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The News IQ Quiz

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Air Langhi, Oct 8, 2014.

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what was your score?

  1. 12

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  2. 11

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  3. 10

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  4. 9

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  5. 8

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  6. 7

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  7. 6

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  8. 5

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  9. 4

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  10. 3

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  1. RedRedemption

    RedRedemption Member

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    9 out of 12. Missed the last three.
     
  2. DrLudicrous

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    I also missed 10 out of the 12. Glad to see I'm not the only one.
     
  3. dmc89

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    12/12 woo-hoo what do I get??
     
  4. tmacfor35

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    12/12

    Guessed on Janet Yellen.

    I knew 10 for sure and was 60/40 on the Shunny/Muslim question.


    Good to know my general knowledge of the news is high. Yay.
     
  5. Dairy Ashford

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    And that's why you set NPR for the alarm. Almost waffled on the spending question and totally guessed on the poverty rate.
     
  6. Zboy

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    12/12

    Does this mean I am nosy?
     
  7. Phillyrocket

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    Same here 11/12 but for the poverty question.
     
  8. Invisible Fan

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    Ditto here. 10/12

    Min wage and Social security got me.

    Don't give no **** about po people...
     
  9. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    12/12 and I don't even keep up with current events.
     
  10. Ubiquitin

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    50 million out of 400 million.
     
  11. Jontro

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    What kind of bull**** is this!
     
  12. da_juice

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    Easy stuff except the one about the Federal Reserve (I only knew it was Janet Yellen because of economics class). I got 12 out of 12.
     
  13. cheke64

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    Real ninjas know the minimum wage and any debt money talk.
     
  14. Mr. Brightside

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    Got 12/12. Haven't watched the news in years and neither do I live in the USA most of the year. On the downside, I don't know who are the judges on the Voice though. This chick I met for a date found that ridiculous to not know such information.
     
  15. hairyme

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    Yo Air Langhi! Can you add a poll to this thread so we can submit our scores and see how clutchfans compare to this nationally representative sample?

    Two things should be noted:
    1. As evidenced by this thread, low scores are underreported, as most average people aren't so bold with sharing when the upper percentile are comparing scores.

    2. Aside from the fact that Rockets fans are clearly smarter than the average citizen... the nature of this self-selective sample should yield higher results than the national poll (i.e. people interested in taking a news quiz are likely those looking to validate their well-informed selves).

    And I got 11. I took it a few days ago so I don't remember what I missed.
     
  16. Kilgore Trout

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    Exactly the same missed plus unemployment rate which I thought higher.
     

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