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Hosakawa Tito
07-04-2010, 14:55
Take the quiz here (http://www.independencedayquiz.com/quizzes.php).
30 out of 30 with a couple of lucky guesses.
Hooahguy
07-04-2010, 15:50
29/30.
darn.
KukriKhan
07-04-2010, 16:20
"Texas" got me. I thought Ike was a Kansan. To whom do I turn in my "Authentic American" Card?
pevergreen
07-04-2010, 16:27
19/30
I can't be expected to know most of that though. :tongue:
I should have known 2 that I got wrong. (16 and 25)
In spoliers:
16. Who was the President of the United States during the civil war? Your Answer: George Washington
Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln (barely remember the Heads of Australia, let alone America We had Gillard-Rudd-Howard... I know a few names before him but not the order)
25. What is the Official Language of the United States? Your Answer: English
Correct Answer: None
Was thinking the correct one for 25, if i stuck with my gut I would have gotten 21 instead of 19.
Gregoshi
07-04-2010, 16:43
21/30: I fall into the "ignorant American" category. :embarassed:
I missed almost all of the last 10 - a couple were carelessly answered or misunderstood, but still. :embarassed: If only they had asked important stuff - like what was the jingle for Burger King in 1965...
BTW, I don't get why the president/Texas question is in the quiz other than a Texan must have put it together.
Gregoshi
07-04-2010, 16:46
19/30
I can't be expected to know most of that though. :tongue:
Nearly got beat by an Australian. :shame:
pevergreen
07-04-2010, 17:07
Nearly got beat by an Australian. :shame:
I've got quite an extensive general knowledge. Unfortunately the other Aussies on here are better at general stuff than me. :laugh4:
I'd say the average aussie would know...maybe 3-5 of those? The rest would be guesses.
Got 12 right. All the others at which I took vague shots though, went wrong.
Louis VI the Fat
07-04-2010, 19:14
23 out of 30. I'm a bit dissapointed by that.
Some questions were all too easy, while others had 'how on earth am I suppossed to know that' written all over them. I failed all those amendment questions, and the assasination / impeachment ones. Most worryingly, I failed the Texas question. I knew it wasn't going to be Bush but had no idea which one it would be. :shame:
(http://www.independencedayquiz.com/independence/quiz.php?quiz=1&page=6)
30 out of 30, with two of those pretty much lucky guesses (which President was born in Tejas? We quiz naturalized citizens on this stuff?).
PanzerJaeger
07-04-2010, 19:25
27... The ammendment questions were tough..
GeneralHankerchief
07-04-2010, 19:38
29, like most people I got the Texas question wrong. Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!
Sasaki Kojiro
07-04-2010, 19:43
30/30, got all the amendment questions right, sweet.
29, like most people I got the Texas question wrong. Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!
Eisenhower was in the army and I didn't have any idea where he came from. But I was pretty sure nixon and reagan didn't have an accent. That was my rationale.
KukriKhan
07-04-2010, 19:47
Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!
If I had a nickel for every time...
Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!
Pshaw, everybody knows Nixon was West Coast. But did you know he was a sexy hunk of a football stud in college? True stuff.
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Independence Day Quiz
Your Score is 30
Perfect score! Maybe you should run for President!
ajaxfetish
07-04-2010, 21:06
Just 25 here. The amendment ones killed me, too.
:shame:
Ajax
According to the website, non-Americans scored higher than Americans on average.
(Those that choose the 'Canada' for state option)
Tellos Athenaios
07-04-2010, 21:37
23 out of 30. I'm a bit dissapointed by that. Ah well, never mind. Is there such a questionnaire for checking your inner Frenchman?
Some questions were all too easy, Yep. Although the anthem one was kind of funny.
while others had 'how on earth am I suppossed to know that' written all over them. I failed all those amendment questions, and the assasination / impeachment ones. Most worryingly, I failed the Texas question. I knew it wasn't going to be Bush but had no idea which one it would be.
I guessed the number of assassinations right, purely because I knew of 3 (Garfield, Lincoln, Kennedy) so I went for 4. I also knew that 1961 is the moment the USA does something with vote, so guessed that must've been an amendment: I thought the liquor thing was overturned by now, but not so -- 1992 is the last time the USA fiddled with constitutions. This result probably means I'm better at being an American than at being a Dutchman or Englishman.
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
07-04-2010, 22:09
21/30. I guess that's pretty good for somebody having absolutely zero to do with the country.
Hosakawa Tito
07-04-2010, 22:54
30 out of 30, with two of those pretty much lucky guesses (which President was born in Tejas? We quiz naturalized citizens on this stuff?).
According to the website, non-Americans scored higher than Americans on average.
(Those that choose the 'Canada' for state option)
I got extremely lucky on at least 4 of those questions. Some of the useless trivia ones must be prepping immigrants for TV game shows.
@ Beskar - That's why we have that natural born citizen clause as a fail safe position. None of us is as dumb as all of us...:laugh4:
29/30.
darn.
28.
though one of the questions was, to be fair, loaded: the one about a current amendment; the 18th, I'm sorry to say to the test-makers, is not a current one; its been repealed.
I had two guesses btw, both turned out wrong.
I guessed the number of assassinations right, purely because I knew of 3 (Garfield, Lincoln, Kennedy) so I went for 4. I also knew that 1961 is the moment the USA does something with vote, so guessed that must've been an amendment: I thought the liquor thing was overturned by now, but not so -- 1992 is the last time the USA fiddled with constitutions. This result probably means I'm better at being an American than at being a Dutchman or Englishman.
1-the 4th was in 1901; William McKinley was assassinated by leon Colgocz (I probably misspelled this one)
2-you are correct about liquor; it was repealed by a later amendment.
25/30
Those amendment questions got me good. Never knew that Ike was Texan and the W. wasn't.
Nah, I think GWB was born in Connecticut, although I could be wrong. And Nixon was pure West Coast, as I said earlier. That narrowed the guess for me down to 50/50, which is good odds any day of the week.
But once again, why would we expect a naturalized citizen to know what is clearly trivia? I mean, laws, anthems, amendments, system of government, great. But presidential birthplaces? That seems a little ... I dunno ... non-essential.
Nah, I think GWB was born in Connecticut
That is correct. The 'Texan' from Connecticut.
I have to be honest though, I randomly guessed a couple of them. That "quote" had me clueless. I knew about the amendments except for the Liquer one which was another guess.
Veho Nex
07-05-2010, 18:30
22/30
I feel so bad about even calling myself an american.
Myrddraal
07-05-2010, 19:28
15. Like Louis, I felt that some were obvious, some completely unknown to me.
Viking Prince
07-06-2010, 01:20
Ah well, never mind. Is there such a questionnaire for checking your inner Frenchman?
Yep. Although the anthem one was kind of funny.
I guessed the number of assassinations right, purely because I knew of 3 (Garfield, Lincoln, Kennedy) so I went for 4. I also knew that 1961 is the moment the USA does something with vote, so guessed that must've been an amendment: I thought the liquor thing was overturned by now, but not so -- 1992 is the last time the USA fiddled with constitutions. This result probably means I'm better at being an American than at being a Dutchman or Englishman.
Yes, quite a few could be answered with incomplete infromation and not hitting the extremes when "guessing". The liquor one is a good example since it made the most sense (yeah it was one of my guesses). It also helped that I am an old fart.
22/30
I feel so bad about even calling myself an american.
I feel the same way! :(
21/30.
Came to grief on the ammendments, terms for reps, Patrick Henry and "first VP". I thought it was TJeff.
I find it patronizing that after getting a "passing" grade it follows with "congratz". I think i am gonna hurt whoever put this quiz together for that alone.
23/30. What tripped me up were the amendments, something I haven't covered in detail since junior high school. I also missed a couple easy ones because I didn't stop and think.
Rob The Bastard
07-06-2010, 09:44
17...ok on the general knowlege, but the devil was in the details.
Still, not to bad for someone in the unfashionable corner of the Pacific.
:)
30/30
Booyah. Although I studied Elective History at school and we covered US history from Independence to the end of the Civil War, so I have somewhat of an advantage.
Question 23 is tricky though: "Which of these amendments is a ratified and current amendment?"
Technically the 18th has been repealled, but is still current as a State can still choose to re-enact prohibition if they want.
Tellos Athenaios
07-06-2010, 15:50
Which is where I tripped up, I thought that liquor thing had been completely relegated to the “things we know were wrong and won't do again” category of law. <_<
22/30
I feel so bad about even calling myself an american.
just remember; most americans probably know even less. :jester:
Which is where I tripped up, I thought that liquor thing had been completely relegated to the “things we know were wrong and won't do again” category of law. <_<
:laugh4:
well...no, America has yet to learn. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs)
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