Current Affairs Quiz

[BW86]

5/12

nice

 

[lokiju]

I got 10 out of 12 or 69%. I'm 29/M/Some College.

Missed number of soldiers killed in Iraq and #12 Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board?

 

[Spacehead]

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 6% of the public. You did better than 94% of the general public.

M/30-49/High school or less


:beer:

 

[darkxshade]

9/12 and I was really close with the other 3 which is mostly due to the changing economy(the answer should have been correct months ago).

 

[flyboy84]

12/12

25/M/College Grad

 

[Dr. Detroit]

10/12

# of troops killed - my answer 3,300 (when wa the last time the national news updated this?)

Unemployment rate - my answer 12% ( I live in CA)

 

[DingDingDao]

10/12

30/M/College Grad

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: darkxshade
9/12 and I was really close with the other 3 which is mostly due to the changing economy(the answer should have been correct months ago).

that's why it's a CURRENT affairs quiz

 

[ViviTheMage]

ha, I got the 29% or so, I really don't know crap about our government ...that is why I stay out of P&N!

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: lokiju
Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board?

Ben Bernanke

 

[yuchai]

11/12. Screwed up on the geography question.

 

[glenn beck]

11/12 I am so tired today, I wouldnt have the slightest idea which one I got wrong

 

[CPA]

Thought for sure Ford got a loan last year and missed the # of troops killed - should have went with my first instinct.

 

[Beattie]

Look at the gender split... I can't figure out why men scored so much higher than women. (sexist jokes aside)

 

[So]

11/12

 

[slsmnaz]

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 6% of the public. You did better than 94% of the general public.

34/M/College Grad

 

[Matthiasa]

11/12

 

[dr150]

11/12 I missed the unemployment rate (went with CA data)

 

[AstroManLuca]

11/12 correct
24/M/college grad

I missed the one about troops killed. I remembered it hitting 4,000 over a year ago, so I didn't expect it to be only 300 more since then, but I guess the recent security advances have really calmed things down, which is fortunate. I guess I would have heard about it if it had hit 5,000 at some point.

But yeah I got these right because I listen to NPR all the time.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

11/12. Don't watch TV news.

 

[DaWhim]

11/12. 25/m/college grad

i have bloomberg (website, not terminal) on one screen everyday

 

[bobsmith1492]

11, probably got the Iraq casualties wrong.

Edit, nevermind - found the results section. Guessed that one right but didn't know Obama was putting more troops in Afghanistan...

 

[Farang]

11/12.. missed the q on troop deaths

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: JS80
11/12. who the hell keeps track of # of soldiers killed?

Rebasxer does apperently

And jpeyton. He wanks off to that statistic.

 

[duragezic]

12/12

23/M/College grad


In college I probably would have gotten 8-10 correct, but at good ol' work now and I hit up the news every morning when I drink my coffee. So these were all simple except the last about Bernanke... I knew he was basically top dog of the Federal Reserve, but I wasn't sure if that meant the same as how they worded it. Honestly I read the same things over and over as it is, like okay I know who this guy is. Heh, kind of like every article about Taliban in Swat, you can't find one that doesn't say "sharia, or Islamic law".