Thursday, May 17, 2007

And we wonder why they call it the Idiot Box...


I love my T.V. shows as much as the next person (those shows would be Lost, 24, Heroes and The Office), but these statistics were rather disturbing to me. A recent America Online poll revealed these statistics:

77% of Americans can name the Seven Dwarfs,
24% can name two Supreme Court Justices.

60% identified Homer as the father of Bart Simpson,
21% could name one of Homer's epic Greek poems.

73% could name all Three Stooges,
42% could name all three branches of government.

60% knew Krypton was Superman's home planet,
37% knew Mercury was the closest planet to the sun.

23% could name Taylor Hicks as the last winner of American Idol,
11% could name Samuel Alito as the last Supreme Court justice to be confirmed.

1 comment:

Rochelle said...

Mindless entertainment...I'm all about that :)....kidding!
I do like LOST,Grey's Anatomy,and Cold Case.
I knew the answers to all but Samuel Alito...oh well :(