IBhelp2015 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I thought it would be fun to have everyone take this fun quiz about the Fourth of July to test your knowledge of America's Independence Day! The link is here: https://www.examtime.com/en-US/p/1049909 Good luck! Share your scores in the comments, let's see who knows America the best! I got a 79% Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 43%. Who said the art of guesswork was dead... the 4th of July is just the 4th day of the month of July. In other news - do you really have to learn all this stuff at school in the US?? Random fact memorisation to the max. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBhelp2015 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I only knew some of the harder ones because we had a day in my IB History class where we talked about some of the most common misconceptions in American history, and some of the facts about the Declaration were on there. I also knew that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day on the 4th... I have no idea where I heard that, though. Honestly, I feel like 75% of my education is memorization of random facts haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aishalol Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) I got 43 and I gussed on all of them haha! I've never even been to america either. God enough though. Edited July 3, 2014 by Aishalol Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliex0x0x Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Another 43 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khimberleigh Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 I got 43 too! That's kind of weird. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinquinnster Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 43% as well (6/14)! That surprised me, because I guessed most of them. Now I'm curious as to whether we got the same questions right/wrong. There's probably some kind of mathematical thing going on (binomial distribution? Maths HL is failing me at the moment...) dictating that 6/14 is the most common score gotten when people guess the answers. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_corrina_f Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 43%! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaifyanre Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) 43% here! I guessed on most of them (except for the dead presidents one as I mysteriously remember that from some random source, the years one, and the number of states one), I'm starting to think if the website takes your IP and gives you 43% if you're not in US and the correct value if you're in US... just joking.Apparently you get at least one correct (the greatest country one), so I'm wondering which 5 we got correct out of the remaining 13... Edited July 4, 2014 by ssy Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 43% as well! Doesn't exactly reflect too well on my History of the Americas skills. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrls Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Also 43%, as a result of guesswork. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBhelp2015 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Crazy everyone is getting 43s! I can't believe I somehow miraculously pulled out a 79... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David14 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 43% as well (6/14) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroctam Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 50% - also done with guesswork though. I wish they would show us which we got wrong and what the correct answer is! Edit: thanks IBhelp2015 for explaining how to access the explanations and answers (in the next post) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBhelp2015 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) 50% - also done with guesswork though. I wish they would show us which we got wrong and what the correct answer is! I'm pretty sure you can go back through and check the answers for the ones you got wrong! It should be an option at the end of the quiz Mine had explanations, too. Edited July 4, 2014 by IBhelp2015 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Award Winning Boss Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 71% I'm definitely American now. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameera95 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 4% - I got 2/14 What's funny is that I'm technically American (born there, so I have a passport), despite having lived in England most of my life, and that I'm going to uni in America Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 71% I'm definitely American now. What you didn't know is that scores above 43% are grounds to have your passport taken away. The only way to redeem your citizenship is to shave your head, get an England tattoo (/optionally "I love nan" OR any tattoo provided it is on the shaved head itself) and start day drinking. There used to be one where you could dress up in tweed with a red jacket and ride around bugling to your hounds, but they got rid of that with the introduction of the fox hunting ban. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmi Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 I scored 64%....oops Granted this is a lot of memorization stuff that I haven't had to do since I was 12. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahVan Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 I scored a 71% as well. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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