Take News IQ Quiz from the Pew Research Center

[charlie and algernon]

13 current events questions. If you pay attention to what's going on, this should be fairly easy for you.

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

I got 13 out of 13.

[NMDemDist2]

1. those were easy

The News IQ Quiz Results
You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders.

[HereSince1628]

11. I thought so too. I've definitely seen trickier quizzes comparing me to a 5th grader

[CurtEastPoint]

2. As did I! Good quiz.

[intaglio]

3. 13 out of 13 - and I'm a Brit

I should get out more

[malaise]

4. 12 out of 13

Disgraceful

[CrispyQ]

28. It is.

You should definitely have to buy some hearts for that.

[malaise]

36. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahaha

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. Me too. I thought Syria was Turkey

[riverbenddem]

53. Doh! That's the one I missed too!

n/t

[No Vested Interest]

57. I missed that also- Noticed that

that's the one question in which the older group did worse than the younger ones.

[charlie and algernon]

62. The younger group also did better on the twitter question

which makes sense.

[cyberswede]

60. Same here!

Embarrassing!

[lpbk2713]

5. First question ...

How come Oompa Loompa wan't one of the choices?

[NMDemDist2]

64. ....

[sinkingfeeling]

6. 13 out 13. Although I kept wanting to click on the picture.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. 13 for 13, baby!

Actually, I'm surprised at the results, as I expected something approaching a symmetrical bell-shaped curve. For a random sampling of adults, it's pretty impressive and it dispels the notion that the vast majority is utterly clueless about current events.

[charlie and algernon]

12. But the breakdown by education isn't really surprising

Uniformly across all 13 questions, the people with the higher education did better than the level below. And in all but the twitter question, the difference between HS or Less and College Grad was at least 20 percentage points.

[Cirque du So-What]

16. I hadn't looked that far into the quiz

but that's a startling contrast.

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. I scored 12-13

I missed the logo question ... But then, I don't do it.

[cbayer]

9. Missed the middle east map question.

[LeftofObama]

39. That's the one I missed.

I love geography, but I'm easily confused by some of the middle eastern countries.

[cbayer]

43. Me, too. I consistently miss a couple whenever I take a map test.

I really should take the time to learn them.

[rgbecker]

10. Had to guess about the blue bird logo!

The rest was pretty straight forward.

[Faygo Kid]

13. 13 for 13. Ready for Jeopardy.

They were easy, though.

[reflection]

14. 12. n/t

[WillyT]

15. 13 For 13

& Rec !!!

[Flashmann]

17. You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders.

I guessed on the Chinese flag....

[matt819]

18. 13 out of 13

The map question almost threw me.

One more demographic question would have been party affiliation.

[nobodyspecial]

19. 13 out of 13!

Unfortunately, the number of DUers now taking the quiz are going to skew the results for the rest with all of those perfect scores.

Someone should post this for Freepers.

[octoberlib]

20. 13 out of 13 nt

I guessed on the map. Syria has been all over the news recently.

[Gothmog]

21. 13 out of 13

[CTyankee]

23. don't know how I got them all...I am terrible at geography. Had to guess at Syria...

The others were pretty easy if you are on DU and read the newspaper daily...

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. 13 out of 13, although I'll admit that I guessed at a couple of them and wasn't certain on a few.

[Glorfindel]

25. 13 out of 13

Thanks for sharing the quiz.

[Soundman]

26. 13 out of 13 n/t

[leveymg]

27. 13

[mcar]

29. 12 of 13

n/t

[fifthoffive]

30. Another 13/13.

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders.

Is everyone in the 8% here on DU?

[yellerpup]

31. 13 of 13.

Easy.

[City Lights]

32. 13 out of 13.

I agree it was pretty easy.

[roxy1234]

33. Easy easy easy

13 of 13 and Your score is better than 92% of responders.

[TrogL]

34. 10 out of 13, but I couldn't recognize a face to save myself. I scare myself in the mirror.

John Kerry was a lucky guess.

Also got the last graph wrong.

Reminder : I live in Canada. Ask a typical American to identify and/or pick out of a lineup our current Prime Minister.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

35. You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders.

[mfcorey1]

37. Just got 13 0f 13!

[sdfernando]

38. 13 of 13

This was quite an easy quiz. It is really sad that only 8% are able to ace this quiz.

[sdfernando]

45. Interesting that the only question

a majority of respondents got wrong was to identify Elizabeth Warren.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

40. This is where being a news & political junkie finally pays off!

I got 13 of 13 correct.

[No Vested Interest]

58. Yeah - What is the prize?

[Zoeisright]

41. 13 out of 13

[rjj621]

42. 12 of 13 n/t

[panader0]

44. 13 of 13

I received my education at DU.

[Cali_Democrat]

46. 13/13

I'm awesome

[4_TN_TITANS]

48. 13 / 13 too... thanks DU!

But I don't think 50% of the people on the street here or even in this office would know where Syria is ( I work in International Sales Support). This quiz was taken by a better-than-average educated populace.

[sagetea]

49. I got 12/13

I don't know my flags...
evidently.

Ho
sage

[maveric56]

50. 13 of 13

Too easy

[Permanut]

51. 12 out of 13..

Okay, you smartasses, so you knew the bluebird was twitter, huh?

[patrice]

52. 13 out of 13

[JoePhilly]

54. 13 for 13.

[RC]

55. 13 of 13

[No Vested Interest]

56. 12 out of 13

[life long demo]

59. 12 out of 13

Missed the easiest question on the "blue bird". Dang!

[WinkyDink]

61. "You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders."

One geography question gave me pause, though!

[Demo_Chris]

63. 13 of 13 -nt-