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By: New news IQ quiz « VIVIAN J. PAIGE

New news IQ quiz « VIVIAN J. PAIGE — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:39:31 +0000

[...] Posted in Fun stuff by vjp on December 26th, 2007 If you recall, we all took a news IQ quiz a while back. Pew now has a new one. Head on over and take it. And let us know how you [...]

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:17:55 +0000

I got a real IQ test once — I scored 185.

By: Johnny Camacho’s Blog » Blog Archive » I, Johnny Camacho, am a news genius…

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:57:12 +0000

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By: phriendlyjaime

phriendlyjaime — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:35:34 +0000

I took this the other day, linked from a non political site. I also got 9 outta 9. Way too easy.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:52:34 +0000

9 as well. If I can answer every one correctly, the test is too easy.

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:00:12 +0000

You and me, Phil. 8 of 9.

By: Shawn O'Donnell

Shawn O'Donnell — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:32:18 +0000

“Thank you for taking our News IQ quiz. You correctly answered 9 of the 9 possible questions along with approximately 4% of the public. You did better than 96% of the general public.”

Looks to me like Pew has a hidden “push poll” for Clinton

By: Phil Chroniger

Phil Chroniger — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:53:46 +0000

8-for-9, 91st percentile.

By: Sweatin'LikeNixon

Sweatin'LikeNixon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:51:02 +0000

9 for 9. The 4% is a sad, but not unexpected, statement about how uninformed the public is.

By: J.C. Wilmore

J.C. Wilmore — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:04:44 +0000

9 for 9.

By: CR UVa

CR UVa — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:35:07 +0000

I answered them all right as well. I can understand a person missing a question here or there, but I’d hope no one is getting less than six of these right. None of these are particularly challenging, and in fact most seem to be among some of the more commonly covered topics in news today.

As an interesting side note, while News Consumers at Fox News only fell at the 50th percentile on average, those who watched O’Reilly came in at the 58th, and Limbaugh came in at the 60th, higher than any other individual source listed (major newspaper websites came in at the 63rd percentile).

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:27:25 +0000

I got a perfect score as well. I was looking through the demographic stats and was displeased to see they didn’t list results by Republican v. Democrat, just age groups, male v. female, education level. Weird that they asked about party affiliation but haven’t produced the results from it.

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » An Almost Perfect Score

Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » An Almost Perfect Score — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:26:13 +0000

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