# News IQ Quiz: What Do You Know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213 "2014-10-02T21:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/21 "2014-10-03T01:01:32Z")
11/12. I missed the question about people living at or below the poverty line (I thought we had mo po folk). ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/22 "2014-10-03T01:36:08Z")
12/12. I guessed on the poverty one, and wasn’t positive on the Sunni / Shia one. The rest I was confident I knew. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/23 "2014-10-03T02:29:01Z")
12/12. My only guess was whether the US spent more on SS or interest. Some I didn’t know exact figures on, like federal minimum wage, but I knew they were trying to raise it to $10.50 so I picked the next lower number. That was a sort of a guess, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/24 "2014-10-03T02:53:14Z")
12 out of 12. Surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/25 "2014-10-03T02:54:08Z")
1. I answered interest when I should have answered Social Security. I did guess on two, but at least I had the guess narrowed down to 50/50. Those were unemployment rate and poverty line. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/26 "2014-10-03T05:49:50Z")
I thought I was doing good at 92% until I looked at the other Dopers results. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/27 "2014-10-03T06:29:06Z")
75%, pretty good for a Brit. ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/28 "2014-10-03T13:23:42Z")
12 out of 12. Handy mnemonic for Shia populations :- IRAN and IRAQ are both majority SHIA. All three have 4 letters. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/29 "2014-10-03T13:29:43Z")
12 of 12, better than 99% of the public and the same as 1%, no guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/30 "2014-10-03T14:40:04Z")
12 for 12, but I had to do the Fed Chairman one by process of elimination. If it weren’t multiple choice, I would never have come up with the name. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/31 "2014-10-03T14:53:30Z")
8 out of 12 Surprises me because I hate the news and avoid it at all costs. That being said, my car is always on NPR and the news is (obviously) part of that, so I think I’m getting it by a bit of osmosis. Looking at the answers the ones that I got right are the ones I knew (or really had a good idea), and the ones I got wrong are the ones I guessed at ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/32 "2014-10-03T15:10:32Z")
I got 9 out of 12- I was guessing on the percentage of people below the poverty line and the unemployment rate. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/33 "2014-10-03T15:27:41Z")
11/12, also over-estimated poverty numbers. The only other one I wasn’t sure about was SS vs. interest payments, and I guessed right. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/34 "2014-10-03T15:31:18Z")
I missed the current Prime Minister of Isreal. 11 of 12 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/35 "2014-10-03T15:49:51Z")
10 out of 12. I knew I shouldn’t have switched my answer away from Social Security (it’s always wrong to second guess your answer). ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/36 "2014-10-03T15:54:53Z")
12 out of 12 and not even American. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/37 "2014-10-03T16:00:14Z")
10/12 92% Missed unemployement, I thought 9% (whoo hoo, 6%! Thanks Obama!), and poverty, I put 35% but am glad its only 15% ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/38 "2014-10-03T16:27:33Z")
What the everloving fuck. I literally picked at random, without looking at the questions or the answers, clicking anything that I felt like, and got: > [@](#): > > You answered 9 of 12 questions correctly. > > You scored better than 86% of the public, below 8% and the same as 6%. …I’m not sure this test is all that accurate. I am serious when I say I only attempted to answer the first three questions correctly, got bored, and then clicked my way at random. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/39 "2014-10-03T16:28:33Z")
Missed one, because I figured the national debt vs social security question was a trick one. 96% ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213/40 "2014-10-03T16:36:52Z")
Had a really weird experience. Was scored 6 of 12, but when I looked at the answers the six questions I supposedly missed where not even questions that were asked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-iq-quiz-what-do-you-know/700213.md?page=3)