Whaddya know?

[oleorezinator]

The pool of microbial mush that occupies my cranial area
allowed me 10 outta 13. So use that big brain. Take the quiz.
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-new ... z/results/

[BigDavy]

I got 11 out of 13, which surprised me.


David

[fearfaoin]

The demographic breakdown by question is interesting.
Most knew Edward Snowden on sight. Few people recognized Marissa Mayer (admittedly, she better meets the expectation of a Fox news anchor than a major CEO).

Those with High school or less may not know what the DJIA does in a recession, but do at least know what the FED is for.

I think most people have heard of Google Glass by now, but we seem equally confused about what it is (including the survey writers... "A computer you can wear?" good grief).

[MTGuru]

13/13. Yay.

The most drastic differences are between <= High School and >= College. And the former are 69% of the electorate. Yikes.

[fearfaoin]

And the latter are 69% of the electorate. Yikes.

Are you saying 69% of the electorate are at least college grads or am I misunderstanding? Whence that statistic?

[MTGuru]

Are you saying 69% of the electorate are at least college grads or am I misunderstanding? Whence that statistic?

Oops, I meant the former. Corrected, thanks. I was supposed to have learned the difference in college.

Wiki says US college grads are ~31% : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educationa ... ted_States

[fearfaoin]

Wiki says US college grads are ~31% : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educationa ... ted_States

Interesting, thanks. At least they're trending up, I guess.

[Innocent Bystander]

10/13 for a graduate non-american.

[burnsbyrne]

I got 13 of 13! 99th percentile. Now where did I leave my glasses?

[benhall.1]

I got 10 out of 13!!! I'm really proud of myself. I didn't think I knew anything about the States.



[EDIT TO ADD] Oh. IB got the same. I don't feel so special now ...

[chas]

13/13

The Washington Post had a story on the results of an international science poll last week, which I can't find now. It's vaguely similar to the one on the Pew sits. The thing that I found interesting was that the US did well relative to other countries despite the doom-and-gloom that's been put on the state of US education and the negative spin the Post put on the US results.

[Innocent Bystander]

I got 10 out of 13!!! I'm really proud of myself. I didn't think I knew anything about the States.



[EDIT TO ADD] Oh. IB got the same. I don't feel so special now ...

Ne'mind, Ben. I'm sure you can play whistle better than I do, anyhow.

[cboody]

Well 11/13. One stupid mistake where I knew and the brain decided not to respond, but one I sort of question. I never heard the term "common core" used in the 40+ years I was in education. The term was "core curriculum."

[kmarty]

8/13

(I suppose it should be the worst score)