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RandySF

(74,962 posts) Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:17 PM Mar 2016

Do you live in a bubble? A quiz [View all]

I scored a 37.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/do-you-live-in-a-bubble-a-quiz-2/

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Do you live in a bubble? A quiz [View all] RandySF Mar 2016 OP

That was pretty interesting. blue neen Mar 2016 #1

70 Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #2

43 JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #3

Got me a 46? angstlessk Mar 2016 #4

56 Doc_Technical Mar 2016 #5

55. hay rick Mar 2016 #15

54 Phentex Mar 2016 #20

72 Generic Brad Mar 2016 #6

Mine too. Got a 65 So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #34

Apparently. 8. Moondog Mar 2016 #7

... In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #10

~ Moondog Mar 2016 #12

You need to get out and about more. In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #13

Some of the questions were slanted towards males. n/ dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #8

which ones did you think were slanted toward males? noamnety Mar 2016 #9

the one about earning a letter in High School dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #29

Ah. noamnety Mar 2016 #31

I'm female and have done both. we can do it Mar 2016 #61

That was one I could say yes to, about the strenuous labor. raccoon Mar 2016 #68

There are letters for female athletes Thor_MN Mar 2016 #77

Several that I work with do it Mnpaul Mar 2016 #94

Many/most women past 50 might not know the various ranks in the military, No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #39

I knew zero. greymouse Mar 2016 #78

Corporalas the only one I had correct. No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #80

Same here. No clue. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #86

I am well past 50 and knew all of them Skittles Mar 2016 #82

Yes, those things would help. No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #83

I was thinking the same thing. RandySF Mar 2016 #14

Yes, that one too. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #37

It was weird for me too hibbing Mar 2016 #53

I didn't notice any of that nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #17

54 In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #11

41 here nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #16

65 points. femmocrat Mar 2016 #18

Me too. 2naSalit Mar 2016 #59

64 for me. Tobin S. Mar 2016 #19

22. Apparently I am quite in the bubble. Agschmid Mar 2016 #21

21 ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #22

From Charles Murray of "The Bell Curve" infamy. baldguy Mar 2016 #23

Yeppers. That's why I didn't post it when I saw it this morning. KamaAina Mar 2016 #54

Which explains why his quiz was whiter than a piece of chalk Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #70

64 - but not real sure what that means n/t Pakhet Mar 2016 #24

no bubbles for me handmade34 Mar 2016 #25

58 here. stopbush Mar 2016 #26

58 also Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #63

41 rug Mar 2016 #27

61 rurallib Mar 2016 #28

61 here too. EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #87

I got a 47 tammywammy Mar 2016 #30

I had a 57. noamnety Mar 2016 #32

I got 46 - probably because of the pickup truck question csziggy Mar 2016 #33

I inherited two pickups, but I never bought one (which was the question asked) so I checked No. Iggo Mar 2016 #46

I had no clue on the Jimmie Johnson question csziggy Mar 2016 #47

I got that one and I'm not fan of nascar... Phentex Mar 2016 #48

Oh! Was it a spelling question? Oh shit, I missed that! Iggo Mar 2016 #49

Oh - NASCAR - no wonder I had no clue! nt csziggy Mar 2016 #50

Which one did the male enhancement commercials? Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 #60

Oh no! Phentex Mar 2016 #65

67 Skittles Mar 2016 #35

55. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #36

I scored 42 mackerel Mar 2016 #38

Interesting. I scored 36. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #40

32 applegrove Mar 2016 #41

16 -- I live in a bubble. Thank goodness. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #42

Same here PasadenaTrudy Mar 2016 #51

We've gotta do what we need to do to keep our sanity in this country, amIright? Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #85

Yup! PasadenaTrudy Mar 2016 #91

Really? Charles Murray, co-author of the discredited Bell Curve? alarimer Mar 2016 #43

Yep, THAT Charles Murray. A real fuckhead. DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #58

I scored 17 n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2016 #44

you want I should kick your bubbled ass, PasadenaTrudy? Skittles Mar 2016 #81

Iffen ya know one Jimmie Johnson, ya know th' other. Iggo Mar 2016 #45

67 jonno99 Mar 2016 #52

Got 65 points. Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2016 #55

14 La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2016 #56

Didn't finish the quiz, as most of it was inapplicable to a non-American... LeftishBrit Mar 2016 #57

The quiz is biased in favor of people with close friends Kaleva Mar 2016 #62

yes I notices this too. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #64

You seem very personable online... Phentex Mar 2016 #66

I'm told I'm friendly, helpful, cheerful but I have little desire to hang out with others... Kaleva Mar 2016 #79

31 here, but stupid survey. it's very easy to have done none of those things magical thyme Mar 2016 #67

41... It's kind of a bullshit quiz Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #69

Woah, hitchhiking is a real thing. noamnety Mar 2016 #71

I amended my comment... Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #72

The last stranger I gave a ride to was a black man. noamnety Mar 2016 #74

I've given rides to strangers before Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #75

I think skewing it that way was sort of the point alarimer Mar 2016 #84

Skewed towards "mainstream American culture" Mnpaul Mar 2016 #95

Got 76 on this one. Don't remember what I got the last time this quiz was posted here. hunter Mar 2016 #73

67, no bubble. thin bubble. ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #76

I got a 74 one_voice Mar 2016 #88

47. But Charles Murray is going to explain my bubble to me? arcane1 Mar 2016 #89

Don't Panic, I got a 42! aidbo Mar 2016 #90

65 MosheFeingold Mar 2016 #92

43,,,just missed the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything benld74 Mar 2016 #93

45 Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #96