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WHAD’YA KNOW QUIZ
Spring 2010
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1. In the 2000 U.S. Census, the
largest self identified ethnic
group was:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
English American
German American
Afro American
Mexican American
Irish American
(22%)
(11%)
(22%)
(35%)
(10%)
1. In the 2000 U.S. Census, the
largest self identified ethnic
group was:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
English American
German American
Afro American
Mexican American
Irish American
(22%)
(11%)
(22%)
(35%)
(10%)
From the 2000 U.S. Census:
% of U.S. pop.
German American - 46.5 million
(17%)
Irish American - 33.1 million
(12.1%)
English American 28.2 million
(10.3%)
Afro American 36.6 million
(12.4%)
Italian American 15.9 million
(5.8%)
Mexican American 20 million
(7.9%)
American 19.6 million
(7.2%)
2. Almost half of all African Americans
and Latinos agree with the statement
that Asians are unscrupulous, crafty,
and devious in business." What
percentage of white people agree with
this statement?
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 75%
d) 95%
(22%)
(24%)
(39%)
(14%)
2. Almost half of all African Americans
and Latinos agree with the statement
that Asians are unscrupulous, crafty,
and devious in business." What
percentage of white people agree with
this statement?
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 75%
d) 95%
(22%)
(24%)
(39%)
(14%)
3. What percentage of the
U.S. population is
multiracial?
a) 2.4%
b) 7.7%
c) 13.3%
d) 20.9%
(3%)
(17%)
(38%)
(42%)
3. What percentage of the
U.S. population is
multiracial?
a) 2.4%
b) 7.7%
c) 13.3%
d) 20.9%
(3%)
(17%)
(38%)
(42%)
4. Which of the following groups is
most likely to attempt suicide?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Young Black males (7%)
Young white females (33%)
Young Hispanic females (5%)
LGBT youth (48%)
Young Asian immigrants (8%)
4. Which of the following groups is
most likely to attempt suicide?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Young Black males (7%)
Young white females (33%)
Young Hispanic females (5%)
LGBT youth (48%)
Young Asian immigrants (8%)
Suicide and Ethnoracial
Background
• Attempt: Hispanic women
• Succeed: Males (4:1 ratio over females)
• Succeed: Whites and Native Americans are
highest
• Succeed in 15-24 age group: Native Amer.
• Succeed in 65 and over age group: Asian
American women
• Lowest success rate: Blacks
5. Immigrants who come to
the U.S. have longer life
spans than native born
Americans.
a) True (39%)
b) False (40%)
c) Their life spans are the same
(20%)
5. Immigrants who come to
the U.S. have longer life
spans than native born
Americans.
a) True (39%)
b) False (40%)
c) Their life spans are the same
(20%)
6. What percentage of American
men and women between the ages
20-24 have “had sex” with someone
of the same sex?
a) 1% (men) & 9% (women) (8%)
b) 5% (men) & 14% (women) (49%)
c) 7% (men) & 4% (women) (32%)
d) 10% (men) & 3% (women) (10%)
6. What percentage of American
men and women between the ages
20-24 have “had sex” with someone
of the same sex?
a) 1% (men) & 9% (women) (8%)
b) 5% (men) & 14% (women) (49%)
c) 7% (men) & 4% (women) (32%)
d) 10% (men) & 3% (women) (10%)
7. Of the population of “Arabs”
living in the U.S. who identify
as “religious,” about what
percentage are Muslims?
a) 23%
b) 56%
c) 81%
d) 94%
(28%)
(40%)
(25%)
(7%)
7. Of the population of “Arabs”
living in the U.S. who identify
as “religious,” about what
percentage are Muslims?
a) 23%
b) 56%
c) 81%
d) 94%
(28%)
(40%)
(25%)
(7%)
About 1.3 million people of Arab
ancestry living in the U.S.
• 42 percent Roman Catholic
• 12 percent Protestant
• 23 percent Orthodox
–
–
–
–
Antiochian
Syrian
Greek
Coptic
• 23 percent Muslim
8. How many Federally
recognized Native American
tribes currently exist in the
United States?
a) 17
b) 104
c) 282
d) 562
(41%)
(41%)
(14%)
(4%)
8. How many Federally
recognized Native American
tribes currently exist in the
United States?
a) 17
b) 104
c) 282
d) 562
(41%)
(41%)
(14%)
(4%)
Native American Tribes Today
Elbow Room
9. In anticipation of lawsuits from the Bush
administration, the porn industry passed a
set of guidelines in 2000 for porn producers
and directors to follow. Which of the
following is NOT one of these guidelines?
a) No black male/white female sex (14%)
b) No using blindfolds (43%)
c) No male/male penetration (24%)
d) No white male/black female sex (18%)
9. In anticipation of lawsuits from the Bush
administration, the porn industry passed a
set of guidelines in 2000 for porn producers
and directors to follow. Which of the
following is NOT one of these guidelines?
a) No black male/white female sex (14%)
b) No using blindfolds (43%)
c) No male/male penetration (24%)
d) No white male/black female sex (18%)
10. Of the world's 6,700,000,000
people, about how many live on $2 a
day or less?
a) 100,000,000
b) 500,000,000
c) 1,700,000,000
d) 3,000,000,000
(6%)
(13%)
(42%)
(39%)
10. Of the world's 6,700,000,000
people, about how many live on $2 a
day or less?
a) 100,000,000
b) 500,000,000
c) 1,700,000,000
d) 3,000,000,000
(6%)
(13%)
(42%)
(39%)
11. About 2.5 percent of the U.S.
population is Jewish? What
percentage of the 535 member 111th
U.S. Congress (Senate & House) is
Jewish?
a) 1% (Senate) 1% (House) (28%)
b) 3% (Senate) 4% (House) (30%)
c) 13% (Senate) 7% (House) (27%)
d) 7% (Senate) 13% (House) (15%)
11. About 2.5 percent of the U.S.
population is Jewish? What
percentage of the 535 member 111th
U.S. Congress (Senate & House) is
Jewish?
a) 1% (Senate) 1% (House) (28%)
b) 3% (Senate) 4% (House) (30%)
c) 13% (Senate) 7% (House) (27%)
d) 7% (Senate) 13% (House) (15%)
535 Members of the
111th U.S. Congress
Native Middle Asian
Amer East.
Black
Latino Jewish
Senate 0
(100)
0
2
1
3
13
House 1
(435)
4
7
42
25
30
12. Chinese Americans, Vietnamese
Americans, and Korean Americans all
had higher than average rates of
poverty than the general population of
the United States. Was the median
family income of these groups lower or
higher than the national average?
a) higher (48%)
b) lower (37%)
c) about the same (14%)
12. Chinese Americans, Vietnamese
Americans, and Korean Americans all
had higher than average rates of
poverty than the general population of
the United States. Was the median
family income of these groups lower or
higher than the national average?
a) higher (48%)
b) lower (37%)
c) about the same (14%)
Median Family Incomes - 2005
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
White - $48,500
Asian Indian - $69,470
Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian - $43,850
Chinese - $58,300
Filipino - $65,400
Japanese - $61,630
Korean - $48,500
Vietnamese - $51,500
13. How many people in the
U.S. speak a language other
than English in the home.
a) 7%
b) 13%
c) 17%
d) 26%
(6%)
(22%)
(31%)
(41%)
13. How many people in the
U.S. speak a language other
than English in the home.
a) 7%
b) 13%
c) 17%
d) 26%
(6%)
(22%)
(31%)
(41%)
Los Angeles 2004
14. Approximately how many
people live as slaves in the
world today?
a) 650,000
b) 1.9 million
c) 12.6 million
d) 27 million
(12%)
(40%)
(34%)
(14%)
14. Approximately how many
people live as slaves in the
world today?
a) 650,000
b) 1.9 million
c) 12.6 million
d) 27 million
(12%)
(40%)
(34%)
(14%)
Cost of a slave:
• 1850: About $40,000 in
today’s dollars
• 2007: About $90
Where are slaves today?
15. In what year were Native
Americans given the right to obtain
U.S. citizenship?
a) 1808 (2%)
b) 1896 (18%)
c) 1924 (26%)
d) 1948 (29%)
e) 1957 (24%)
15. In what year were Native
Americans given the right to obtain
U.S. citizenship?
a) 1808 (2%)
b) 1896 (18%)
c) 1924 (26%)
d) 1948 (29%)
e) 1957 (24%)
1948: Native Americans in Arizona and
New Mexico were allowed to vote in
state and national elections
1957: Utah allowed Native Americans
living on reservations to vote
16. What percentage of Black men
think that the problems they face are
mostly a result of what they do to
themselves and not what other people
have done to them?
a) 6%
b) 19%
c) 28%
d) 42%
e) 59%
(42%)
(27%)
(15%)
(10%)
(5%)
16. What percentage of Black men
think that the problems they face are
mostly a result of what they do to
themselves and not what other people
have done to them?
a) 6%
b) 19%
c) 28%
d) 42%
e) 59%
(42%)
(27%)
(15%)
(10%)
(5%)
17. Asian American students are most
likely to major in which subjects?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Science
Engineering
business and management
Education
Social Science and Humanities
(37%)
(44%)
(16%)
(0%)
(1%)
17. Asian American students are most
likely to major in which subjects?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Science
Engineering
business and management
Education
Social Science and Humanities
(37%)
(44%)
(16%)
(0%)
(1%)
Science – 6.2%
(6.2% for all students)
Engineering – 21.8%
(15.9% for all students)
Business and Management – 28.8%
(33.7% for all students)
Education – 14.2%
(17.4% for all students)
Social Science and Humanities – 26.1%
(19.5% for all students)
18. What religion is Barack
Obama?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Christian (55%)
Muslim (12%)
Buddhist (1%)
He is “agnostic”–he is not religious (6%)
Christian and Muslim (26%)
18. What religion is Barack
Obama?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Christian (55%)
Muslim (12%)
Buddhist (1%)
He is “agnostic”–he is not religious (6%)
Christian and Muslim (26%)
Jah mon …
Rastafari is
dee way
mon!
19. About 66% of the people in the
U.S. are (non-Hispanic) White. The
percentage of actors in all
TV/Theatrical roles in 2006 who were
white was:
a)
b)
c)
d)
61%
72%
84%
91%
(12%)
(20%)
(39%)
(29%)
19. About 66% of the people in the
U.S. are (non-Hispanic) White. The
percentage of actors in all
TV/Theatrical roles in 2006 who were
white was:
a)
b)
c)
d)
61%
72%
84%
91%
(12%)
(20%)
(39%)
(29%)
White: 72.3%
African American: 14.5%
Latino/Hispanic: 6.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.4%
Unknown: 3.3%
Native American: .20%
• In 2006, white actors had 75.4% of lead
roles and 70.9% of supporting roles,
according to the Screen Actor’s Guild.