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We Failed MSNBC’s 9/11 Quiz

The MSNBC television channel is home to numerous liberal windbag children like Keith Olbermann, the important sports highlight show reporter who gets very grave and solemn while discussing people who exploit 9/11 in a tacky, self-promoting fashion, which ironically is what he’s doing in the process. And so Keith must be upset today with his network’s website, MSNBC.com, which actually has a live feature called “Know 9/11? Take a tougher-than-usual quiz.” We’re not sure when all of these “usual” 9/11 quizzes took place, but we agree that this one is tougher. We got a 40% and will now go to Gitmo. DHS agents are picking us up any moment now. Oh no they’re breaking down the door! Well, everyone, it’s been a pleasu


1:51 PM on Thu September 11 2008
By Jim Newell
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  1. ManchuCandidate says at 1:56 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got 70% as a Furriner. Does this mean I can get a green card (not that I want one)?

  2. CivicHoliday says at 1:56 pm, September 11th, 2008

    That scary flag-winged eagle shall haunt my nightmares for all eternity. Thanks, Gitmo-Jim. Enjoy your testicle electricution!

  3. LauraElizabeth says at 1:57 pm, September 11th, 2008

    This is the best:

    4. At the time of 9/11 attacks, President Bush was in the Sarasota, Fla., area, where he was visiting an elementary school to promote an education initiative. What is the name of the school?
    Booker T. Washington Elementary School
    H. Barbara Booker Elementary School
    Emma E. Booker Elementary School
    Kermit R. Booker Elementary School
    5. After hearing of the attacks and finishing a book with second graders at the Booker Elementary School, President Bush was rushed to Air Force One, which was quickly airborne. Where did the plane next touch down?

  4. Godless Liberal * says at 1:57 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I am 50% more patriotic than Wonkette.

  5. ManchuCandidate: No it means you HAVE to get one.

  6. do ya think we can get sarah palin to take this test?

  7. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 1:59 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I suck. 40%. In all fairness, if you pass this test, you know too much. And, obviously, you’re a terrorist.

  8. NoWireHangers says at 2:00 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got 40% too. You mean Booker T. Washington Elementary School doesn’t exist? Bastards.

  9. dougbob: With or without Joe Lieberman whispering in his ear?

  10. El Bombastico says at 2:01 pm, September 11th, 2008

    dougbob: Yes, in three weeks, after rigorous prep from Joe Lieberman.

  11. Anita Cocktail says at 2:01 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Um, going back to the post before this one, were they regular cretins? or troll cretins? or new cretins who haven’t gotten the unspoken conventions and unwritten code that real Wonketeers live by?

  12. HIROHITO99 says at 2:02 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I’m 50% of a Never Forget, Crying Eagle patriot. Suck it, Al Quaeda.

  13. ManchuCandidate: Unfair. You probably get fact-based news coverage where you are from. You may as well have just cheated, you cheatie cheater!

  14. BrutallyHonestBabes says at 2:03 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I’m glad I have learned the 9/11 lesson that President Dubya was not at Kermit the Frog Elementary School during the terrorist attacks. I am now qualified to be VP!

  15. Monsieur Grumpe says at 2:03 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got a D- and I’m still smarter than Bush.

  16. Wagamuffin says at 2:03 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Keith Olbermann. Tested. Ugh.

  17. Serolf Divad says at 2:03 pm, September 11th, 2008

    The GOP version:

    1) America was attacked because:

    (choose 1)
    1) The terrorists hate our Freedoms

    2) True or False: Everyone, and I mean everyone thought Iraq had WMDs:

    (Choose true or true)
    1) True

    3) The August PDB that Condi Shared with Bush was titled:

    (Choose 1)
    1) “Bill Clinton says Bin Ladin unlikely to attack US any time soon.”

    4) The U.S. economy tanked, and millions list their jobs because of:

    (Choose 1)
    1) The recession Bush inherited from Clinton deepened after 9/11

    5) The Lord Lifted his protecting veil and allowed 9/11 because:

    (choose 1)
    1) We tolerate Homosexuals in this country

    6) If Barack Obama were elected President:

    (Choose 1)
    1) A resurgent Al Qaeda would launch new attacks against America that would make 9/11 look like your Thanksgiving dinner.

  18. Cogito Ergo Bibo: In all fairness, I think you’re considered a terrorist if you believe that most of the attackers were from the land of oil and friendship, Saudi Arabia.

  19. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:04 pm, September 11th, 2008

    …dont feel so bad guys, “W” got negative 30%!

  20. 10. Excluding the hijackers, almost 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks. Among these were hundreds of foreign nationals. Which country lost most citizens?

    I like this question. Cause w/o the 19 hijackers, you’re “almost 3,000″ gets pretty fucked up.

  21. Johnny Zhivago says at 2:04 pm, September 11th, 2008

    LauraElizabeth: Everyone knows Bush was circling Manhattan in a Trilateral Commission AWACS Command Frigate - carefully disguised as a Circle Line Tour boat.

  22. Scott-san says at 2:04 pm, September 11th, 2008

    60%

    I’m gonna go cower in the corner to get ready for the dogs. Maybe they’ll pile all of us Wonketteers up and take a group picture.

  23. The only answer that matters: My Pet Goat.

  24. The test forgot to ask, “Why did President Bush ignore Condi’s memo warning of the attacks?”
    a. He doesn’t know how to read.
    b. He doesn’t like to read.
    c. He’s more of a “gut” person, not a “thinking” person.
    d. He doesn’t like to read.

  25. Walter Sobchak says at 2:05 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got a 50%. I think they should make Rudy take this on National Teevee.

  26. Anita Cocktail says at 2:06 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got 80 percent right. Suck it, losers!

  27. Gopherit v2.0 says at 2:06 pm, September 11th, 2008

    80%. I don’t know whether to be proud or to up my meds.

  28. DoctorCulturae says at 2:07 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Simple Sarah says: “I don’t have to know all there is about 9/11, because I already know everything I need to know. No one has told me just what teh Allen Kayduh does.”

  29. 70% I’m packing my bags for the “know too much” side of Git’mo.

  30. I got 50%, which proves I am more patriotic than Wonkette.

  31. Anita Cocktail says at 2:09 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Ha ha, you should have Thanksgiving in my parents’ house. Toss-up.

  32. 30%. I haz forgetted.

  33. 70%! Woo hoooooo

    Is that level of knowledge too high for a job at Homeland Security?

  34. JadedDIssonance says at 2:12 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got 40%, but I think that’s only because I chose the most ironic answers.

  35. I got a 50%… it said I’m scheduled for a sitdown meeting with Larry Craig in a Minneapolis Airport bathroom… Oh noes!

  36. Serolf Divad says at 2:13 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Anita Cocktail:

    I know… that was a softball tossed out for one of you guys.

  37. Let’s make that jackass Rudy Giuliani take this fucking quiz and laugh when he gets a shitty score.

  38. I got 90% link

    Not sure if I should be proud or worried…

  39. Anonymous Office Zombie says at 2:15 pm, September 11th, 2008

    That must be a picture of our new American flag Palin’s going to introduce during her eventual presidential inaugeration/monster truck rally.

  40. V572625694 says at 2:15 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Awe-inspiring!

    7) President John “Sydney” McCain will prevent further terrorist attacks like 9/11 because:

    (Choose 1)
    1) He’s so resolute! Five and a half years, Alan! Plus he knows how to survive crashing aircraft.

  41. Why does MSNBC hate America with these sexist quizzes that asks for “facts?”

  42. 80%. I’ve always prided myself on being slightly better than average.

  43. Walter Sobchak says at 2:18 pm, September 11th, 2008

    demtard: Mom?

  44. ReelectTilden says at 2:18 pm, September 11th, 2008

    80%. Does that mean i have to vote for McCain.

  45. I neither confirm nor deny I took that quiz, nor do I have any knowledge of it at this time.

  46. Yay! I got 50%, and I only guessed on 9 of the 10 questions. Today, I am truly proud to be an Armenian. Er, American.

  47. Matt Cvetic says at 2:20 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Yeah, baby, I got 90%! Woo hoo!

    Oh, wait…

  48. SkimLatteModerate says at 2:20 pm, September 11th, 2008

    This quiz is creepy as fuck.

    What are the names of the “dead” people on United 93? The only people who know this shit are truthers. And/or nerds who actually finished the comission report.

  49. JadedDIssonance says at 2:22 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got a better score on the Science Test. Take THAT Public Schools!

  50. Delicious says at 2:22 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I got 80. Would’ve gotten 90 if I didn’t switch on Barksdale.

    Now I’m ready to storm the Gates of Hell!

  51. georgia_peach says at 2:23 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Yikes, 30%.

    Usually I’m embarrassed when I do badly on current-events quizzes, but NOTHING in this quiz has anything to do with knowing about or understanding 9/11 (except the part about Saudi Arabia, but since the government doesn’t care, why should we? More public beheadings, please!). It seems to have been written by someone who is unhealthily obsessed with 9/11 minutiae and constantly discussing and reading about the attacks.

    So I’m guessing that Rudy G. would do pretty well, actually.

  52. JadedDIssonance says at 2:25 pm, September 11th, 2008

    SkimLatteModerate: Actually, Todd “Let’s Roll” Beamer went to my undergrad. We had a huge bas-relief memorial of him installed in the new student center that bears his name. Dennis Hastert even showed up to the service! (I helped sing the national anthem for it…hell, a gig’s a gig.)
    I met his wife. I hope her book deal works out.

  53. It scares hell out of me that I scored 80% by mostly guessing. (I’d have gotten 90% if I hadn’t changed one answer from what my Inner Wonk knew was right, but that I thought was too obvious and therefore, probably a lie.) This tells me that my brain has been co-opted by subliminable nine-elevening. Where do I get my “Support Our Troops” magnet?

  54. WagTehGod says at 2:26 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Where are all the questions about Satan’s horns in the Twin Towers smoke?

  55. m_supercomputer says at 2:29 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Hurrah, 9/11 Minutiae! Can a special edition of Trivial Pursuit be far behind? Parker Brothers would totally go for that if they really love America.

  56. GayInMaine says at 2:29 pm, September 11th, 2008

    I’m sorry they took you away. Juli-with-no-e, I guess the place is all yours now.

  57. ladymacbeth says at 2:31 pm, September 11th, 2008

    LauraElizabeth: hey! you have my name!

    i only got ted olson, saudi arabia and UK citizens. this says something unflattering, only i don’t know what.

  58. Dr. Feelquestionable says at 2:33 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Ha ha, 60%! It took me FIVE AND HALF YEARS to beat Wonkette’s score by 20%.

  59. The terrorists wake up every morning thinking how they can hurt America…and so do we!!!

  60. That shit is just morbid. I realize ‘Mericans have headline-to-headline memory spans, but a fucking quiz really trivializes the event all too soon.

  61. Trollop: Me too. I think “spends too much time watching 24 hour cable news” is the correct answer. I missed the “four names” one.

  62. magic titty says at 2:51 pm, September 11th, 2008

    Haha - I got 10% of the questions right.
    But i also managed to get 90% of them wrong.

    Why do I hate 9/11?

  63. Damn I got a 40% too. Maybe I should stop getting ALL of my information from your website.

  64. DangerousLiberal says at 2:54 pm, September 11th, 2008

    80%, bitches. Consider all y’all pwned.

    A trivia quiz? About 9/11? The terrorists may not have already won, but the idiots that run our tee vee networks sure are looking good.

  65. 50% But about half of my correct answers were WAGs…

  66. ThePuckStopsHere says at 3:06 pm, September 11th, 2008

    90% cause I stay informed by reading websites like Wonkette. I would have scored a perfect ten if only all elementary schools were named after Booker T. Washington like they should be.

  67. nutcracker says at 3:16 pm, September 11th, 2008

    90% here too, but I kinda cheated. I was in the Pentagon that day flying all the planes by remote control, and Rummy bumped my shoulder at the wrong time, which was the real reason flight 93 crashed.

  68. magic titty: yeah i got 10% to, i think it means that we are smarter because we didnt pay attention to all the conspiracy theory BS, i knew they were from saudi and thats the only detail that matters

  69. sanantonerose says at 3:33 pm, September 11th, 2008

    50% And I learnt all those facts from reading Wonkette.

  70. planet-arium says at 3:34 pm, September 11th, 2008

    60% for me which is what I always got in algebra. Found memories. Never forget high school!

  71. 50% means I’m 25% more smarter then Wonkette!

  72. 40% would’ve put me in the hall-of-fame as a baseballer!! Crap, all I do is watch cable news. You’d think I’d be better informed.

  73. shoeho: Me too. I thought they had the Martin Short character among the options, which I thought was in questionable taste.

  74. 80% because of my SAT tested answer discriminator (guessing) skills. Follow-up question: What country that we invaded and have lost over 4,000 soldiers in had absolutely NOTHING to do with 9/11?

  75. BruceLee5000 says at 4:10 pm, September 11th, 2008

    40%. But give me break, who memorized the names of famous Flight 93 passengers? Or cretinous movie directors for that matter…

  76. I got 60% so clearly I am a terrorizz

  77. Anita Cocktail says at 4:15 pm, September 11th, 2008

    V572625694: Haha, “Love Sydney” was a teevee show about a GAY guy. Does that mean John Mccain secretly wants teh buttsecks?

  78. HomoPolitico says at 4:25 pm, September 11th, 2008

    The answer to every question about 9/11 is simple:

    The Jews.

  79. HomoPolitico says at 4:26 pm, September 11th, 2008

    BTW, I’m a member of the tribe, a hebrew, a yid, a kike, a hook-nose, a red sea pedestrian…not an anti-semite. I’m only an anti-semite when I’m working in food service.

  80. InKnockYouUs says at 4:32 pm, September 11th, 2008

    loggin in. Whew it was hard to register here. I had to swear I knew nothing about anal rap. What is this 9/11 you speak of?

  81. Ha!! I got 90%!!!

    I guess that makes me…. ummm…… a republican, because we all know that the heathen, terrorist-loving, Hussein-backing, freedom hating,liberal-pussy democrats know NOTHING about 9/11.

  82. phew. only got 50% so i get to keep my liberal card.

  83. 110% because its about my family values

  84. uncletravelingmatt says at 5:33 pm, September 11th, 2008

    30%. I can’t remember if not knowing anything makes me more patriotic or less.

  85. 80 percent, and when did Newark get an airport?

  86. AlexisHidell says at 7:37 pm, September 11th, 2008

    60%, and would have been better if I’d remembered that Tony Blair wasn’t Canadian. Damn 4:20!

  87. AnnieGetYourFun says at 1:28 am, September 12th, 2008

    Ha! 50%! That means I get waterboarded in the comfort of my own condo.

  88. villageatrois says at 2:28 am, September 12th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Shit! Just one choice for each, which was welcome after a hard test, but I only got 60%. I think my problem is that I know the answers, but I don’t accept them. Fail, or what?

  89. Sir Gaywad Baggington-Douchely von Suck says at 4:29 am, September 12th, 2008

    scwrud: 1986, scwrud. I know because I passed through what passed for Newark’s previous airport around 1985, a year before the new one was built. I seem to recall it as something resembling a big, sweaty pile of moldy plastic with a Roy Rogers inside of it. But they had posters up all over the place saying the new airport was going to be much better!

    I got 80%, by the way. So I am now Vice President of 9/11.

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