You probably think you are pretty smart, right?
You know political candidates, you know not to stick a knife into the toaster.
You can read and write but are you Globally Literate? If you know anything about Lindsay Lohan’s career or the price of fuel in Venezuela then you just might be.
Well, head on over to Newsweek and take their Annual Global Literacy Quiz.
I’m wasn’t even sure what on Earth they really mean by Global Literacy but I did find out that I only have a so-so grasp of it.
The quiz involves 10 questions on Arts, Environment, Health/Science, Tech/Business, International and Politics.
I went well in some sections – I won’t give away any answers here but there is a question about Lindsay Lohan’s movie career [which I got right]. I also correctly selected guessed the record-breaking prices of Francis Bacon’s artworks and based on my results in some sections, I am smart enough for a job in the US Senate. However, I was also told that perhaps it was time for me to not “believe everything on the internet”. Cheeky.
Try it out and let me know how you go.
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I don’t know how much global literacy that test actually measures. But it was fun anyway.
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Adam
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Dag, that was embarrassing. I only scored 470, but I’ll be taking that bad boy again.
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sean Reply:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Hah! I did it a couple of times as well. Much easier the second time. lol.
Thanks for stopping by, Sean.
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A measly 260. Gee, you could have warned me there was a time limit. I’m too old for this stuff….lol
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bah, 300!
btw.. would you mind upgrading your commentluv plugin? I’m switching off the old remote scripts soon so the old version wont work for much longer
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sean Reply:
October 15th, 2008 at 11:12 am
yeah, I’ve been meaning to do that. Will update immediately. cheers, Sean.
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The Politic and Art sections seem a bit-US orientated, but I found this quite fun and informative … thanks for the link!
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Any “booms” around Alice Springs?
This is why:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/18/2394700.htm
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sean Reply:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Wow. I love meteorites. Would have been cool to be close enough to see and feel it. Hope it caused a big crater. I want photos!!
Thanks for visiting Clara, see you again soon. Sean.
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