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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Member Comments
Posted By: gbg0001 @ 10/08/2008 8:02:12 PM
Comment: The worst President in America is George Bush and he is a republican.
Posted By: gbg0001 @ 10/08/2008 7:59:31 PM
Comment: GEORGE W. BUSH IS A REPUBLICAN SO THAT IS THE PARTY THAT THE WORST PRESIDENT IS FROM.
Posted By: wfrobe @ 07/25/2008 2:26:20 PM
Comment: Generals who became President of the United States.
Your quiz in the July 14, 2008 edition incorrectly gave only three former generals that became President. Newsweek's answer was Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower. I counted ten by researching the White House's biographies on former Presidents.
1. George Washington - MG, American Revolution.
2. Andrew Jackson - MG, War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans
3. William Henry Harrison - MG, War of 1812, Battle of Tippecanoe
4. Zachary Taylor - MG, Mexican War, Battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista
5. Franklin Pierce - BG of Volunteers, Mexican War
6. Andrew Johnson - BG of Volunteers, Civil War
7. Ulysses Grant - GEN, Civil War
8. Rutherford Hayes - Brevet MG, Civil War
9. James Garfield - BG/MG of Volunteers, Civil War
10. Dwight Eisenhower - GA, WWII
There are several President who were veterans but did not make it to the General/Flag officer ranks - examples being Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.