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.

That’s right. No one. So I thought I just quickly share a couple of my favourite lines from Steven Wright. He is one of my favourite comedians with one-liners like:

• I like to reminisce with people I don’t know. Granted, it takes longer.

• A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths.

• Last night I was in a bar and I walked up to this beautiful woman and i said “do you live around here often?”

• I have a large seashell collection which keep on the beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it.

Ok, the delivery adds to the humour but still makes me laugh.