This was obtained from a friend of mine; a Pew Telephone Poll  asking some basic questions that a large majority of people should know. The percentage of people that get each particular question right raises some eyebrows.

Below you’ll find your question-by-question results and the percentage of all adults who answered each question correctly in our telephone survey.

Question Correct Answer Your Response All Adults, Percentage Correct
1. Can you tell me who is the newest justice to join the Supreme Court? Sonia Sotomayor Correct 65%
2. Do you happen to know who Glenn Beck is? A television and radio talk show host Correct 40%
3. Do you happen to know which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? Democrats Correct 75%
4. Does the so-called “public option” legislation being discussed in Congress deal with… Health care Correct 56%
5. Can you tell me who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee, which is working on a bill to reform the health care system? Max Baucus Correct 18%
6. Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board? Ben Bernanke Correct 33%
7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border? No, they do not Correct 42%
8. Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to: 10% Correct 53%
9. Do you happen to know if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently closer to: 10,000 Correct 33%
10. Is health care spending per person in the U.S. higher, lower, or about the same as in most major European nations? Higher in U.S. Correct 61%
11. Does the so-called “cap and trade” legislation being discussed in Congress deal with… Energy and environment Correct 23%
12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: 70,000 Correct 28%

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