[scoundtrack]

Courtesy of the fine folks at Pew.

Link

Fair warning, extremely slow and timed out on me numerous times.

[SasortFkire]

too slow.......timed out first question.

[Zvmwissq]

You forgot to post the result of the study:

On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers. Jews and Mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively. Protestants as a whole average 16 correct answers; Catholics as a whole, 14.7. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons perform better than other groups on the survey even after controlling for differing levels of education

[dfuzioniag]

Yeah sorry, although the one I took only had 15 questions...

(14/15, had no idea what the answer to the last one was)

[arcalmanard]

15/15

And I see that Jews are generally scoring the highest.

[SingleMan]

Well they better, they SHOULD know their stuff. That is what tripped me up.

13/15

I need to brush up on my Judaism. But I'm glad I know my Supreme Court Rulings better then ALL of them. lol

[Swidemaiskikemu]

For an atheist, I seem to know a lot - 15/15

That last question is a bear, but I happen to know it because the answer plays a part in my failure in a Colonial American Literature class in college, so I remember the name even if I barely read any of the assigned pieces by him (oh, and he shares a name with a very minor singer-songwriter of the late hippie period, which has always amused me).

[hauptdaunnila]

14/15, had no idea what the answer to the last one was

Ditto.

[texprofi]

If I didn't jsut take Erly US History, I would of gotten the last one wrong too.

But the more you know!(18th-19th Century US History is interesting, we need more of it on TV/Movies, instead of the Late 20th century)

[LsrSRVxR]

14/15

Wow, that last question is a doozy!

(I wonder how well Humber or Viburnum would do? 6/15? 7/15?)

[HotboTgameR]

This agnostic was surprised to get a 14/15.

[vTLWqa1l]

15/15 As an ex-hippie, I knew 15 because, as Sean said, he shares a name with a guy who sang a song about sunshine.

Funny I went to Catholic school for 12 years- and it was no help answering those questions. Ask me about the Heroic Act, Purgatory, or other fairy tales and THEN we tap into my religious education

[Nundduedola]

Atheist (ex Catholic) 14/15. Got the last one wrong like everyone else.
I love how only 59% of Catholics got question 6.

"Which of the following best describes the Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion?"
* The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
* The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Wasn't this one of the many issues that sparked the protestant reformation?

[TeftyJokip]

14/15.

The Jewish one got me. I knew about Johnathan Edwards since IM NOT ILLITERATE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY UNLIKE ALL YOU PUNKS

[diegogo]

15/15....last one was a guess, but the name sounded right so I went with it.

[ffflyer]

14/15.

The Jewish one got me. I knew about Johnathan Edwards since IM NOT ILLITERATE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY UNLIKE ALL YOU PUNKS

We need more Tv shows and movies about that American History, Pre Civil war....Post Revolutionary

[FuXA8nQM]

15/15, but it's a multiple choice test. If it was an essay or fill-in-the-blank test, I probably wouldn't have done as well. On 15, for instance, I immediately knew that Billy Graham was not the correct answer because the Great Awakening was in the mid-18th Century. Can't remember the other candidate at the moment but I don't think he fit the time period either. Ergo, Jonathan Edwards. But if I'd had to pull his name out of the air....

[Jon Woodgate]

14/15 agnostic, catholic by birth.

[treawittelf]

15/15, but it's a multiple choice test. If it was an essay or fill-in-the-blank test, I probably wouldn't have done as well. On 15, for instance, I immediately knew that Billy Graham was not the correct answer because the Great Awakening was in the mid-18th Century. Can't remember the other candidate at the moment but I don't think he fit the time period either. Ergo, Jonathan Edwards. But if I'd had to pull his name out of the air....

Ah, but if you were a fan of obscure hippie singer songwriters...



("I'll say 'Who is Scott McKenzie,' Alex")

[JoZertekAdv]

The Jewish one got me. I knew about Johnathan Edwards since IM NOT ILLITERATE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY UNLIKE ALL YOU PUNKS

So you're feeling superior that our common ignorance of number 15, which by the numbers indicates that it's the most obscure fact on the quiz, while at the same time downplaying you're own ignorance of question 45% of all respondents got right.
I'd much rather enjoy my practical knowledge.

P.S. Atheist 14/15