Drifting Through The Grift: Midday Open Thread

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Midday Open Thread

Can You Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test?

Take the test.

Be brave and post your results in comments!

I scored 9 out of 10.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...: Oh, sure -- tell us to post our results after you score an "A". How convenient... :)

*sigh* Ok, I'll go do it and fail miserably, I'm sure.; Tue Apr 11, 12:20:00 PM
Anonymous said...: 8 of 10, but they didn't tell me which ones I got wrong. Is there an answer key somewhere on the site?; Tue Apr 11, 12:26:00 PM
griftdrift said...: No and it's frustrating. I went back and changed the answer on one that I wasn't sure about and then showed 10 for 10. That's the only way I knew which one I missed. You could try that. Or google. Or Wiki.; Tue Apr 11, 12:28:00 PM
Sara said...: I got 9 out of 10.

I dunno which one I got wrong. I wasn't sure about 2 of them--first commander in chief, and which state was not one of the 13 original colonies. But I don't wanna post my answers til everyone has taken the test.; Tue Apr 11, 12:29:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Ugh - a 7 because at the last second I changed the answer on the 13 states question away from the correct answer (doh!).

cartmolari: Just keep taking it and changing the answers around until you get a 10 -- that's how I figured out the answers since I knew the ones I was fuzzy on.; Tue Apr 11, 12:31:00 PM
Sara said...: Huh. I got both of the ones I mentioned right. I'm ashamed to say the one I got wrong was the main author of the Constitution. I was thinking of the Federalist Papers I guess.

(I'm a bad lawyer, I know.); Tue Apr 11, 12:34:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I missed the original state question and the year the Constitution was written question. I should have known the first, and the second isn't really "relevant" as they say in the standardized testing business.; Tue Apr 11, 12:50:00 PM
Blackjackk said...: 8 out of 10. I am now an American.; Tue Apr 11, 01:02:00 PM
Anonymous said...: 9 out of 10

So what IS the answer to the original state question?; Tue Apr 11, 01:20:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations - you got 9 out of 10 correct!

Didn't tell me which one I missed. I think it might have been the state one.; Tue Apr 11, 01:30:00 PM
Blackjackk said...: 1. No limit to reelection of Senators
2. Jan is inauguration
3. Geo Washington
4. Preamble
5. 1787
6. Congress
7. Jefferson
8. Germany, Italy, Japan
9. Vermont is not an orig state
10 England; Tue Apr 11, 01:39:00 PM
Li Mortacci Tua said...: I did poorly and I thought I was up on that stuff. Hanging head in shame in the Town Square.; Tue Apr 11, 03:46:00 PM
Anonymous said...: 10/10. ~Ilsa; Wed Apr 12, 06:12:00 PM
Anonymous said...: James:

I can't believe you were beaten by this guy (from the Daily News):

Martinez aces
U.S. citizenship

WASHINGTON - For the first time last night, Pedro Martinez was pitching in the nation's capital as a U.S. citizen. The ace said yesterday that he was sworn in as an American in a Miami ceremony during spring training.

"I'm a U.S. citizen, but I can always say that I was born in the Dominican," Martinez said.

Martinez applied a year ago. He aced his citizenship test, going 10-for-10.

"Please write that they were really, really nice - extremely nice - at Immigration," Martinez said. "The court where they swore you in, the people were beautiful."

Martinez signed autographs for 45 minutes at the swearing-in ceremony.

"The people who were sworn in with me were mostly Latin," he said.

Adam Rubin; Thu Apr 13, 09:04:00 AM