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Old 01-13-2011, 02:27 PM
 
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11/12. I won't lie, I stumbled on an article about inflation the other day and that's the only reason I knew it was so low. I second guessed on the Prime Minister one and got it wrong, otherwise it'd have been a good guess. I doubt that anyone that did poorly on this will post their score.
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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Score: 11/12 got #9 wrong: money paid back by banks under TARP - I said all of it.

I thought all the banks had paid it back so I looked it up: The part of TARP that deals with banks — the big banks: Goldman Sachs, Morgan, Wells Fargo, BONY, and the other big banks have paid back their loans.

Citibank has only paid back 1/2 and government took equity for the rest.

Trick Question
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:37 PM
 
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Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 99% of the general public.

Edited to add: The Google question was a wild guess.
Not fair, your the historian dude - you know everything
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:46 PM
 
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ONLY got 9 right, do I win a prize for worst city-data score. Missed, prime minister, India-Pakistan and google questions. How do you all know about Indian-Pakistan relations, did I miss something?
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:55 PM
 
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How do you all know about Indian-Pakistan relations, did I miss something?
Oh they've only been at brink of war for 60 years or so. And I believe the money the US is giving Pakistan to fight the war on Terror goes straight to the militarization of the Pakistan-Indian border
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:59 PM
 
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ONLY got 9 right, do I win a prize for worst city-data score. Missed, prime minister, India-Pakistan and google questions. How do you all know about Indian-Pakistan relations, did I miss something?
They have nuclear weapons pointed at each other
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:07 PM
 
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11/12. I missed the PM question.
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:10 PM
 
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Oh they've only been at brink of war for 60 years or so. And I believe the money the US is giving Pakistan to fight the war on Terror goes straight to the militarization of the Pakistan-Indian border
Since 1947, actually, when Pakistan was formed from provinces of India, and 10 million people were displaced. Pakistan is Muslim majority, India is Hindu majority. And there's a lot of mistrust and ill will between the two.
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:11 PM
 
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My brother sent this link in an email. (I guess he wanted to know if his "silly sister" knows what she's talking about.) Well, based on the results, (10 correct of 12 questions) I won't be allowing anyone to call me 'silly' or 'stupid' again. Take the quiz and post your results. Let's see if we're all as informed as we think we are.
Test Your News IQ Q1 - Pew Research Center
I got all 12 correct.
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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12/12 here

58% got five or less correct?
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