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Old 09-28-2010, 06:39 AM   #315
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
Well, at least it isn't only secular knowledge that is lacking in the US:

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/0...-finds/?hpt=C1

The page offers 10 questions from the Peee-yu! poll-- take that before you read the article because one or two of the (freaking obvious) answers might be spoiled in the text. (I got 10 out of 10, but then again it wasn't exactly challenging questions.)
And this result from the survey as well:

"For comparison purposes, the survey also asked some questions about general knowledge, which yielded the scariest finding: 4% of Americans believe that Stephen King, not Herman Melville, wrote "Moby Dick."



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,7375137.story
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