A person who scores 220 on the Slate News Quiz should never be designated a “winner.”
And yet that’s what Slate did this week, when I racked up that painfully humiliating result. That’s because the publication’s designated staff “ringer” only scored 191. This one even holds an “editor” title. I think maybe she was asleep or something.
Of course, I still shouldn’t have been crowned the “winner,” since the average score, we are told, was 377.
I’ve never been fond of this quiz, because I seldom do well on it. But now I’m really starting to doubt its legitimacy…
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I got 8 out of 12 for a score of 346. These seem to be getting harder.
I got my wife to take the quiz. She gave the exact same answers for all 12 questions. Her score was a bit higher since she answered faster.
And THAT is what I’ve hated about these since I started taking them — they’re timed.
I don’t like timed tests. Hurry me, and you get a lower-quality answer…