> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> At 05:38 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > Most eighth-graders did not know why the First
> >Continental Congress met.
> 
> A lot of these questions sound like classic "gotcha!" questions.    I
mean
> really, how many people can quickly name the differences between the
1st
> and 2nd Continental Congresses and contrast them with the US Congress?
> Or how many people can quickly name the President of the United States
> during the War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Mexican-American War, the
> Military Actions on the Barbary Coast?    
> 
> This article acts like such bits of information should be common
knowledge
> rather than fairly difficult quesitons on Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire.

Those are actual questions from standardized tests.
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