Are You Smarter Than A U.S. Politician?

[Spaghettimonster777]

52% and I'm a Finnish high school student... I seriously can't believe they scored so low.

[majesticmaniac]

You know what the saddest part is....That these american assholes not just rule america, they also act as the global policemen....So this news is not just bad for you american folks....its bad for all of us....

[athruzor9]

I'm 16 and I got 93.94%

[TheCatsLastWord]

Also...it would make sense that the younger people are the higher their score is..I haven't taken a single class on civics since college (senior now) so I have probably forgotten just about anything...

[TheCatsLastWord]

Who the hell cares...it's a damn test. This is why I hate schooling, people base intelligence on tests. There is more to life than a test >.<...The real test is what the elected officals are actually doing in office. He just wants to use this as a way to brag about his damn test score. Stop being so full of yourself, your retardation shows in your videos...so a test doesn't change that.

[BullOfHeaven]

84.85%. I'm not even American.

[defyingcredentials]

@BullOfHeaven what's the link?

[hetalia137]

@defyingcredentials

isi.org/(X(1)S(5k3rby45rm2lgi5­5hzl4fobx))/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B­47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692­&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1­

[defyingcredentials]

@hetalia137 thanks!

[Sleck06]

and i'm British

[Sleck06]

78.79 %

[puppytrails2121]

72.73% Not surprising considering I have a 'C' in American History...

[hntr15]

84.85 %

[bmiranda58]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

I am happy I did well, but depressed that the majority of my countrymen are idiots. People need to read more books.

[bnjones28]

Gee now that turk the jerk is on MNSBC will you stop this? I am not sure who is worse on MNSBC, turk the jerk or Mr. Ed. They are both very mean is the way they speak about almost any Repub.

[Sleck06]

@bnjones28 they deserve it

[kidkong584]

@bnjones28 and fox news isn't?

[mincui2010]

28/33 - 84 percent. made a lot of educated guesses and got most right. i am a US college student who took AP US History in high school and got a 5.

[swedishmetalupyours]

TYT sucks - I just wanna se the fucken vid!

[equilshift]

88%, and I think I need to relearn some of that shit. How the eff are these people the ones running shit?

[tnschneider]

I got a 97%.

[botdfbmth]

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %

And I'm an American 16 year old.

[rugbyanden]

I had 72% and Im swedish. Geez

[marcus8374]

Wher can i find the test? Someone, please send me a link.

[jhardyrules13]

and im a aussie teen and i got 10/33 serr proud, playing cod helped me get some on the war questions right

[jhardyrules13]

when i saw this video i thought it said rae you smarter then a AUS polly, and i thought they would bag out Australia again,

[tinytina789]

@jhardyrules13 twat

[jhardyrules13]

@tinytina789 yes? got something to say? c'mon man don't be a little bitch and just call me a single word

[runetotem]

29/33.

I mainly struggled on some of the more obscure US historical quotes, which would make sense since I'm not from the US.

[AlephNeil]

30 out of 33. I'm from the UK.

[Reqrezentin]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

18 years old from the UK.

[vejbok]

i only got 19 but i am scottish and a little bit drunk at the moment

[dagorian86]

I scored 26 out of 33 - 78.74%

Im from the UK!

Damn America... damn

[DIOPJR]

30/33. I don't see anybody missing more than 6 or 7 unless they don't have full use of their frontal lobe.

[jameshitchen]

@DIOPJR 25/33. HERRR DERRR DERRRR PAMCAKES!!!

[jahs389]

30/33 -(20 year old engineering student for the record)- Not a particularly good test rather vague questions that can lead to more than 1 interpretation.

[StuartHaitchXbox]

i'm a 17 year old from Scotland and i scored 28/33.

[crackerz99]

, im not american, im 17 , and i started fallowing politics a couple months ago, and i scored better than american politicians.

[Rainmaker1113]

Cenk should run for senate.

[DinosaursOnceRuled]

Where can I find that test? link?

[KangaKucha]

and how did you do cenk? is this still up, let me take it.

[bonfirejovi]

i dont know about that, but i am smarter than a TYT host.

[Chaaarge]

28/33, I'm from sweden. and I missed 2 of the questions simply because english isn't my first language :P. lol, but at least I knew what Roe v Wade was^^ unlike sarah palin :P

[chert95]

I scored 28 and I missed all of those "where is this phrase/quote from" questions.

[nicksutherby]

I'm feeling bad with 76% - as a Canadian. I'm shocked and appalled that high school/university/college educated Americans would do worse than me, much less fail. I'm utterly lost for words that elected officials would be so neglectful of their own history; A history and tradition they have been elected to uphold and continue.

[StuartHaitchXbox]

I got 27/33 and I'm Scottish, That's really worrying. 

[frankystein12]

This is why communism rocks! The people (who are smarter than the politicians...well, not really) makes the decisions instead of the politicians!

[ERAUPRCWA]

I took this test on the day of the THIS show... I got a 32 out of 33... easy test but then again, I took political science as a major and AP courses in high school, along with competing in legal events in FBLA while in high school so I know my stuff

[Xendinthian]

Fuck. I only got a 94% (31 out of 33). Apparently I faltered on two of the economics questions.

Really though, I cannot fathom how someone who works in our government (or anyone who went to school, really) can only get 45% of these questions correct. It blows my mind. I mean, were they not trying? Did they not give a shit what score they got? Because if you put any effort into taking this test, you MUST be able to do better than that. That is, unless you are functionally retarded.

[o0FallingSnow0o]

22/33 = 66.7%

I think that counts as passing haha...

I'm 15 and American.

[DeathscytheVII]

28/33 or 84.85%

I'm also a Canadian. XD i find it kinda scary how the people in government are failing a civics exam.

[VivaLaGeddyLEE]

I got 61%

I'm 13 years old.... AND FROM CANADA.

[Equilibrium2037]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly-78.79% I don't know whether to cry or laugh.

[Scardy]

I got a 78.70%! Go me! I knew staying awake in civics class would come in handy some day!

[n8glenn]

I got 93%, 31 out of 33, I still feel bad I missed those two questions, they were a bit difficult but I feel like I should have known them.

[firthio2]

I got 22 and i'm british. A bit worrying the average american gets fewer than I did. I still should have done better tho!

[Shavarnarak]

I got 75.76% and I'm not even an American. (25 out 33)

[acrislazoiu]

I'm dumb as hell yo because I'm too spoiled and did nothing but play videogames actually I had the highest test grade sometimes I learned vocabulary from those games..

[SeagullPuncher]

54%, I haven't had national history in my school curriculum for the past 2 years though, it was mainly American history I got wrong.

[VerdantNight]

I got 29/33 - 87.88 %. One of them I second guessed myself on, the other three I just got plain wrong. :-( I did not allow myself to look anything up, just went by what I've picked up while being alive. I graduated high school (barely), never went to college, and I work at a grocery store.

So, 87.88 %. Not a stunning score, but still: Steph (VerdantNight) > Congress. WOOT! Take THAT... elected officials who should know far more than my barely-educated ass...

I truly do fear for my country. :-(

[CRClark1138]

where is the test you took at? btw, congratulations on your 87.88%

[VerdantNight]

Thank you. :-)

The test is at:

americancivicliteracy(dot)org/­resources/quiz.aspx

Unfortunately I can't post that as a link, so that Franken-URL-thing will have to do. I hope it actually posts this time. *wishing wishing*

Enjoy. :-)

[petieee]

im australian and got 24 :/

but the only ones i got wrong were the ones about american history.

[amirzubairmughal]

how i can attempt this test i m non american!!! kindly tell me,

[PostalTubeAlex]

as an australian, i'm pretty happy to admit that i got 27/33

[fakedude33]

i got 30 out of 33

[Icyndeep]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Average score for this quiz during August: 76.1%

Average score: 76.1%

[DjRareware]

americancivicliteracy(dot)org/­resources/quiz.aspx

[thetotalvidwatcher]

FOUND IT and WOOOOT I got 78.79%! And I'M 13! I think i got a C+! I am smarter than most politicians and I intend to become one in the future.. eh who cares I am already smarter than most of them so VOTE 4 ME!

[thetotalvidwatcher]

Where is site???

[connberkshire]

30 of 33 for 90.91%. I'm a high school dropout and I did better than these guys! I'm embarrassed for my country that our elected representatives only got half that score- just goes to show ya- we've got the best government that corporate money can buy- you don't have to be book-smart to be greedy!!!

[fatman1001]

where can i do the test?

[upplsuckimcool16]

LOL WHAT WEB SITE???

[olafsirpab]

I'm going to go cry now that I know that I got almost the double the score of the people who rule my world. I'm 18. Time to go cut myself.

[olafsirpab]

27 of 33 for 81%

Yeah... we know that people here are dumb... I don't know how we manage.

However, I think that some of the questions, particularly some of the free market questions, were slanted towards opinionated answers rather than factual.

[Weltschmertz2020]

so sorry i didn't mean to give you a thumbs down.

[arun7989]

I got 27 out of 33 for a score of 81.82%, and I am a Malaysian who studies in the UK.

Man, you Americans have dumb elected officials. Of course, it is a testament to your power and influence as a nation, in spite of your representatives, that I actually know these fact about the US.

[loverofbeats]

44% is an average for elected officials. i'm sure there were individuals scored who higher.

[Yzerman123456]

57% embarrasing

[Elephant1960]

75.76% Shit, I suck cock lol.

[gpjos]

64% not too bad considering i'm an Irish fifteen year old. hee hee im smarter than an american politician lol

[brahmani12]

100%

im 15

[subtledge]

You answered 20 out of 33 correctly — 60.61 %

That's freaking hilarious. I'm from the Bahamas.

[Windshearing]

can anyone give a link to the goddamn test already?

[XrayXD22]

@Windshearing Here is the link below:

americancivicliteracy[dot]org/­resources/quiz.aspx



[2edsajdmsa]

@Windshearing the test is Full Civic Literacy Exam by ISI (2008)

[cyrusthegreat123]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

And I'm Canadian too.

[ezsanjose]

where the hell is the link for the test??

[shouting4joy]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Average score for this quiz during February: 72.6%

Average score: 72.6%

[merocket]

82 but im 15 lol

[Metsodok]

60.61, but im not american D:

[jaheira2016]

im not american, where can i do this test!!!!

[harshvgaus]

23-33 but i'm australian and know very little american history which cost me 7 answers. i messed on the puritans question, fdr sumpre court and about who declares war which i answered as president.

i still did better than most americans 70%

[SilverPhantomX]

29/33

[tommysch]

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %

Average score for this quiz during January: 74.1%

And im Canadian :P

[ed2point0]

I answered 30 out of 33-90.1%. I am not even from the US. I was from Mexico now living here as a citizen.

[goamerica76]

30/33

[duhCider]

No one is smarter than the guy who can give himself pay raises.

[phoenixofthepyre]

29/33 - 87.88% :/ Oh well, I'm 18 and I don't know that much about economic theory.

[whoo689]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

[ed2point0]

Ditto me too.

[bustosricky]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.7%

Average score: 74.7%

not too bad

[Presto14]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

LOL and I'm from Canada

[studio7manga]

"You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %"

Meh, not bad, got 7, 12, 33 wrong. BS degree in IE, work in QC. I guess I should be helping to run the country...

[sounynoma]

22 out of 33, 66.67%... and i'm not American xP

[ZarlanTheGreen]

I got 69.70%

After fixing two questions, where I got it wrong due to linguistic misunderstandings, and one slight fix: 78.79%

...and I'm a Swede.

[saadasim]

americancivicliteracy org

I missed three:6, 8, 27

91%

[kah4068]

66.67% 22 out of 33 questions answered correctly.

[nasherfella]

atleast educated people

[nasherfella]

see smart people voted for obama =)

[JerezJulio]

That's how republican like it, the more ignorant the better.

Did Sarah Palin take the test? I bet she can get 22.

Hey many they should give it Joe the plumber.

He can get even lower

[lassieronen]

I'm Finnish and I still got most of them right.. "You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %"

[ostrich2008]

you know what would be nice?

knowing how to get to the damn test

[Lysistrata8u]

lol seriously wtf, where is this test? someone post a link

[Ceivana]

I am Chinese and I got 20/31, 60.61%, hahaha

[Christmasguy]

You know what would be funny. To see a 10 year old take the test and get a high score then the politicians. If that happens why don't we just let a 13 year old run for president in 2012.

[nicky2coats]

what he doesn't mention is that the ISI defined "office holders" as people who answered yes to the question "have you ever held a public office", so these aren't people like currently elected congresspeople and governors. this could be a former school board associate from 1971-1973. Not that it's still not pathetic.

[RyDawg084]

I got 72.73% I missed a bunch.

[Himechansexytightass]

What is the site? PM me please.

[tyler860509]

hah i got the same score....30/33

[MattressGallery]

32/33. I can't believe I missed the question on the Gettysburg Address!

[WARDOG1138]

I got a 75.79%.....I just saw everyone else posting their scores so I thought I'd join in. I must say, I didn't think it was all that great of a quiz. there could have been a few more...relevant questions. I just think some of the questions involved things that at least in my opinion weren't all that important. just my opinion.

[nicky2coats]

31/33. i feel like a baller

[winadai]

haha i got 12/32 but i didn't really take care of looking at it. but i must say im surprised cause im canadian and i don't know any of american laws and such but i got all the international stuff right

[lorenzo8500]

Lol. I wonder what President Bush's score was.

[nrsims]

why is my "1:40" a link?

[nrsims]

haha i got 22/33. Though in my defense it's 1:40 AM and I'm tres drunk. I shall take it again in the monring

I thought the one about "who was our enemy in ww2" said "who was not allied with each other in ww2." i said "CRAP I DUNNO" and chose England/Spain because there was no "none of the above answer." i figured Spanish people always hate the English. :-/

Note to self: don't take tests when you are incapable of reading

[MarginalPain]

This is sad. I scored 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %.

And i am norwegian...

[godlesspatriot]

makes you wonder why people push for big government with these inept assholes running things...

[beleaguerer]

32/33 97% bitches!

[acronus]

My score

"You answered 19 out of 33 correctly — 57.58%"

Not too bad considering I'm Canadian.

[kazimierz198]

lol I got the same score. I'm Canadian as well.

[cmc30250]

at least half of the country is retarted

[prodprod]

I got 29 out of 33 -- but a bunch of the latter questions were a bit debatable -- you were really answering more what you thought the test giver wanted and were really looking for a "none of the above" option or maybe a "says who?" option.

I got my son, just home from college, who's majoring in political communications to take the test and he got 28 out of 33 -- but got stuck on the same iffy questions.

[madhi19]

78% peoples are DUMB!

[ryanmitchell93]

I got 73% - I am a Canadian

[random0815]

84,84 in three min (as a non-american), bad quiz imho, the later questions are very suggestive and selective (towards free market, neo-liberalism aso.), some even with debatable answers, some irrelevant to the context (sputnik?), you can guess many by the improbable alternatives, also its too few questions to be meaningful, still a politician should definitly be able to get everything right

[2freet]

I got 36.36 %. And I'm from switzerland, didn't understand all the questions that well.. lol

[PumpkinChick88]

I got 29/33 - 87.88%

[mcnayrk]

I scored a 30! Booya

[Zappafan5150]

I got 30 out of 33, or 90.9%

[Litkisla]

i got a 90.91

[Clockmaker98]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

[ElCagafuego]

Unless I took an altered version of the test, it had a libertarian slant. Also, libertarians are dumb. Thus, if you get 100% you are dumb.

[misterfisherman]

give a politician a diy shed to assemble and he'll argue and talk about it instead

[AngrySkeptic]

Incredibly easy.

100%

[DeadlyChinchilla]

29 out of 33, at a lovely 87.88%!

Haha, shoots, scores! Though I was a little dumbstruck by the Socrates question. I 'knew', but sheesh, the wordings... then the one on levies being public goods, don't ask me how I missed that one. But yeah, the other two had me.

[rtardbox]

I got an 81.81%

Some of those were hard... dang... I can't believe I didn't do as well as the middle-aged Jerk libiral homosexual

Then again, I think the chance of him not being truthful with his results is about 81.81% :)

[konohahurricane07]

alas, leave it to a hater to hate

[dookdawg214]

I just took the test. At first I was happy because I got 71.21%. But it says "Average score for this quiz in November: 78.1%". WTF? What happened to 45%? How did it suddenly improve by more than 70%?

[cmb111480]

22 out of 33...67%. I am so mad! Oh well, my BA is in English-Lit anyway...

[jvforever72]

i'd like to at least think i'm smarter than pelosi ,frank,reid,and biden , then again , they are the ones fleecing people and getting away with it and i'm the one beholden to pay them , so who knows . JV

[OneAlrightGuy]

Exactly, oh but Sarah Palin is too stupid to run for office.. she's a regular person... Biden and Obama are elected officials.

[gordongekko83]

OneAlrightGuy,

Sarah Palin IS stupid! She proved that many times all by herself without an ounce of help from anyone. Change the "a" and "l" around in her name and that's what you get . . . "Plain" as in regular like the rest of the idiots scoring in the 40's on this test. Puh-lease!

[chillmonster]

Here's the difference between Reps and Dems. Reps want people to pass this test before voting. Dems want people to pass this test before running for office.

[vonOhzu]

32 out of 32 can't believe I screwed up progressive tax.

[vonOhzu]

Also, give me my fucking green card!

[Goldstein1984]

33 out of 33.

[Yggdrasill4]

84.85% -_- penis

[ArthurTyler]

I only got 24 right.

[crowdaddy13]

wow, Bush needs to take those economic questions...........haha, damn he did the complete opposite the last 8 years

[trademark323]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... politicians should be smarter than us, right? Or is that just a rumour someone made to get hopes up for a competent politician in the White House (which there is, no doubt, but I'm just saying in general).

Man, this is really embarrassing, and really pathetic.

[funkalunatic]

93% - I beat Cenk!

[infinit888]

81.82 % - quite ok considering I'm a Swiss who didn't have much American history.

[ccm800]

where is the test? I wanna take it

[nico3641]

I scored 26 out of the 33. That's a C grade

[qanazir]

If the people demanded more intellectual clarity from their poliiticians this wouldn't have happended.

[bararistheman]

clowns like Palin bringing down the politician average hardcore.

[inuking]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

Average score for this quiz during November: 78.0%

Average score: 78.0%

yay im smarter than politicians and im only in high school :D

[gordongekko83]

I missed 4 scoring an 87.88. When do I collect my public office chair or am I considered "overqualified" for the job? No wonder the "bailout" is so damn screwed up! These folks haven't a clue!

[vRaZ1el]

They have a clue. They know exactly what they're doing. They know that they are putting all that bail out money in their pockets and thats the only clue they need.

[Rosannasfriend]

Is it that they got 44%, or that 44% of them passed the test?

[TopazJulez2]

The average was 44%.

[Kaszely]

I got 28 of 33 (84.85%) Grade B

mostly missed economic questions

[nittgritt]

Indian, living in Australia...got 26 right(79%). Was wrong on questions 6,8,13,14,15,27,29

[babyfran05]

that shit rewards guessing. i'm not smarter than the average american and i got an 87.88.

[johnreon]

Truth with facts revealed tend to point toward facts revealing truth and reveal those who would hide the truth

[Mooshito]

Got 5 wrong. 81.82%

[nickrose83]

From england and i got 66% with little knowledge about american politics...

Lol, americans, shameful.