Independence Day Quiz

[Hosakawa Tito]

Take the quiz here.

30 out of 30 with a couple of lucky guesses.

[Hooahguy]

29/30.
darn.

[KukriKhan]

"Texas" got me. I thought Ike was a Kansan. To whom do I turn in my "Authentic American" Card?

[pevergreen]

19/30

I can't be expected to know most of that though.

I should have known 2 that I got wrong. (16 and 25)

In spoliers:

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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]

21/30: I fall into the "ignorant American" category.

I missed almost all of the last 10 - a couple were carelessly answered or misunderstood, but still. 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]

19/30

I can't be expected to know most of that though.

Nearly got beat by an Australian.

[pevergreen]

Nearly got beat by an Australian.

I've got quite an extensive general knowledge. Unfortunately the other Aussies on here are better at general stuff than me.

I'd say the average aussie would know...maybe 3-5 of those? The rest would be guesses.

[rajpoot]

Got 12 right. All the others at which I took vague shots though, went wrong.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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...

[Ibrahim]

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.

[spmetla]

25/30
Those amendment questions got me good. Never knew that Ike was Texan and the W. wasn't.

[Lemur]

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.

[Beskar]

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]

22/30

I feel so bad about even calling myself an american.

[Myrddraal]

15. Like Louis, I felt that some were obvious, some completely unknown to me.

[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.