Are you smarter than the average American? (in american civics)

[kamaz]

take the test, only 33 questions.

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/index.html


dont cheat.

heres what I got,



You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 75.0%
Average score: 75.0%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

[Dragonscript]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 75.0%
Average score: 75.0%


Got question #6 wrong.

[ThatHistoryDude]

Missed 7 and 29.


Got 31 out of 33.

[Will938]

28/33 - 84.85%

Missed 7, 13, 14, 27, and 33.

[Rictor]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%

edit: It seems that elected officials who took the quiz scored worse in almost every area than average citizens. Shameful.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html

[Red-Phos]

Yes i am.

[Lefty]

93.94%-31 out of 33



Interesting to see that a lot of people miss the question on the Puritans and the LD debate, not totally surprised considering how the education system treats those particular issues in history.

[Migs]

i guess im not lol...but im crammin' for my spanish quiz right now :D

[ting]

you answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

Where to from here?

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #7
Question #8
Question #14
Question #19
Question #26

[olifrog]

You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %

It's not so easy for a non US citizen...

[LineDoggie]

Hmmm,


You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Screwed up 13, 27, 29, & 30

[Rakki]

84.85%, missed 4 questions.. mainly finicky details... e.g. the anti-Federalist one, the *****burg address one, the tax one (okay, I wasn't paying attention) and something else....

heh, and I was educated in Australia.

[cbreedon]

I missed 1... the last one.

[PALADIN]

33 Out of 33

[hskywalker]

You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%

Below average.

[gaijinsamurai]

28 out of 33.

[Bombtrack]

You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %

It's not so easy for a non US citizen...




I got the exact same. Also not American., only 6% worse than an average American, and I wasn't taught most of that.

[grenadier07]

27 out of 33.

[Alpheus]

22 out of 33. Not bad for a Canadian eh? Pretty sure I beat the US Congress though.

[Horizon]

You answered 21 out of 33 correctly — 63.64 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%


Answers to Your Missed Questions:

Question #1 - E. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #6 - D. establishing an official religion for the United States
Question #7 - D. *****sburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #17 - D. manmade satellite
Question #19 - B. teaching evolution in the schools
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #28 - C. requires those with higher incomes to pay a higher ratio of taxes to income
Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it

:oops:

[ArchieGates]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%

Not bad for an Oztralian who was last in the States 20 years ago deflowering your young ladies. p-)

[dave81]

22. Would have been 23 but I misread a question. Do I have to return my passport?

[asch]

Are you smarter than the average American?
yes, because i can use Google to get 100%, but don't bother, because that's a waste of time for non-US people.
;)

[Dinges]

I got the exact same. Also not American., only 6% worse than an average American, and I wasn't taught most of that.


Makes three of us

[Telmar]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %


Messed up 4, 6, 11, 13, 33

[click]

Yes i am.

x2

28 out of 33

[oldsoak]

hope they dont put "are you brighter than the average Brit" up. we'd really have some bad showing with the twaddle they teach kids nowadays.

[darz]

I will not post my result.

You answered 13 out of 33 correctly — 39.39 %

[NathS]

^^

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8300/nelsonhahayi1.jpg (http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nelsonhahayi1.jpg)
p-)


You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.8%
Average score: 74.8%
missed 4, 7, 8, 12, 14, 19, 29.

I'm quite satisfied, even if I should have avoided some of the errors I made (particularly 12 & 29 :oops:)

[jokuvaan]

You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %

(never been in the USA nor studied most of subjects, made few easy mistakes)

[Kaplanr]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.8%
Average score: 74.8%

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
I said do states have the right to secede.

Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
I said power to tax.

Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
I said property rights and contracts.

Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person
I said no debt.

[Xaito]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #4
Question #6
Question #8
Question #9
Question #10
Question #11
Question #14

though I have to admit I guessed every now and then...

[Wildgoose]

Ta-da!!! 81.8% and I am smarter than the average American!!!!

Oh wait....I"m an American....

Well then...I'm an above-average American!!!!!

Now where's my ****y prize????

And they need to throw out the question on the Puritans.

[Kaplanr]

Ta-da!!! 81.8% and I am smarter than the average American!!!!

Oh wait....I"m an American....

Well then...I'm an above-average American!!!!!

Now where's my ****y prize????

And they need to throw out the question on the Puritans.

If I was going to toss questions, it would be the Plato, Aristotle one, and the economic theory. Do we make it the voting qualification and political candidate test?

[Felix U. Gómez]

I got 27 out of 33, 81.82%, but I'm not an American nor do I live in the U.S.

[Dmitriev]

Got 16 out of 33, that was about 48%... Well, I am only 2 years in the country and I've never taken economy classes neither American history yet... So I guess it's not that bad :|

[Maktab]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

I got #18 wrong. Guess I'm not up to speed on women's lib history.

[smalandian]

Manage to got 60,61%...well...not SO bad, considering I'm not American and have read very little about the subject.

[LaoSexMachine]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%


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[TheEvian100]

Slightly less than the US average and I'm not even supposed to know these things... :roll:

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %

Answers to Your Missed Questions:


Question #7 - D. *****sburg Address

And G e t t y sburg seems to be censored on this site...

[Havoc345]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.9%
Average score: 74.9%

Eh, I learn more about this when I get out in the real world