Unbelievable

[C1ay]

Here's a clip http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2457070140046732828 of "Who wants to be a millionaire" in France. The question is "What rotates around the Earth?"

 

A. The moon

B. The sun

C. Mars

D. Venus

 

The man polls the audience and 56% vote for the sun compared to 42% for the moon. Still unsure the man thinks about using his 50/50 but ultimately decides to go with the audience. How can there be som many people that believe the Sun revolves around the Earth?

[Buffy]

This may migrate outside the US, but there's currently a hot game show here called "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" where clueless parents match wits with 10-year-olds on various Elementary School subjects. Its horrifying how little these parents (or on one episode, a high school teacher and a rocket scientist) know on these kinds of topics.

 

Fortunately, if they quit or miss too many questions, our favorite Redneck host Jeff Foxworthy makes them say: "I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader!"

 

I'm still against Literacy Tests as a requirement for voting rights...

 

Any idiot ought to be able to vote, and they often do,

Buffy

[Racoon]

How comforting to know Americans aren't the only industrialized nation to have a bunch of idiots within their "respective" population. :confused:

Just the most publicized idiots.