Know your History ? try this.

Godfather.
Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited August 2011 in A Moving Train
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/re ... /quiz.aspx

I really took a dive on this one..50% aprox. :?

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    got 25 but i read one question wrong ... not bad for a canuck i say! ... although i have to admit i made best guesses on about 12 of them ... haha
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    edited July 2011
    :?
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  • BM42909
    BM42909 Posts: 143
    ...almost 85%

    Not too shabby for a public school teacher.
  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,828
    You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

    :D

    I got some really dumb ones wrong.
  • mikepegg44
    mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

    :D

    I got some really dumb ones wrong.


    same thing,

    that was a nice little quiz
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    I found the question were abit weird but got 75%. i wonder how Americans would do if we had a know your Canadian history.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,514
    I got 97% - 32 out of 33. And I knew the Gettysburg Address one - for some reason thought it was in the Constitution first. :roll:
    ResultsYou answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

    If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email <!-- e --><a href="mailto:americancivicliteracy@isi.org">americancivicliteracy@isi.org</a><!-- e -->.

    You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.
    Incorrect Answers
    Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
    Your Answer: U.S. Constitution
    Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,514
    fife wrote:
    I found the question were abit weird but got 75%. i wonder how Americans would do if we had a know your Canadian history.

    There's probably one out there somewhere. I would bomb it. All I know is universal healthcare and that for some reason your Head of State is the Queen of England. (and that Canada was in both World Wars years before USA)
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    yay lets compare brains. Mine's big. or maybe it's just my thick skull.
    fife wrote:
    I found the question were abit weird but got 75%. i wonder how Americans would do if we had a know your Canadian history.
    I'd be curious how Canadians did on their own history quiz as compared to this one. Wouldn’t be surprised if we know American history as well, if not better than ours.
    Try this sample Canadian Citizenship test:
    http://www.toptipsclub.com/Citizenship_Test_Index.asp
    (I selected 30 questions so that it's the same as the American one)
    …scored 27/30 and am not happy about the ones I got wrong :lol: Not sure about the quality of that test tho…

    23/30 on the US one....but misread/misunderstood a few of the ones I had wrong....rushed thru it.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

    A couple I just missed, and I thought a couple were worded strangely.

    And I still don't know what Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas have to do with US History...
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,514
    blackredyellow wrote:
    And I still don't know what Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas have to do with US History...

    Yeah really. How did I get that right?

    I got 15/20 on the Canadian test. 308 electoral districts, NOT 305. How could I get that wrong??? :lol:

    Come on Canadians, beat my 75%. :P
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    And I still don't know what Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas have to do with US History...

    Yeah really. How did I get that right?

    I got 15/20 on the Canadian test. 308 electoral districts, NOT 305. How could I get that wrong??? :lol:

    Come on Canadians, beat my 75%. :P

    Total Questions: 30
    Attempted Answers: 30
    Correct Answers: 27
    Incorrect Answers: 3
    Percentage correct: 90 %
    Time taken: 5 Min
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,514
    polaris_x wrote:
    Total Questions: 30
    Attempted Answers: 30
    Correct Answers: 27
    Incorrect Answers: 3
    Percentage correct: 90 %
    Time taken: 5 Min

    Nice.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    Total Questions: 30
    Attempted Answers: 30
    Correct Answers: 27
    Incorrect Answers: 3
    Percentage correct: 90 %
    Time taken: 5 Min

    Nice.

    think the questions are random ... weird test as i think some questions were super easy and some super hard ... especially how they word your choices ... and again - i had to make educated guesses at about 5 or 6 of them ... haha ... i hated history in school and didn't take it beyond grade 9 ...
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    there were a bunch of them I thought were multi guess. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    i got 58% :oops:
    i'm going to take a govt class somewhere soon :D
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,413
    69.7...little bit better than I was expecting :lol:
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Only missed two!
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • MotoDC
    MotoDC Posts: 947
    Missed 3. Some weird questions in there; pretty sure I got a few correct where I was really employing test-taking tricks rather than truly knowing the info (i.e., narrowing down to two obvious possibilities and guessing from there). Ah, SAT skills...

    You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

    Incorrect Answers

    Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
    Your Answer: Are free African Americans citizens of the United States?
    Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

    Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
    Your Answer: impeach several Supreme Court justices
    Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

    Question: The Puritans:
    Your Answer: believed in complete religious freedom
    Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,374
    You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

    Not too shabby for someone who half-assed their way through public schools. 8-)

    I missed the Socrates question as well ................. I keep looking for the answer that most related to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure .... I'm calling B.S. on that one! :evil:
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