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ST Pop Quiz -- Pew survey asked respondents to identify the most important events in their lifetimes that shaped America. Name the top ten. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Dec 15 '16, 09:27

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Answers -- (link) - znufrii Dec 15, 09:48 2
- Oh yeah, that one won't make a Top 50 list in five years time. Columbine would have been a better entrant for that "slot". -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 15, 09:50 1
  - Or even Sandy Hook. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 09:56
BENGHAZI -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:45
Katrina? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 09:43
Hints for the last two - znufrii Dec 15, 09:42 3
- #6 - Breakup of the Soviet Union? #10 - Obama's Election? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 15, 09:44
- Cuban Missile Crisis, Election of Trump -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:42 1
  - (ignore that latter one based on survey dates) -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:42
what were the dates of this survey? -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:41 1
- June and July of this year. -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:42
Nevermind. That was already guessed below. How about Bush v. Gore? -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Dec 15, 09:40
Civil Rights Act. -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 09:38 1
- Surprisingly, no -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:43
3, the other 6 and two that are tied for 10 still needed -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:38 2
- Gulf war -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 09:38 1
  - #10 (tie), 10% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:38
dotcom boom or widespread access to WWW -- nm - Max Dec 15, 09:37 2
- Tech revolution, #3, 22% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:38
- good answer! good answer! -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:38
New Coke -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:37
This is a stretch but: AIDS Crisis -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:37
Roe v Wade -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 09:35
walking on the moon -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 09:35 3
- *bass solo* -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 09:42 1
  - oh man, is this going to get stuck in my head for the rest of the day. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 09:42
- damnit, Jax -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 15, 09:35
Nixon resigning -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:34
Challenger Explosion -- nm - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:34
Vietnam maybe? -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:34 1
- #5, 20% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:36
Moon Landing -- nm - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:33 1
- #6 (tie), 17% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:35
Election of Obama -- nm - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:33 1
- #2, 40% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:34
Berlin Wall -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:33 10
- #8, 13% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:34 9
  - How did that shape America? - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:35 8
    - America is not an island.. - Marlowe Dec 15, 09:37 1
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    - We stopped hiding under our desks from nukes? -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 09:37 1
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    - Ummm, no longer fighting a Cold War with Russia... -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 09:36
    - Combined with the fall of communism -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:36 1
      - Ah ok. -- nm - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:40
2007/2008 housing/credit crash -- nm - Max Dec 15, 09:33
I think it depends on the ages. 9/11 is probably top, assassination of JFK, Rodney King or OJ verdicts. -- nm - JaxSanta Dec 15, 09:32 1
- No Rodney King or OJ -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:34
JFK's assassination; MLK's speech.. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 15, 09:31 1
- JFK, #4, 21%, no MLK -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:33
Butt stuff for everyone -- nm - Max Dec 15, 09:31 1
- Gay marriage, #9, 11% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:32
Free space: 9/11 -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 09:29 1
- #1, 76% -- nm - znufrii Dec 15, 09:30

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