If all Americans were asked...

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these questions, what % would give the correct answer?

-the current President of the United States
-the current governor of their home state
-their two senators
-their congresscritter
-the speaker of the house and PPT of the Senate
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one
-the capital of their state

-the PM of the UK
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms
-the PM of Canada
-the party forming government in Canada
-the President of France
-the party from which he's from
-the Chancellor of Germany
-the party from which she's from
-the President of China
-the PM of India
-the PM of Iraq
-the Supreme Leader of Iran
-the President of Brazil
-the President of Russia
-the President of Afghanistan
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state
-the PM of Spain
-the President of Venezuela
-the President of Mexico
-the King of Saudi Arabia
-the capital of Canada
-the Governor-General of Canada

[courts]

"Sovereign"? That sounds french. Stop talking like a fag and speak american damnit.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Are we counting kids and those with mental disabilities?

[courts]

Are we counting kids and those with mental disabilities?

We're talking about Americans.

[Napoleon]

Majority Leader would be far more appropriate than PPT for Senate.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

-the current President of the United States    98
-the current governor of their home state      75-90% depending on state
-their two senators          45%
-their congresscritter        40%
-the speaker of the house (35%) and PPT of the Senate (less than 1% - was a little more when Byrd was it.)     
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one  85%
-the capital of their state  75%

-the PM of the UK  18%
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from  10%
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms  55%
-the PM of Canada   10%
-the party forming government in Canada  5%
-the President of France  13%
-the party from which he's from  1%
-the Chancellor of Germany 15%
-the party from which she's from  2%
-the President of China   3%
-the PM of India   2%
-the PM of Iraq     4%
-the Supreme Leader of Iran   13%
-the President of Brazil  2.5%
-the President of Russia  12%
-the President of Afghanistan   15%
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state   35%
-the PM of Spain   0.7%
-the President of Venezuela   14%
-the President of Mexico   11%
-the King of Saudi Arabia    2%
-the capital of Canada    20%
-the Governor-General of Canada  0.3%

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

these questions, what % would give the correct answer?...

can't speak for the rest of the US, but in Texas...

95% would respond by kicking your ass

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I really want to know who the people are that don't know who the President is. I'm imagining meeting some Monty Python-esque Hermit in the woods or something.

[Platypus]

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I amended them to Australian questions:

-the current Prime Minister: 97%

-the current premier of their home state: 80%

-one of their senators: 50%

-their local MP: 40%

-the speaker of the house and President of the Senate: 20%; 5%

-the last three PMs before the incumbent one: 90%

-the capital of their state: 100%

-the PM of the UK: 50%

-the party from which the PM of the UK is from: 45%

-the Queen of the commonwealth realms: 100%

-the President of the United States: 97%

-the party he represents: 92%

-the PM of Canada: 20%

-the party forming government in Canada: 10%

-the President of France: 40%

-the party from which he's from: 5%

-the Chancellor of Germany: 35%

-the party from which she's from: 15%

-the President of China: 40%

-the PM of India: 20%

-the PM of Iraq: 15%

-the Supreme Leader of Iran: 25%

-the President of Brazil: 2%

-the President of Russia: 60% would say Putin, so they might be wrong for now but they'll be right again soon.

-the President of Afghanistan: 30%

-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state: 55%

-the PM of Spain: 10%

-the President of Venezuela: 20%

-the President of Mexico: 5%

-the King of Saudi Arabia: 5%

-the capital of New Zealand: 80%

-the Governor-General of Australia: 75%

[Boris]

I don't even know who the President of Brazil is, and I'm a political science student who posts on a website called "uselectionatlas.org"... (I know it's not Silva anymore - some woman iirc)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I don't even know who the President of Brazil is, and I'm a political science student who posts on a website called "uselectionatlas.org"... (I know it's not Silva anymore - some woman iirc)

Dilma Rousseff

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Sorry, Hugh

You are VASTLY overstating our abilities too.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Hugh is definatley overestimating his fellow Australians. No way do one-in-five know who Steven Harper is.

In Sweden the foreign leaders an average person know would be Obama, Merkel, Berlusconi, and Stoltenberg. (Stoltenberg only due to the Utöya massacre) possibly Sarkozy and Tarja Halonen. Most people would probably think Blair is still British PM and Putin is Russian President. (They're not that off on Putin)

EDIT: Damit Polnut beat me.
 

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these questions, what % would give the correct answer?

-the current President of the United States 95%
-the current governor of their home state 40%
-their two senators 25%
-their congresscritter 15%
-the speaker of the house and PPT of the Senate (both?) 7%
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one 40%
-the capital of their state 40% (more in states like MA etc., where the answer is obvious)

-the PM of the UK 30%
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from 15%
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms 60%
-the PM of Canada 5%
-the party forming government in Canada 2%
-the President of France 5%
-the party from which he's from 0.5%
-the Chancellor of Germany 5%
-the party from which she's from 2%
-the President of China 5%
-the PM of India 2.5%
-the PM of Iraq 2%
-the Supreme Leader of Iran 2%
-the President of Brazil 2%
-the President of Russia 1%
-the President of Afghanistan 5%
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state (right answer amibguous: what do you mean by "internationally recognized"?)
-the PM of Spain 2%
-the President of Venezuela 5%
-the President of Mexico 10% (there are many Mexicans in the US)
-the King of Saudi Arabia 0.5%
-the capital of Canada 10%
-the Governor-General of Canada 0% (too small a share to reliably sample)

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

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I amended them to Australian questions:

-the current Prime Minister: 96%

-the current premier of their home state: 80%

-one of their senators: 45% (a Senator... maybe 55%)

-their local MP: 30%

-the speaker of the house and President of the Senate: 15%; 5%

-the last three PMs before the incumbent one: 90%

-the capital of their state: 100%

-the PM of the UK: 50%

-the party from which the PM of the UK is from: 35%

-the Queen of the commonwealth realms: 100%

-the President of the United States: 97%

-the party he represents: 85%

-the PM of Canada: 5%

-the party forming government in Canada: 5%

-the President of France: 20%

-the party from which he's from: 3%

-the Chancellor of Germany: 15% ("it's a chick isn't it?": 25%)

-the party from which she's from: 3%

-the President of China: 15%

-the PM of India: 10%

-the PM of Iraq: 10%

-the Supreme Leader of Iran: 5%

-the President of Brazil: 1%

-the President of Russia: 50% would say Putin, so they might be wrong for now but they'll be right again soon.

-the President of Afghanistan: 15%

-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state: 35%

-the PM of Spain: 10%

-the President of Venezuela: 15%

-the President of Mexico: 2%

-the King of Saudi Arabia: 3%

-the capital of New Zealand: 75%

-the Governor-General of Australia: 60%

[dead0man]

-the current President of the United States->95%
-the current governor of their home state-~45%
-their two senators-<40%
-their congresscritter-~60%
-the speaker of the house and PPT of the Senate-~28%
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one-~65%
-the capital of their state-~88%

-the PM of the UK-<25%
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from-<18%
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms-<75%
-the PM of Canada-<30%
-the party forming government in Canada-<20%
-the President of France-<15%
-the party from which he's from-<10%
-the Chancellor of Germany-~30%
-the party from which she's from-<10%
-the President of China-<15%
-the PM of India-<10%
-the PM of Iraq-<20%
-the Supreme Leader of Iran-<28%
-the President of Brazil-<10%
-the President of Russia-<30%
-the President of Afghanistan-<30%
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state-~50%
-the PM of Spain-<10%
-the President of Venezuela-<30%
-the President of Mexico-<35%
-the King of Saudi Arabia-<20%
-the capital of Canada-~30%
-the Governor-General of Canada-<5%

[phk]

Why all the high numbers for Iran's Supreme Leader?

ag's list is also the most correct imo.

[dead0man]

Is saying "the Ayatolla" enough?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

There's more than one ayatollah. Quite a few more.

[dead0man]

Well, only two any normal American has heard of.

(and that was more joke than anything else)

[Username MechaRFK]

Are we counting kids and those with mental disabilities?

Kids with autism that have politics as their interest and kids that follow politics are the exception to your question.

[Antonio the Sixth]

-the current President of the United States : 99%
-the current governor of their home state : 80%
-their two senators : 60%
-their congresscritter : 40%
-the speaker of the house and PPT of the Senate : 75%
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one : 65%
-the capital of their state : 30% (probably depends higly from the State)

-the PM of the UK : 60%
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from : 65%
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms : 70%
-the PM of Canada : 40%
-the party forming government in Canada : 35%
-the President of France : 55%
-the party from which he's from : 10%
-the Chancellor of Germany : 55%
-the party from which she's from : 15%
-the President of China : 15%
-the PM of India : 10%
-the PM of Iraq : 5%
-the Supreme Leader of Iran : 10%
-the President of Brazil : 40% (a good 30% would probably answer "Lula")
-the President of Russia : 50% (20% answering "Putin")
-the President of Afghanistan : 35%
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state : 55%
-the PM of Spain : 40%
-the President of Venezuela : 60%
-the President of Mexico : 30%
-the King of Saudi Arabia : 20% (a fair number of them would get it by answering randomly)
-the capital of Canada : 40%
-the Governor-General of Canada : 0.1%

[Stranger in a strange land]

-the current President of the United States - 98%
-the current governor of their home state - 85%
-their two senators - 25%
-their congresscritter - 35%
-the speaker of the house and PPT of the Senate - speaker - 50%/PPT - 10%
-the last three presidents before the incumbent one - 45%
-the capital of their state - 86%

-the PM of the UK - 30%
-the party from which the PM of the UK is from - 20%
-the Queen of the commonwealth realms - 70%
-the PM of Canada - 11% (enough people live close enough to the border that they get Canadian news)
-the party forming government in Canada - 9% (an embarrassingly high percentage would say "Socialist")
-the President of France - 20%
-the party from which he's from - 2%
-the Chancellor of Germany - 14%
-the party from which she's from - 3%
-the President of China -25%
-the PM of India - 15%
-the PM of Iraq - 10%
-the Supreme Leader of Iran - 5%
-the President of Brazil - 6%
-the President of Russia - 26% (though most couldn't pronounce his name correctly)
-the President of Afghanistan - 31%
-whether or not Palestine is an internationally recognized sovereign state - 40%
-the PM of Spain - 6%
-the President of Venezuela - 35%
-the President of Mexico - 20%
-the King of Saudi Arabia - 10%
-the capital of Canada - 20%
-the Governor-General of Canada - 0.1%

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these questions, what % would give the correct answer?

-the Governor-General of Canada

about -10%... if that is possible.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

-the President of France : 55%
-the party from which he's from : 10%

I hate to break this to ya . . .

If the US isn't at war with you, we don't know who you are.