{"id":2611,"date":"2006-08-21T18:11:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2017-05-04T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T01:12:50","slug":"dumb-and-dumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2006\/08\/21\/dumb-and-dumber\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumb And Dumber"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m highly skeptical of polls and tend to make fun of them. Some of them are\u00a0<\/em>fun. Or depressing. Or both.\u00a0A poll by Zogby International yielded these gems:<\/span><\/p>\n

60% of Americans were able to correctly name Superman’s fictional home planet (Krypton), but only 37% could name the planet closest to the sun (Mercury).<\/span><\/p>\n

23% could name the recent winner of the TV show “American Idol” (Taylor Hicks), but only 11% could name the recently named Supreme Court Justice (Samuel Alito).<\/span><\/p>\n

60% knew that Homer was the father of Bart on “The Simpsons”. But only 20.5% knew that Homer was the ancient Greek author of The Iliad<\/em> and The Odyssey<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

74% knew that Larry, Moe and Curley were the Three Stooges. But only 42% could name the three branches of government (judicial, executive and legislative).<\/span><\/p>\n

57% could identify J.K. Rowling’s fictitional boy wizard (Harry Potter), but only 50% could name the British prime minister (Tony Blair).<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, dear.<\/span><\/p>\n

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