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24.06.02, 23:28
Z pewnoscia ucieszy rodakow w kraju informacja, ze jak wynika z ustalen
popularnego misiecznika "Reader's Digest", Polacy uzyskali najlepsze rezultaty
w badaniach dotyczacych wiedzy na temat historii, geografii i "kultury masowej"
(pop culture) Europy. Informuje o tym dzisiejszy CNN w wiadomosciach "Ze
Swiata".
Na pytanie "Kto jest obecnym przewodniczacym Komisji Europejskiej", 71.5%
sposrod zapytanych Polakow udzielilo prawidlowej odpowiedzi (Romano Prodi),
wobec zaledwie 25% wsrod Brytyjczykow. Polska uzyskala najwyzszy wskaznik
prawidlowosci odpowiedzi (15.4), najgorzej wypadla Portugalia (9.6). Badaniami
objeto 3,800 osob w 42 roznych miastach w 19 krajach Europy.
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Knowledge test shames Europeans
LONDON, England --Citizens in many European countries are unable to answer
basic questions on their shared history, geography and popular culture, a test
has shown.
A cross-section of 3,800 people in 19 European countries were given 20 multiple
choice questions on a variety of European themes.
The results, which appear in the July edition of Reader's Digest magazine, show
Portugal came last, with an average of 9.6 while, EU hopeful Poland came top
with an average of 15.4.
Bob Low, European bureau chief at Reader's Digest, said the quiz was designed
to have questions to which any European might reasonably be expected to know
the answers.
"As I suspected, the results are fascinating and show that although there are
some regional differences, we Europeans also know a lot in common," he said.
One of the trickiest questions for respondents across Europe was: "Who is the
president of the European Commission?"
Only 52 percent of Europeans knew the answer was Romano Prodi, who has held the
post since 1999. Just under half (48 percent) thought it was still Jacques
Delors or Jacques Santer, his predecessors.
Even in Belgium, home of the European Commission, more than a third answered
incorrectly.
Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
