How well do you know your country quiz (e-peen thread)

[pete6032]

Most people around the world are pretty bad when it comes to knowing the stats behind the news. Ipsos surveyed people in 33 countries around the world on issues ranging from immigration to obesity - how does your knowledge compare to theirs?

How well do you really know your country? Take the quiz.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng...do-you-really-know-your-country-take-our-quiz

And then post back about how smart you are and how you got them all right within 5 percent each time.

 

[IronWing]

I ranked 3. Not sure what that means.

 

[z1ggy]

I ranked 3. Not sure what that means.

First, is the worst. Second, is the best. Third of course, is the one with the hair chest.

 

[TwiceOver]

I know enough that programmers could at least auto populate the drop down with your country based on IP.

Lazy.

 

[Maximilian]

For fuck sake UK...

I got 23

 

[clamum]

I got 18th. I'm a failure I guess.

 

[CPA]

I ranked 3. Not sure what that means.

Same here.

 

[IronWing]

Same here.

Death match!

What do I have in my pocket?

 

[rpanic]

US ranked 2

Tried it for a few other.
Canada 1
Mexico 6
China 1

 

[soulcougher73]

YOU = 23..i fail

/slit wrist

 

[kranky]

I got ranked 1 doing the US. But I surely missed some guesses by a large margin. Tried Canada, got ranked 1 there also, but seeing the right US answers helped out a lot.

 

[Mayne]

13.

But what the fuck do I know about Canada when I live in Toronto aka the centre of the universe.

 

[darkewaffle]

I got 1 in US, most of mine were at least closer than what "the US" guessed about itself. It's a really weird scoring metric.

 

[KB]

Rank:

01. YOU
02. South Korea
03. Ireland
04. Poland
05. China
06. United States

 

[Linflas]

I got 2 for US

 

[Paperdoc]

I'm Canadian and scored a 1 on Canada. Did not try other countries. I did get big errors on some items, but apparently other Canadians scored worse.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I ranked 7

 

[BW86]

6 for US

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

For fuck sake UK...

I got 23

I guessed ~33% in the US for # of Obese people.

I think the issue is that "obese" isn't usually defined by anything other than weight vs. height factor. You could be skinny as fuck and full of muscle weight and by definition they would toss you in the obese category.

I just took a rough stab at how many fatties I see on the plane. There's about a 1/3 chance that a fattie will sit next to you

I ranked 4.

 

[Ruptga]

I already know everything I need to about my country, that people not like me are destroying it.

And I ranked 1, lol. See I was right.

 

[Bart*Simpson]

13.

But what the fuck do I know about Canada when I live in Toronto aka the centre of the universe.

Exactly! If you live in Toronto and you know not to hang at Jane & Finch at 3am then what else is there to know?

 

[Bart*Simpson]

I already know everything I need to about my country, that people not like me are destroying it.

Do your part, slacker!

 

[Leyawiin]

Acing esoteric stats doesn't mean much.

 

[Ruptga]

Acing esoteric stats doesn't mean much.

Of course, but I wouldn't call the stats on the number of foreigners living here, religious affiliation, distribution of wealth, obesity rates, etc. esoteric. If someone totally bombs that quiz they're probably not well in touch with reality, especially with how much those topics have been talked about in the election cycle we're in.

 

[BurnItDwn]

The rankings

01. YOU
02. South Korea
03. Ireland
04. Poland
05. China
06. United States

I am a country. Booyah.