The ISI Civics Quiz

First of all, we suuuuuuck:

More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took ISI’s basic 33 question test on civic literacy and more than 1,700 people failed, with the average score 49 percent, or an “F.” Elected officials scored even lower than the general public with an average score of 44 percent and only 0.8 percent (or 21) of all surveyed earned an “A.” Even more startling is the fact that over twice as many people know Paula Abdul was a judge on American Idol than know that the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” comes from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Second of all, I'm pissed because I missed one--but I have an excuse! First of all, I didn't know the answer. But what really matters is: I guessed correctly, but then rejected the guess because of a weird grammatical point. So it's not my fault! This quiz sucks and I'm not playing anymore.

Here's the quiz, but don't forget that grammar excuse is mine.

(Incidentally, it was #29 that I missed--or "missed"--but I can't stress enough how I actually could have gotten it right under certain real and relevant, though non-actual, conditions... Man, I knew the answer I gave was lame, too!)