The News IQ Quiz

Are you more news-savvy than the average American?

Test your knowledge of prominent people, major events and other important facts in the news by taking our short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,168 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 11, 2011 by the Pew Research Center.

When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American, as well as with the scores of college graduates and those who didn't attend college; with men and women; and with people your age as well as other ages.

Take the Quiz!

Read the report: What the Public Knows — In Words and Pictures
(No peeking! If you are going to take the quiz, do it first before reading the analysis.)

Other reports in our ongoing study of news knowledge: See March 2011, November 2010, July 2010, January 2010, October 2009, April 2009, December 2008, February 2008, September 2007 and April 2007.