Are you smarter than your peers?

[srellim234]

Striking another blow for private education. It's been 39 years since I graduated from a Catholic high school but

You answered 31 out of 33 correct - 93.94%.

[Dittoz7]

Nicoclub apparently only attracts the smartest of the smart.

I consider myself fairly intelligent and only managed a 66.67%.

I feel the same. I nailed a 72.73%.

Same even tho I kinda rushed through it.

[Ajax]

25 of 33.
I missed one or two that in hindsight, I probably should have gotten, but I probably benefitted from a lucky guess on one or two as well. History was never my strong suit.

[ThatGuyRoger]

24 out of 33

feels good man

[themadscientist]

Of the 2,508 People surveyed, 164 say they have held an elected government office at least once in their life. Their average score on the civic literacy test is 44%, compared to 49% for those who have not held an elected office. Officeholders are less likely than other respondents to correctly answer 29 of the 33 test questions.

Don't you wish all those with political aspirations were this good?



See you at the polls in a couple of years you scumbag politicians.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

"You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %"

I do not like the way a couple of the questions were phrased.

Math and science are my strong subjects. English and history are not. Still managed:

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Yup. Blasted through and got 24 right. Missed a few I definitely should have gotten. Oh well.

[IBCoupe]

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

Got two wrong: didn't know where "Government of the people, for the people, and by the people" came from, and picked the wrong of two right answers: Roosevelt proposed legislation to add six new justices... but he also mused about the elimination of the court.

[IBCoupe]

Striking another blow for private education. It's been 39 years since I graduated from a Catholic high school but

You answered 31 out of 33 correct - 93.94%.

It's okay. My Massachusetts public education balanced yours out. Which two did you miss?

[alms24sebring]

I suck at history and government..

[themadscientist]

So do most elected officials, get involved. At least you seem to see that as something to be concerned about it which is a 100% improvement over them.

[IBCoupe]

So do most elected officials, get involved. At least you seem to see that as something to be concerned about it which is a 100% improvement over them.

Wanna sponsor my law school education? I promise I'll run for office if ya do!

[themadscientist]

I can't even sponsor my own! Luckily my company has a TA program of I would be scratching for every scholarship I qualified for which is not a lot.

[IBCoupe]

Lucky. My company wants nothing to do with the future me.

[themadscientist]

Sounds typical. You have your best interests in mind, though; you'll be good to go soon enough. Maybe you will get to prosecute them someday.

[Mr1der]

i GOT 27 OUT OF 26

and forgot to turn caps off.

and apparently got more questions right than there were questions...

I should probably go sleep...

[nissangirl74]

It's always humbling to know that you are surrounded by people MUCH smarter than you are.

I redeemed myself today. I took the test to qualify for Nursing school and scored a 93.37% cumulative. I also checked into taking a Civics class next semester to fulfill the necessary Humanities credit. I will learn my history, I promise. Actually, I did really good on the History part. It was mostly the policy questions that I bombed.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

It's always humbling to know that you are surrounded by people MUCH smarter than you are.

I think a lot of the NICO population is genuinely smart, but you've got to remember that if someone bombed this test, they're probably not going to be posting their results haha.

Congrats on the Nursing test!!

[PoorManQ45]

You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %

[King Ranzo]

You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %

Not bad. I should've gotten higher though. Some of the answers I changed ended up being right.

[themadscientist]

Trust your first instinct. Unless you are this guy then doubt all decisions.

[srellim234]

Striking another blow for private education. It's been 39 years since I graduated from a Catholic high school but

You answered 31 out of 33 correct - 93.94%.

It's okay. My Massachusetts public education balanced yours out. Which two did you miss?

I missed the exact same two questions. I knew the Gettysburg address but thought that Lincoln grabbed the term from a previous document and, like you, knew that Roosevelt had mused about getting rid of the Supreme Court so I thought that was the answer.

Good to see that great minds think alike!

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

I don't see how knowing a bunch of historic facts makes one "smart". Knowledgeable sure...
That being said...
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

[PoorManQ45]

I don't see how knowing a bunch of historic facts makes one "smart". Knowledgeable sure...

[hannibal]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

Take a look at the foreign service exam. Now that's a hard test...

[alms24sebring]

I think a lot of the NICO population is genuinely smart, but you've got to remember that if someone bombed this test, they're probably not going to be posting their results haha.

Yeah thanks for calling me out haha. I think the hardest part were the Civics questions. Like I said, I really suck at political stuff.

I did score higher than average though so Im satisfied

[srellim234]

I think it says more about the quality of the people here than it does about being smart. The nature of our discussions and the fact that others will call you out forces us to research and attempt to post from a position of having some knowledge. That's one of the main reasons we can disagree without the thread deteriorating into the silly name-calling that so many other forums are.

[Zydeco]

You answered 19 out of 33 correctly — 57.58 %

[Looneybomber]

Without looking any of them up.

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Not bad for a former sports med student and now engineering. Who cares about civics anyways? I just have to worry about them when playing Civ 4.

[IBCoupe]

Good to see that great minds think alike!

And that the quality of public schools shouldn't be cast into doubt in comparison to private!