NationStates Jolt Archive


Quiz: How Much News Do You Know?

Celtlund
14-05-2006, 22:09
News quiz. I got 8 correct and missed the bonus question as well.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195273,00.html
Nadkor
14-05-2006, 22:19
I got 6. Not too bad considering they're mostly US national stories.
Taldaan
14-05-2006, 22:21
Six. In my defence I'm British, so I generally only hear the American news that has great international importance.
B-B-B-TE
14-05-2006, 22:27
7 out of 10, and i got the bonus right.

Stupid stock market >.<
Callixtina
14-05-2006, 22:27
Got all of them right. :cool:
Thriceaddict
14-05-2006, 22:32
I got 8 right and I'm not even American. I Got the one about the tv channel wrong (who cares?) and about the Dow-Jones (stupid stock (gambling) market) wrong.
Celtlund
14-05-2006, 22:34
Got all of them right. :cool:

Two cookies for you. :fluffle:
Celtlund
14-05-2006, 22:35
I got 8 right and I'm not even American. I Got the one about the tv channel wrong (who cares?) and about the Dow-Jones (stupid stock (gambling) market) wrong.

Two cookies for you. :fluffle:
The Infinite Dunes
14-05-2006, 22:37
I got 8. Some of the answers are logical though.

1 - guessed right
2 - unfortunately this is deemed to be international news by some news sources
3 - Saw a thread about this on NS, didn't actually bother reading it though.
4 - My mum's partner has a US tracker mortgage. I hear about about it whenever there is a threat that rates will go up.
5 - I knew both C and A had happened so it had to be D.
6 - Guessed wrong.
7 - Gussed correctly. I'd heard that a two American wives of a Candian were being deported and made the link there.
8 - Slovakia is an ex-soviet state. It's healthcare and education is therefore pretty damn good. Most ex-soviet states have 99% literacy rates.
9 - I remember a story about some people threatening to police the border themselves if the feds didn't.
10 - The person who gets this right needs to guess right.
Bonus - Damn, I almost went for that option. I just wasn't cynical enough to think he would be THAT full of BS.
Thriceaddict
14-05-2006, 22:38
Two cookies for you. :fluffle:
Thank you.

*Munches* while running away from the crap that is FOX. I mean, commercials while loading a video? Fuck off.
Ifreann
14-05-2006, 22:39
If I don't try I won't do badly. I hardly ever watch the news, much less the American news.
Celtlund
14-05-2006, 22:40
I got 8. Some of the answers are logical though.


Two cookies for you. :fluffle:
Dobbsworld
14-05-2006, 22:41
Six. These news stories are pretty Americentric for the most part, aren't they?
The Infinite Dunes
14-05-2006, 22:42
Two cookies for you. :fluffle:I don't deserve cookies. It took me about 5 edits to get all the tags to work properly.

edit: and another edit to make sure the grammar worked on this post. Sucks to be me.
edit2: inserted 'be' where needed.
IL Ruffino
14-05-2006, 23:00
That website is uglier than the office max site.
I am way too damn lazy to write down my answer.
I demand a little answer button!
I didn't take the quiz.
Dobbsworld
14-05-2006, 23:03
That website is uglier than the office max site.
I am way too damn lazy to write down my answer.
I demand a little answer button!
I didn't take the quiz.

Good for you!

Stick it to the Man, kids.
IL Ruffino
14-05-2006, 23:09
Good for you!

Stick it to the Man, kids.
Yeah!

:eek: :p :D ;)
Dongara
14-05-2006, 23:12
I got....2.:eek:
JuNii
14-05-2006, 23:22
9 correct including the Bonus. (remember that being mentioned.)

Missed the Blaine question and the infant mortality rate.
The Infinite Dunes
14-05-2006, 23:24
9 correct including the Bonus. (remember that being mentioned.)

Missed the Blaine question and the infant mortality rate.They were the easy ones!
JuNii
14-05-2006, 23:26
They were the easy ones!
To me, the Bonus was easy as well as the NSA related questions.
The Infinite Dunes
14-05-2006, 23:33
To me, the Bonus was easy as well as the NSA related questions.Pfft. Why was the bonus question easy?
JuNii
14-05-2006, 23:51
Pfft. Why was the bonus question easy?
because I remembered that being said before by his daughter.
Michaelic France
15-05-2006, 00:40
FOX News isn't really news... It's just a bunch of praise for conservativism and America.
Kinda Sensible people
15-05-2006, 00:50
Got 6 right. Missed the stock market and the bonus question.
Rangerville
15-05-2006, 00:58
6, but i don't watch the news much, and when i do it's Canadian news.
NERVUN
15-05-2006, 01:26
Got 8 right, missing the buisness news (Don't care) and the bonus.

Not bad for someone in Japan though. :)