Americans know nothing of religion and science

[Aeson]

What the hell is the great awakening?

If it was up to me, it would refer to a zombie apocalypse.

[Docfeelgood]

Science
You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%.

Religious Knowledge
You answered 11 out of 15 questions correctly for a score of 73%.

[Colonâ„¢]

Got 12 out of 13 for science and 14/15 for religion (but I made a lot of educated guesses for the latter).

[Lonestar]

Science: 15/15 with a lot of d'uhuh
Religion: 13/15 (you guys aren't allowed to say prayers in schools? - I didn't know that + What the hell is the great awakening?)

Religious movement in the US in the 18th Century.

Official Prayers aren't really allowed in public schools, although you can have Bible clubs or a morning prayer on the grounds prior to the start of the school day, etc.

[Hauldren Collider]

13 out of 13 on science, 13 out of 15 on religion.

[Guynemer]

Pretty cool article in Slate. The story explains how when given two short quizzes, one about science and one about religion, the bulk of the sample were shockingly ignorant of both. The sample wasn't large (seems like 1,500 IIRC) but it was random. If you want to try your luck without sorting through the article, here is the science quiz and here's the religion test.


I expect the Poly population to reach "the 7%".


Well, not BK.

Saw that article last week. Got 13/13 & 15/15. Not the least bit surprised by how dumb-as-**** Americans are.

[Hauldren Collider]

I think it marked me wrong on the Sabbath question. I said the Jewish Sabbath begins on Friday because it begins at sundown, but I think it wanted Saturday.

[Jon Miller]

same (response to Guy)

Pretty sure Friday is the right answer HC, I got 100% on both and I picked it.

JM

[OneFootInTheGrave]

We had the science quiz on CG weeks ago - keep up, people!

Science: 13/13

Religion: 14/15 (Got the Jewish Sabbath wrong, knew it wasn't Sunday and failed the 50/50)

So what is the Great Awakening, to avoid googling on a ridiculous subject?

[Robert]

I obviously missed one of the "supreme court" questions in the religion quiz.
What does it have to do with religion? It's a political issue in just one country.

I didn't knew that Nitrogen makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere.

So morally I had 1 question wrong in both tests.
Factually I missed 50% of the questions about US politics.

[Sava]

Science 13/13
Religion 14/15 (didn't know the last one)

[Al B. Sure!]

13/13 science

The % that got questions right is given. Everyone seems to know sunscreen protects from UV rays (83% right) but only 20% get Nitrogen as making up most of Earth's atmosphere (most people probably assume oxygen).

Also, women know less than men, apparently.

[Ming]

Perfect on both (I guess Catholic school was good for the religion test)

However, I found the science questions to be really easy... It's kind of amazing the most people don't know the answers.

[Sava]

Yeah, the nitrogen one surprised me.

[Ming]

That's the only one that made me think more than a few seconds.