Sunday, November 23, 2008

Are You Smarter Than a U.S. Official?

Apparently, some U.S. officials are having trouble recalling history, understanding economics, or comprehending how our government works. FANTASTIC!

BEFORE YOU READ THE ARTICLE. Take the test, then see how you do and compare your results with the officials.

You can take the test here. While I'll admit, I read the portion about the two countries that we were enemies with during WWII (there's no way I was missing that one), I took the rest of the test before reading the article.

Now, I only scored an 82.something percent on it. The average public scores a 49%, while U.S. officials selected to take the exam scored just 44%. Wow.....

Post your results in the comments section if you'd like. I'm interested to see how people do. Maybe it's easier for me because I'm in a seemingly perpetual state of academia.

As a side note, my roommate scored a 92%, and also cited remembering the answer to one of the questions "because of Kindergarten Cop."

1 comment:

Capriciousness said...

per your request... 84.85%. now go make moosey a facebook profile so i have another reason not to study.