Independence Day Quiz

[Louis VI the Fat]

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.

[Lemur]

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]

27... The ammendment questions were tough..

[GeneralHankerchief]

29, like most people I got the Texas question wrong. Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!

[KukriKhan]

Nixon, you have failed me for the last time!

If I had a nickel for every time...

[Lemur]

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.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

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.

[Beskar]

Independence Day Quiz
Your Score is 30
Perfect score! Maybe you should run for President!

[ajaxfetish]

Just 25 here. The amendment ones killed me, too.


Ajax

[Beskar]

According to the website, non-Americans scored higher than Americans on average.

(Those that choose the 'Canada' for state option)

[Tellos Athenaios]

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]

21/30. I guess that's pretty good for somebody having absolutely zero to do with the country.

[Hosakawa Tito]

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...

[Viking Prince]

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.

[A Nerd]

22/30

I feel so bad about even calling myself an american.

I feel the same way! :(

[Cyclops]

21/30.

Came to grief on the ammendments, terms for reps, Patrick Henry and "first VP". I thought it was TJeff.

[Monk]

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]

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.

:)