The News IQ Quiz

[radcen]

13 out of 13

I wasn't 100% positive on the Obama-winning states question, but used a process of elimination.

It surprises me that so many people didn't know Syria, but then again I'm something of a political/cultural geography geek.

 

[Manc Skipper]

I had to guess the Massachusetts one, and the SSM state, and got both wrong! 11-13. I still beat a lot of Americans.

 

[Arbo]

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Not sure how you can miss even one of the questions..

 

[Dezaad]

Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, by taking our short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,041 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted online Jan. 18-24 by the Pew Research Center. The new survey includes a mixture of multiple-choice questions using photographs, maps and symbols.


When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American, as well as with the scores of college graduates and those who didn’t attend college; with men and women; and with people your age as well as other ages.

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I missed the second question.
12 of 13 correct.

Why would I need to know what these people look like in order to have a good news IQ? Sorry, but I don't watch tv news, and that is where you get the visual associations. I knew the answer to everything, but I didn't know what the people looked like. Terribly designed test for the purpose of 'News IQ'.

 

[Mr. E]

13/13, I semi-guessed on the geography question.