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pokerfan

(27,677 posts) Fri Sep 6, 2013, 02:55 PM Sep 2013

Test Your News IQ (Pew Research) [View all]

Just thirteen questions:

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

You answered 12 of 13 questions correctly. You scored better than 96% of the public, below 1% and the same as 3%.

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Test Your News IQ (Pew Research) [View all] pokerfan Sep 2013 OP

Oops! only 11. Missed "what do the shaded states have in common" and ... JHB Sep 2013 #1

Missed one--the population graph pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #2

11 out of 13. longship Sep 2013 #3

I got 11. I missed the population graph and a "Who is this?". Arkansas Granny Sep 2013 #4

12 out of 13 chimpymustgo Sep 2013 #5

13 of 13 Lochloosa Sep 2013 #6

12 of 13 here, missed the DJIA graph. n/t Still Sensible Sep 2013 #7

100% rurallib Sep 2013 #8

12 of 13, didn't recognize Marissa Mayer. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #9

i recalled that a big deal was made of her youth and prettiness so got that 1 right without Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #25

12 of 13 boguspotus Sep 2013 #30

12 of 13. I missed the Marissa Meyer MineralMan Sep 2013 #10

Way too easy. wild bird Sep 2013 #11

12/13 treestar Sep 2013 #12

11 our of 13 Le Taz Hot Sep 2013 #13

11 out of 13 avebury Sep 2013 #14

12 out of 13, didnt get the stock one right. Crimson76 Sep 2013 #15

13 of 13 correct....but prairierose Sep 2013 #16

Those who did less well than us xfundy Sep 2013 #27

thanks...great questions ! Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2013 #17

12-13�. changed answer on Dow Jones Average darn it. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #18

12 of 13 I missed the Dow question NightWatcher Sep 2013 #19

11 of 13. Missed Marissa Mayer and the Dow chart. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #20

11 bigwillq Sep 2013 #21

12/13... WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #22

11 of 13 Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #23

11 of 13, missed the states one and the middle east country one Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #24

I missed all of them! n-t Logical Sep 2013 #26

11 of 13 sweetloukillbot Sep 2013 #28

I missed one gopiscrap Sep 2013 #29

13/13...Finally 2naSalit Sep 2013 #31

10 of 13 Scootaloo Sep 2013 #32

11 of 13 sakabatou Sep 2013 #33

To my surprise: 11 of 13 ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #34

Aced it! nt bklyncowgirl Sep 2013 #35

12/13... Shame on me for not recognizing the CEO of Yahoo! Woof_Woof Sep 2013 #36

I'll happily take my 96% Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #37

13/13 Stinky The Clown Sep 2013 #38

11 out of 13 better than 91% davidpdx Sep 2013 #39

13 0f 13 Generic Brad Sep 2013 #40

Got 10 of 13. Tseko Sep 2013 #41

I answered them all correctly. I didn't "know" a couple but could figure them out Orangepeel Sep 2013 #42