41 percent of Americans polled believe Saddam Hussein was directly involved in the 9/11 attacks—up from 36 percent who thought that in 2004. Correct answer: he was not.
20 percent of Americans polled said the United States found weapons of mass destruction after it invaded Iraq in 2003; 70 percent said no. Correct answer: no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons were found.
59 percent of those polled knew that Nancy Pelosi is the current Speaker of the House.
37 percent said Abraham Lincoln was the first person to win the presidency as a Republican Party member; 40 percent said they didn’t know. Correct answer: Lincoln.
What do Andrew Jackson and Al Gore have in common? 28 percent said they both served as vice president; 36 percent said both lost a presidential election after winning the popular vote. Correct answer: both won the most votes but lost in the Electoral College.
31 percent said Ben Bernanke is the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; 26 percent said it was Alan Greenspan. Correct answer: Bernanke.
40 percent could name Jane Austen as the author of “Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma” and “Sense and Sensibility.”
