ERD50
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Dang you guys are smart!
Did anyone else think some of the questions were worded like a push poll?
A couple of the 'free market' ones struck me that way, though I agreed with them, but it should be presented more neutrally. Or did you mean others?
29/33. One I really should have got, too embarrassed to mention which one.
I can understand others missing the Lincoln-Douglass debate one, being from IL I've got a bit more exposure, so I knew the answer was a bit different from what many people might assume. I'd bet most people's ideas about the "Emancipation Proclamation" are off-kilter as well.
But then I screwed up the 'of/by/for the people' - knew a few it wasn't, but I needed a 50-50 life-line. Doh! I might have to turn in my IL plates!
And I tend to lump all those amendments together, I really don't recall which rights are which amendment. FWIW, I don't think that captures the 'spirit' of civic knowledge, that's moving towards trivia. One should score well on the concepts of what our rights are, the number/order is less important IMO. I guess you could say that about a lot of the questions, but if you know the answer, it's no big deal
What I find more fascinating is that that some of those had to be amendments!
I hemmed and hawed over the 'public good' question - I sorta don't agree with their answer, but it's a bit squishy.
But average scores of 49% are a little frightening, as are lower scores by those in office. But who knows, I could go on, claim to be President, or a Supreme Court judge, and then try to do poorly. Can't really trust a self-selected group like that.
Also, did anyone else notice they Capitalized "Supreme Court" and "United Nations", but "president" was not? That seemed odd to me.
-ERD50