I got all 12 correctly. I'll be honest, I guessed on a couple. Though, on the questions I was fuzzy on, it was easy to cut it down to 2 probable guesses. Apparently 2% of folks get all 12 right. Ok, I could see the finance committee question throwing folks off, or the current troop levels. But the rest were pretty friggin easy.
I'll admit, I flinched when I saw the male/female score breakdown. I'm honestly at a loss to explain it. The education and age tracks like you'd expect.
But overall... Gods, that is depressing.
I got everything but the unemployment rate and the DOW Jones average correct. It said unemployment is closer to 10%, but wasn't there an article or something not too long ago that said the employment rate was higher and the .gov was lying?
Total unemployment is obviously higher than 10%. "Unemployment" govt statistic only covers a specific aspect of people that are not currently employed. For example, "discouraged workers" are not included. I guessed that they meant the official statistics, not a more accurate number.
The govt isn't lying, per se. Just being very picky about their definition. If you want to see serious manipulation, look up the CPI. That's crooked like no tomorrow. There are a couple private CPI equivalents, all of the best ones are subscription required.