Let’s face it, most of the people in this country are a bunch of dumb asses. Whether it’s because they are working too much to put food on the table, were born dumb to begin with, and/or are a product of our broken public schools, most Americans are pretty f-in’ stupid. Their case isn’t helped by the fact that both Organized Religion and Politics depend on most of the country existing in a state of happy ignorance and don’t do much to rectify the situation.

It blows my mind that 20% of Americans don’t know the earth revolved around the sun. We’re not talking about the intricacies of space science here, they literally don’t know that our planet goes around the big ball of flame in the sky. I won’t even touch stupid shit like Creationism and rise of the candidacy of Mike Huckabee, who thinks the world was created 5,000 years ago by the Invisible Sky Wizard. It’s estimated that only 20% of our country could be labeled “scientifically savvy and alert”, the rest are just happy to get their rent paid and to be home in time for American Idol.

So which camp do you belong to? A good indication of your basic level of scientific understanding can be measured by Could You Pass 8th Grade Science. Take a few minutes and answer the 26 question test and report your results back here, if you dare. Muwuhahahaha. Ha.

For the record, I got one wrong (#11) and would have brought home a 96% to put up on the ‘fridge. Looks like I’ll be going to the dance on Friday night!