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A tribute to our education system lol. (Original Post) redgreenandblue Feb 2013 OP
Sad and embarrassing. narnian60 Feb 2013 #1
Made me think! Plucketeer Feb 2013 #2
Ahhh. Making us proud to be Americans... WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #3
Yeah, of course it is highly selected. redgreenandblue Feb 2013 #4
What you said made me think. zeemike Feb 2013 #6
Of course, they only adieu Feb 2013 #5
slow news day, A... 02potato Feb 2013 #7
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
2. Made me think!
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:16 PM
Feb 2013

MAYBE the folks in DC aren't really all that evil. It would be crazy for them to do as these constituents might want.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
3. Ahhh. Making us proud to be Americans...
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:59 PM
Feb 2013

There wasn't a single one of those questions I would have even had to think about. Consequently, I am bad television.


Of course, I imagine you could walk around in any country and find enough ill-informed people to do this bit.

redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)
4. Yeah, of course it is highly selected.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:06 PM
Feb 2013

I have seen such clips on German television. They can find idiots anywhere. Still entertaining though.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
6. What you said made me think.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:08 PM
Feb 2013

What if answering all the questions right made good television?
Do you suppose it would make people want to know things?....I do.

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
5. Of course, they only
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 07:22 PM
Feb 2013

select the stupid answers to put together a montage of stupid people answering questions stupidly. I answered all of the immediately and correctly, and I think a vast majority of people probably could as well.

I remember in high school, when one of the students couldn't answer an easy question, the teacher would ask, "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?"

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