Ignorance is not bliss

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Have fun and feel free to look up anything you'd like to double check.
Dane James
Quiz by Dane James, updated more than 1 year ago
Dane James
Created by Dane James over 8 years ago
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Question 1

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An easy one to start. What is The United States national anthem?
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  • The Star Spangled Banner
  • God Bless America
  • Yankee Doodle
  • America The Beautiful

Question 2

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Which country is the biggest threat to world peace, according to polls from around the world?
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  • The United States
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Germany

Question 3

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When is the last time The United States declared war?
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  • 1942 - World War 2
  • 1955 - Vietnam
  • 1990 - Gulf war
  • 2003 - Iraq War

Question 4

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What gender is raped more?
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  • Men
  • Women
  • They are raped equally

Question 5

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Who has the power to declare war?
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  • Congress
  • The President
  • The Secretary of Defense
  • The War Council

Question 6

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Who has the power to print and control money in The United States?
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  • The Treasury
  • The Federal Reverse Bank
  • The World Bank
  • Chase Bank

Question 7

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Who declared war first in World War 2?
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  • Britain
  • The United States
  • Germany
  • Poland

Question 8

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What are the three branches of government?
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  • The Judicial, The Legislative, The Executive
  • The Presidential, The Congressional, The Judicial
  • The Executive, The House and Senate, The Supreme Court
  • The Legislative, The Congressional, The Presidential

Question 9

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What amendment safeguards states from federal intervention unless specified in the constitutional?
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  • The tenth
  • The first
  • The sixteenth
  • There is no such amendment

Question 10

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Who owned the the highest percentage of slaves per person, during The United States slave era?
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  • Free Blacks
  • Northern Whites
  • Southern Whites
  • They were owned equally

Question 11

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Where were 80% of the hijackers on 9/11 from?
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  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • The United States

Question 12

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What country has killed the most people in a single day?
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  • The United States
  • Germany
  • Iraq
  • Britain

Question 13

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What country helped create an environment for and armed ISIS?
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  • The United States
  • Turkey
  • Iran
  • Syria

Question 14

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How much has the global temperature risen due to "global warming" in the last 40 years?
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  • Less than 2 degrees
  • Less than 10 degrees
  • More than 10 degrees
  • More than 25 degree

Question 15

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What is banned in up to 40 countries but is still allowed by The United States?
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  • Genetically Modified Organic Foods
  • Spanking of kids
  • Fluoride in water
  • All of the above

Question 16

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What country trained, armed, and at one point was allies with Al-Qaeda?
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  • Iraq
  • The United States
  • Afghanistan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • All of the above

Question 17

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What is something that lowers children's IQ, but is something most are subjected to?
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  • Fluoride in water
  • Fast food and junk food
  • Spanking
  • Watching TV
  • All of the above

Question 18

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Who is the only President in The United States history to never see a single year of at least 3% GDP growth?
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  • George W. Bush
  • Richard Nixon
  • Barrack Obama
  • George Washington

Question 19

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Out of all the Holocaust concentration camps studied, how many came back with residue results demonstrating that there had been gassings there?
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  • None
  • One
  • Four
  • All of them

Question 20

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Since the war on terror began in 2001, how has the number of terrorists and terrorism events been impacted?
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  • A minor decrease
  • A major decrease
  • A minor increase
  • A major increase
  • No change

Question 21

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What is there the most of?
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  • The number of United States military bases abroad
  • The number of people killed by terrorism per year
  • The number of people killed by police this year
  • The number of Executive Orders Obama has signed

Question 22

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What was found in Iraq to justify going to war and killing 5% of their total population?
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  • Weapons of mass destruction
  • Chemical weapons
  • Women with no rights
  • ISIS training camps
  • None of the above

Question 23

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What drug or substance can kill you if you quit cold turkey after extended use?
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  • Alcohol
  • Marijuana
  • Mushrooms
  • Cocaine

Question 24

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What does The United States lead the world in?
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  • Debt
  • Obesity
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Fast food consumption
  • Defense/War Spending
  • Number of prisoners per capita
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Question 25

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What is true about guns in The United States?
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  • They prevent more crimes than they help commit
  • Fewer than 1% of firearms will ever be used in the commission of a crime
  • 90% of all violent crimes in the U.S. do not involve firearms of any type.
  • Two-thirds of the people who die each year from gunfire are criminals being shot by other criminals.
  • All of the above

Question 26

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When has teen pregnancy seen its highest numbers?
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  • Present day
  • 1955
  • 1975
  • 1995
  • 2005

Question 27

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Black Lives Matter inspiration and idol Assata Shakur, who is often chanted and quoted, is actually a..
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  • Cop killer
  • Person on the FBI most wanted list
  • Fugitive from justice after escaping prison
  • None of the above
  • All of the above

Question 28

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Who has the record for most republican votes in a Presidential Primary?
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  • George W. Bush
  • Donald Trump
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Jimmy Carter

Question 29

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Who do cops shoot the most often, by total numbers?
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  • Whites males
  • Black males
  • White females
  • Black females

Question 30

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How have black rates of unemployment and black crime changed under Obama?
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  • Increased
  • Decreased
  • No change

Question 31

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What percentage of the time has The United States been at peace?
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  • 7%?
  • 19%
  • 37%
  • 62%

Question 32

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What is the most common reason given when terrorist are asked why they commit acts of terror against the west?
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  • For 100 virgins after they die
  • Because their country is being attacked or occupied by another country
  • For Allah
  • For their family

Question 33

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What does every mass shooter in the past 20 years have in common?
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  • They all had illegal guns
  • They all played violent video games
  • They all listened to satanic music
  • They were all on a psychiatric drug

Question 34

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Saudi Arabia, debatably one of the most anti-women countries, has ties to and has donated millions to this Presidential candidate..
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  • Donald Trump
  • Jill Stein
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Gary Johnson
  • All of the above

Question 35

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Who can see you taking this test right now? (also feel free to look up or fact check any questions you'd like, thanks for taking the quiz)
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  • Your internet service provider
  • The CIA
  • The NSA
  • The FBI
  • Anyone with your IP
  • Your phone company
  • All of the above
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