THE TRUTH ABOUT CREDIT AND DEBT

[Anonymous]

Saw this little "test" and thought it was kind of interesting. Thought some of you might enjoy it. (BTW, I have no problem admitting I only got 8 of the 10 right)

http://www.kiplinger.com/quiz/Debt-credit-numbers/

[Just made the URL an active link - Lel]

Message Edited by Lel on 09-12-2009 08:34 PM

[creditwherecreditisdue]

Nine. Got the last one wrong.

[plasticman]

6 right is my score.

I failed the first one even with the hint.

I thought I spent too much time here. Well... evidently not enough. LOL

Thanks for posting DickC, that was fun!

[thrasher865]

I got 9!

I'm so proud.  Although I didn't actualy know any of them.  They're more like questions you take educated guesses at.  Like it tells you what the median score is and then the next question is what percent of americans have a score less than 660.  Well it sure can't be 52%

[Uborrow-Upay]

(I only got 7)

The message on the final screen (for me, anyways) said something about acquired wisdom, and that hopefully, my wisdom came "from book smarts and not street smarts".  

I find that remark rather insulting and elitist.  Seems as if Kiplingers places a high value on knowledge of general statistics, and none whatsoever on personally relevant, practical experience from the credit world.

The most helpful and interesting posts on these boards are "street smart" posts, the real-life situations of real people.  Knowing how many trillions of dollars of debt U.S. consumers have accumulated doesn't really help me, but learning how someone else has handled a debt load similar to mine does.

I know, I know...it's just a quiz.  Still, it bugged me seeing that particular message.

 

Carry on...

[MattH]

I got nine of 10.

[Anonymous]

I also got 9 out of 10...  That means I spend too much time reading these forums.

Thanks for the interesting quiz, DickC.

[wmarat]

5/10, I am hopeless.

[creditwherecreditisdue]

Language barrier, right?  

[dizbuster]

9 out of 10 for me. I missed the first question.