the Dope and the Net in general?? :dubious: Hmm, I’ll have to look into this new-fangled “newspaper” you speak of… ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/76 "2008-12-03T20:32:00Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > 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. I did exactly the same 31/33 missing 11 and 33. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/77 "2008-12-03T20:52:59Z")
> [@lightingtool](#): > > “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… Look up “Court Packing Plan”. That’s the biggey. > [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % > > Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’. > > Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it? Yeah? Well in a week, I’ll have a PoliSci degree. I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. I usually wipe the floor with civics tests. I missed: Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity - thought they were antiwar too. Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters - Knew it wasn’t one of the big dogs, so I chose Mayflower Compact. I’ve never studied it or Jefferson. Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it - What?! That’s not a public good by definition! It’s public if the gov’t builds it with tax money. If my neighbor writes a check to the Boy Scouts of America and they clean our park, that’s not a public good, though I didn’t directly pay for it. They’re wrong, I’m right. Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person - Ok, I read it too quickly and picked A before reading my choices. This one is obvious now. Not once have I ever taken a civics class. Never. Schools tend to go from 1600s to the Civil War (but never make it) and then from the Civil War to the present day (but never make it). Thus, most of us young adults that went to public school have a gap of knowledge around reconstruction and past the 40s. While there was a time when I knew the progress of the Revolutionary War at any given date, I’ve never known anything about WWII’s actual fighting. I still haven’t been taught exactly what got Japan all riled up. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/78 "2008-12-03T21:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 % > > Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights > Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Sounds good until you learn that I’m only the third smartest Canadian here. Some questions required shrewd guessing as opposed to knowledge. That’s how I got through school. By the way, anyone who scores less than 31 is a halfwit and anyone who scores more is an elitist. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/79 "2008-12-03T22:07:35Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > 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: I thought the same thing. I missed 3 questions - felt 33 was confusing and badly worded. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375/80 "2008-12-03T22:09:19Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % > > Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’. > > Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it? No, this is the stuff you’re supposed to learn in high school. 29 was badly worded also. I have no excuse for missing 15, though. Just wasn’t thinking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-quiz/475375.md?page=5)