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thewayneOn civic knowledge?
"A test on civic knowledge given to elected officials proved that they are slightly less knowledgeable than the uninformed people who voted them into office. Elected officials scored a 44 percent while ordinary citizens managed an amazing 49 percent on the 33 questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. "It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned," said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI. The three branches of government aren't the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?"
I overthought a couple of questions, I scored: You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 75.0%
Average score: 75.0%
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/21/1458214
It would be amusing to require anyone running for office to take this test and post their scores.
"A test on civic knowledge given to elected officials proved that they are slightly less knowledgeable than the uninformed people who voted them into office. Elected officials scored a 44 percent while ordinary citizens managed an amazing 49 percent on the 33 questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. "It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned," said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI. The three branches of government aren't the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?"
I overthought a couple of questions, I scored: You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 75.0%
Average score: 75.0%
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/21/1458214
It would be amusing to require anyone running for office to take this test and post their scores.
