What Do Americans Know?

Which of the following is the MINIMUM amount of exercise most adults need?
26 One hour every day
61 A half hour per day, five days a week
11 Two hours per week
2 Don't know

Which of the following is NOT a play written by William Shakespeare?
4 Hamlet
4 Macbeth
20 The Merchant of Venice
58 The Crucible
14 Don't know

Which of the following is now the tallest building in the United States?
53 Sears Tower
20 Empire State Building
5 Hancock Building
11 Transamerica Tower
11 Don't know

Which of the following is the most-watched episode ever of a primetime TV series?
9 Lucy gives birth to little Ricky on "I Love Lucy"
35 The final episode of "M*A*S*H"
18 The "Who Shot J.R." episode on "Dallas"
26 The last episode of "Seinfeld"
12 Don't know

In which of the following years are TV broadcasts in the United States scheduled to switch from analog to digital?
6 2008
80 2009
7 2010   
3 2011
4 Don't know

Which one of the following is the largest group of Muslims worldwide?
20 Sunni
20 Shia
2 Sufi
19 None of these
39 Don't know

Which of the following is the holiest place in Islam?
30 Jerusalem
56 Mecca
1 Medina
3 Islamabad
10 Don't know

The vast majority of Americans are Christians. Which of the following is the largest group of NON-Christians in the United States?
25 Jews
20 Muslims
4 Buddhists
38 The unaffiliated
13 Don't know

SURVEY METHODOLOGY
NEWSWEEK Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,010 adults, 18 years and older, nationwide. Interviewing was conducted June 18-19, 2008. The overall margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on all adults and the sub-sample of 896 registered voters. Results based on smaller subgroups are subject to larger margins of sampling error. In addition to sampling error, the practical difficulties of conducting surveys can also introduce error or bias to poll results.

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