I had been meaning to take this civics quiz since reading articles about the average college scores a few weeks back. (Thanks, A.C.)

My results: I answered 47 out of 60 correctly — 78.33 %. Not so great, but apparently better than the typical Harvard senior, to my surprise.

I missed questions 1, 7, 12, 14, 26, 31, 35, 36, 38, 43, 53, 58 and 60.

The questions involving dates really messed me up, but I feel worst about confusing “The Great Society” with “The New Deal,” and about forgetting what single item eats up the biggest share of the federal budget. The rest of these, I never really knew in the first place, and many of the ones I got correct forced me to think back to high school economics and history classes.

Good luck.

Some folks who kicked my butt: Owen, Red, The Anchoress and King.

AND NOW: Bob.