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[tommyzDad]

Frak!

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

Below average! So so dirty!

 

[tggroo7]

Originally Posted by SnappleLlama
Oooh! I know, I know! The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria!!

Who were they?

The three ninjas I believe.

 

[James Madison]

Doesn't the president have the power to veto a declaration of war, thus technically giving him the power to declare war by signing the bill into law?

I don't think so. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 states that only Congress has the authority to declair war. Nowhere in Article 2 does it mention about overridding a congressional declaration.

 

[hotbrownsauce]

Change one of those "b" votes to an "A" vote. I accidentally selected B instead of A
I got a 91% I missed 30 out of 33, not bad =).

The rest of you had amazing scores as well. It shows that the more people understand the constitution and the economy the more likely they are Ron Paul supporters. This should give us good ideas on how to get people in the tent with us! Educate them on our constitution and then expose them to the Campaign For Liberty and similar organizations.

 

[ifthenwouldi]

Missed four.

Now for my wife...

 

[Malakai]

I got a 73%. Not bad considering I haven't had a history class since 5th or 6th grade, and I now have an associates degree.

If it wasn't for getting involved in the RP movement I most certainly would have failed.

 

[Malakai]

Oh I strongly disagree with their answer to question number 30, what should government do to stimulate the economy out of a recession?

I answered decrease taxes and spending.
The answer they give is decrease taxes and increase spending (inflation++).

My answer is the austrian answer, their answer is the keynesian one.

 

[sparebulb]

90.91% and ashamed that I missed three.

Our nation is screwed when so many have such little knowledge of the mechanisms of government and our nation's history.

 

[nate895]

Oh I strongly disagree with their answer to question number 30, what should government do to stimulate the economy out of a recession?

I answered decrease taxes and spending.
The answer they give is decrease taxes and increase spending (inflation++).

My answer is the austrian answer, their answer is the keynesian one.

The question doesn't ask what the government should do, but rather what does it do.

 

[nate895]

I don't think so. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 states that only Congress has the authority to declair war. Nowhere in Article 2 does it mention about overridding a congressional declaration.

Congressional declarations of war are bills, so they must be passed by both houses of Congress and then the President must sign it. A President has never vetoed a declaration of war, because the Congress has an unspoken rule that the President must ask for one.

 

[Verad]

Got every question right except for 30, and I'm not sure I was wrong on that one, but, it's not my quiz.

 

[Cowlesy]

100% bitches, yesterday.

 

[libertea]

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #19 - B. teaching evolution in the schools
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending

I'm a dumb ass when it comes to Lincoln and religion. They are the dumb asses on economics.

 

[Bruno]

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #19 - B. teaching evolution in the schools
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending

I'm a dumb ass when it comes to Lincoln and religion. They are the dumb asses on economics.

I missed the same ones except #19. oh well. I can live with myself!

 

[MGreen]

Whoops, I got three wrong, because I read two of them wrong (First Amendment question and Roe v Wade question), and was confused by the correct answer for the last question about taxing = spending. I knew that "government debt is zero" was a trick, but I wasn't sure what they might have meant by "tax per person equals government spending per person."

Still, 90%. If I wasn't multi-tasking, it would have been 100.

 

[StilesBC]

68% - But I'm Canadian, so, uh, my dog ate my homework...

 

[Kludge]

100% bitches, yesterday.

You're doing it wrong...

 

[RSLudlum]

what a coincidence that this quiz has 33 questions and one of Thomas Woods' books is entitled "33 questions about American History you're not suppose to ask"

 

[Athan]

Here are my results:

Civics Quiz

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Average score for this quiz during November: 77.8%
Average score: 77.8%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email [email protected].

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

Where to from here?

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

 

[Anti Federalist]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

Some misleading questions...you had to deduce the correct answer from the set given.

Took about 7 minutes.

Not bad for a HS drop out.

LOL - was looking over some of the "official's" scores.