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"You answered 49 out of 60 correctly — 81.67 %"

Not too bad.
I missed a few that I should have known upon review of the answers.

The site is pretty interesting too.
Makes me glad I teach my kids this stuff on my own as I assume their schools are going to mess it all up.
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I got 34 out of 60 - 56.67%.

Guess I wouldn't make a very good American. :P
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You answered 41 out of 60 correctly — 68.33 %
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Pardon me for being an elitist braggart:

You answered 58 out of 60 correctly — 96.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 75.1%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 75.1%

I missed #36 & #60.
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Hah! Better than the pesky Harvard types... I would suspect that LM would object to some of those questions on philosophical grounds.
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You answered 41 out of 60 correctly — 68.33 %
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Not bad for someone who doesn't even live in the US... and I think that's about the same as the Harvard Seniors...
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Yep, a fraction lower actually. Damn, thought I'd be better than them... ;)

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Heh HLT, I got the exact same score :)
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You answered 50 out of 60 correctly — 83.33 %
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Post by Damelon »

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One question I read as Andrew Jackson instead of Andrew Johnson. As for the others, like the President, I got a B in Econ 101. :)
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37/60. I had absolutely no idea about most of them, so a lot of those were lucky guesses.
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You answered 43 out of 60 correctly — 71.67 %
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Post by Astavyastataa Kadna »

You answered 40 out of 60 correctly — 66.67 %

Hey ... I'm in Technology!! :P
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48 out of 60.

Thanks for the Andrew Johnson hint, Damelon. ;)
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Damelon wrote:52

One question I read as Andrew Jackson instead of Andrew Johnson. As for the others, like the President, I got a B in Econ 101. :)
I did that also! Boy, was I ever pissed!
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Yeah, wrong Tennessee President. :)
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Post by DukkhaWaynhim »

You answered 49 out of 60 correctly — 81.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 75.0%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 75.0%

I got *all* the Econ questions right, but I have apparently mad-libbed some of my history info together, with disastrous results. :)
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You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %

Not bad.
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You answered 43 out of 60 correctly — 71.67 %


I would have had a higher score if I had not talked myself out of some correct answers. But still it would not have been stellar.
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oh goodness...I had to give up after about twenty...I was guessing on most of them.
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