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June 27, 2007
What's Your Global IQ?
Newsweek this week has a feature about "Global IQ," sort of a more up-to-date take on the concept of cultural literacy. They feature a 130-question quiz here on their website to test you. I was shocked at how abysmally I did; my score was 41% (and I was even cheating a little since I'd taken the shorter version in the magazine already). But, it turns out I'm in line with the majority of online test takers. Nothing like feeling completely stupid on a Wednesday morning. Of course I did much better on the questions on health, literature, and art than I did on those about current politics or sports. But it's an interesting mix of current events, global politics, and world history. Check it out if you have a few minutes to waste. And I guess it's time for me to start watching the news again...
Posted by mwashburn at June 27, 2007 10:14 AMPosted to Culture & Politics
Comments
42%
Who gives a crap about Olympic sports? Sports only count if people are paid millions of dollars to play them. And college football and basketball. Oh, wait, some people get paid to pay those, too.
Posted by: Jez at June 28, 2007 05:50 AM
48%, but some of the questions were utterly ridiculous. It was definitely designed so that you finished lower than you'd hoped, thereby giving you a desire to improve your knowledge of the world... and what better way to do that than a subscription to Newsweek?!
Posted by: patita at June 28, 2007 10:23 AM
I did notice that a lot of the questions had to do with articles Newsweek had published in the last couple of months. Of course they feel it's important if they're reporting on it. It's not any more subjective than any other comprehensive quiz or top 100 list or whatever, I suppose.
Posted by: flygrrl at June 28, 2007 10:27 AM
45%. Definitely biased towards Newsweek articles. A little annoyed that they couldn't give you the actual answer in the True or False questions. Obviously if it isn't True, it's False and vice versa...duh!
Posted by: Christina at June 28, 2007 03:57 PM