God I suck. I only got 14 right on this Campaign Reporter Test

[CatWoman]

and because of that score, the best I can hope for is occasional campaign bus rides. :cry:

You, too, can be a campaign reporter: Take the test!
Introducing the ACTAT, the secret test all elite reporters must pass before they can hit the 2008 trail.

By Michael Scherer

Aug. 16, 2007 | WASHINGTON -- Get out from behind that computer! Stop whining about the news! You -- yes, you! -- can go on the road and be a campaign reporter! But first you must pass the ACTAT -- the Advanced Campaign Trail Aptitude Test.

For the first time, Salon is bringing the secret standardized mainstream-media test to the public, publishing the actual* questions reporters must answer correctly before they can travel with any candidate. This is not a basic news quiz. This is the real deal.* It's hard.

How to take the test: Number a piece of paper 1 to 30, and take the test. Check your answers against the answer key on Page 3. If you get only five to 10 questions right, you qualify as a well-informed citizen. If you get more than 15 right, you may be focusing too much time on politics and not enough on your family. If you get every question right, you can have my job.*

*Just kidding.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/16/quiz/index.html

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. FEHRNSTROM!

[CatWoman]

2. LOLOLOLOLOL

Got that one wrong, too!!

:hi:

"I give you an A minus MINUS"

:rofl:

[Greyskye]

3. Crud. Same here

Although you did better - even though I only got 9 correct, I still get the "Occasional campaign bus rides allowed."

Those are hard questions!

[CatWoman]

4. those quotes kicked my ass

:hi:

oh, well - we can sit together on the bus, and shoot spitballs at everybody :)

[Greyskye]

6. and the "Flip Romney" type questions!

and the "which of the 5 brothers" question... SHEESH!

Spitballs and cat-talk. Sounds good! :toast:

[Bitwit1234]

5. 2 right -- don't I love politics.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I SO suck at this!

I only got 13. But I wouldn't want to ride on a bus with any of those bastards anyway!

[blondeatlast]

8. You can ride on my bus, I got 13 too.

Just imagine how badly we would have done without DU!

[CatWoman]

10. LOL

Good point :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. That's the truth...

But how come the names of Mitt the Shit's kids aren't a heavy topic of coversation around here?

[CatWoman]

9. look at those sour grapes

:P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Beer, my dear...

Not sour whine! :toast:

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

13. I don't have to take the test. I'd NEVER get to go on the campaign bus.

What I want to know is who the effers are that created this test and how much profit they get from giving it.

:rofl:

[eggman67]

14. 17, the reporter quotes got me

I only knew the Mencken one.

[SoCalDem]

15. 16 here n/t

[Bongo Prophet]

16. 23 here. Didn't want to be on the bus anyway. n/t

[Bongo Prophet]

17. And man, what a sucky test of trivia! Explains a lot.

If that is what reporters should know (even in jest, it was crap humor) it shows the shallow nature of the kewl kidz/heathers mentality.

Ugh.
How far we have fallen.

[markk]

18. 14.. those reporter quotes were killer

and the ones before it... I got 14->23 wrong.. besides that was doing fairly well.

[fwiff]

19. Flip says "hi".

I got 13.