A Pew Research Quiz: [link] The final screen is great because it shows your results relative to others who took it via telephone. What I think might be worth studying is whether or not those who take it online have a grossly different percentage of answers right. I don't really follow the news, but I'm aware of it because of being online. Anyhow, go and take it and see!
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Dec 30, 2009 12:15:37 pm PST #28165 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse - Dec 30, 2009 12:19:20 pm PST #28166 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good one! I only got one wrong, and I knew I didn't know it (troops in Afghanistan).
I really want to go to Crate and Barrel, except it's all the way outside! Stupid winter.
flea - Dec 30, 2009 12:24:16 pm PST #28167 of 30001
information libertarian
I got them all right, and the only one I even had to stop and think about as who was the Fed Chair (because all the guys were finance guys, and at least one used to be chair!)
I did a phone survey the other week, and man was it a dumb survey. It was all about illegal immigration, and the guy reading the questions agreed that some of them didn't make any sense. There were options where I had to choose Thing A I Totally Disagree With or Thing B I totally Disagree With. I was like, who wrote this poll!? But I felt sorry for the poor guy reading the idiot questions, and figured he probably got paid less if I quit. Anyway, point being it made me even more suspicious about poll numbers than Nate Silver already had.
Gudanov - Dec 30, 2009 12:25:05 pm PST #28168 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
12 for 12. Perhaps I pay too much attention to current events.
Hil R. - Dec 30, 2009 12:27:44 pm PST #28169 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
10 right. I got the Afghanistan one wrong, and the Fed Chair one.
Sue - Dec 30, 2009 12:31:34 pm PST #28170 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I got the same one wrong as Jesse, but I had to guess at a couple.
Kat - Dec 30, 2009 12:31:52 pm PST #28171 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The troops thing was a guess. I figured it wasn't as high as the high number and with ramping up with 100,000+ more troops, I figured it was a good guess.
What makes me laugh is because I'm so NPR dependent that if you asked me to spell Bernanke's name, I'd never get it right.
Look at the percent correct breakdown by question and demographics. FASCINATING! I'm a data nerd.
Vortex - Dec 30, 2009 12:33:48 pm PST #28172 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I got three wrong - fed chairman, afghanistan, and the unemployment rate.
Connie Neil - Dec 30, 2009 12:36:58 pm PST #28173 of 30001
brillig
12 for 12. Perhaps I pay too much attention to current events.
Hanging out at Daily Kos got me 11 for 12, I was thinking the wrong direction on paying for health care.
Sheryl - Dec 30, 2009 12:40:28 pm PST #28174 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sleepy now.