# What's your news IQ? \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149 "2013-09-06T03:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/1 "2013-09-06T03:53:13Z")
Title should be - What’s your NEWS IQ Developed by [Pew Research](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center) > [@](#): > > Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, by taking our short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,052 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted online August 7-14 by the Pew Research Center. The new survey includes a mixture of multiple-choice questions using photographs, maps, charts, and text. I got #3 wrong. Note: Demographic questions at end seem to be optional. MODS: Can you please change ‘new’ to ‘news’ in the title - sorry. Thought I checked that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/2 "2013-09-06T03:59:07Z")
Is there supposed to be a link to something other than the Wikipedia page for Pew Research (which I think most people know) here? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/3 "2013-09-06T04:00:07Z")
I believe this is the link: > **[Publications](https://www.pewresearch.org/publications/?formats=quiz#recent-publications)** ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/4 "2013-09-06T04:03:14Z")
Crap. Thank you. I swear I’m not drunk, just really tired. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/5 "2013-09-06T04:03:27Z")
12/13. Got the Google Glass question wrong, of all things. :smack: (And the truth is, I got lucky on about three or four question. Or, I should say, I took educated guesses, but wasn’t at all sure.) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/6 "2013-09-06T04:13:28Z")
13/13; proof that watching Comedy Central’s faux news shows and hanging out on the Dope provide better information than the actual news, which I never watch. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/7 "2013-09-06T04:20:25Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > 13/13; proof that watching Comedy Central’s faux news shows and hanging out on the Dope provide better information than the actual news, which I never watch. Testify sister(?) (plus there’s the interwebz) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/8 "2013-09-06T04:21:50Z")
10/13…not bad for taking the quiz while drinking beer and watching It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/9 "2013-09-06T04:25:09Z")
Three wrong, but since I’m a ferriner I think that’s pretty good; in my case it’s culturally biased. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/10 "2013-09-06T04:29:19Z")
11 of 13. I missed the percentage of women in Congress and the ‘Who is this?’ questions. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/11 "2013-09-06T04:36:46Z")
11/13. I got number 3 wrong too as well as number 5. I chose the second graph. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/12 "2013-09-06T04:46:45Z")
You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly. Man. I picked the second graph too. I also didn’t recognize Marissa Mayer. I also don’t know what Lindsey Vonn looks like, so that’s who I picked. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/13 "2013-09-06T04:47:19Z")
12/13. Also got the Dow Jones graph wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/14 "2013-09-06T04:49:42Z")
11/13. I was too optimistic on #6 by 10 percentage points, and I got my SCJs mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/15 "2013-09-06T04:53:45Z")
I got four wrong, including the first one, had they highlighted the entire country to the north I would have answered correctly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/16 "2013-09-06T04:57:42Z")
> [@Mathematics](#): > > **You** answered 11 of 13 questions correctly. > > Man. I picked the second graph too. (my bold) I’m a little confused, is this directed at me? ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/17 "2013-09-06T05:07:09Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > (my bold) > I’m a little confused, is this directed at me? Well, I posted right after you, so it was referencing your post. I guess. Sorry to be confusing. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/18 "2013-09-06T05:13:08Z")
13/13. ETA: I’m very surprised how many people get the dow graph question wrong. And the supremes swing vote – really?? Getting “who is this blond woman?” wrong (another common wrong answer) I can see, but not the swing vote thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lurker\_Above](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Lurker\_Above](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lurker_Above)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/19 "2013-09-06T05:23:25Z")
12/13. Not bad for a Canadian. I did more or less guess on questions about the Florida senator and SC justice. I missed the question on the DJIA graph (picked #2). ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149/20 "2013-09-06T07:36:54Z")
Got 12 out of 13. I missed the one about states allowing same sex marriages, but I have to admit I guessed on at least five of the questions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-news-iq-edited-title/668149.md?page=2)