For those interested in testing their knowledge, here's a good civics test:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
Hmmm. I scored an 85 - a solid B. Apparently I wasn't asleep all the time in class. But I did miss most of the economic questions. I never was good at that stuff.
I missed most of the economic questions, too. But I was suprised to earn a 90 overall. I should admit, though, that I am very good at guessing.
I only scored a 77. I used to be smart.
Where were the questions about football and SpongeBob SquarePants?
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that's an 85 civic wagon...
what do i win?
Guess that makes me a 78 country squire... which is a high C (pretty good for an opera singer)... but I'm convinced it's a solid B when grading on a curve...
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...and yes, PM, that was me who guessed "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" at Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp. [;)]
92% (91.66667 actually). Too many of those I was like, huh - I know I read this at some point.
I missed the founding of Jamestown. The republik (which was a DUH when I looked back over them), when the federalist papers were written, one of the philosopher questions - get normal names people, and the just-war theory (which I had never heard of).
On the plus side, we are all way smarter than a HARVARD or other Ivy seniors:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/report/tables.html