take the civics quiz

Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

The 35 question quiz can be found here

Let me know how you did and we can compare scores.

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Civic duty day

I was summoned for jury duty today. I was released early so I returned home to work from there catching up on some research I needed to do for a current project. It would have been interesting to have been called into a jury though, maybe next time.

I had gone to the courthouse prepared for waiting. A good book, some writing material, my camera and open eyes/ears. The camera didn't get past the security at the door so much for that idea, media maker!

The book did come in handy while waiting for the time we did. One of the judges came in to our jury pool room to thank us all a couple of times before sending us away for the day.