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I did not do too well on the quiz. I was very surprised over some of the answers. One of the more strange points made was that when Bill Gates and Warren Buffett say they want to buy a small country, they might just mean more than one!

In a national study of college students, 27.5% of women surveyed said they had been the victim of a rape or attempted rape since the age of 14. What percentage of these rapes or attempted rapes was reported to police? I found these statistics to be unreal. Nearly one-third of women have either been the victim of a rape or an attempted one? Perhaps the answer was true, because I do not personally know of any woman who has been raped. Either they do not discuss it, or they just do not want to admit it to anyone.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the majority of poor children live in rural areas. This was another question that surprised me. Based upon all of the news reports and media, one is led to believe that most of the poor children live in heavily populated urban areas. I would like to see the details of the survey because my guess is that the majority of these children live either in the Midwest or the South.

What percentage of U.S. toxic waste dumps that do not comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations are found in predominantly African American or Latino communities? 70% I actually got this answer correct. I have studied environmental science for many years and the cause of this is a lack of education and political clout/money. These two races have been linked with poverty as well as being undereducated. Toxic waste dumps have been located in these areas because those responsible for the dumping know they are least likely to be confronted with a clean-up notice any time soon.

What percentage of the world population regularly accesses the Internet? 2% I was wrong again. After some introspection, I came to the realization that most of the world's population is located in third-world nations that are overrun with poverty. The 2% figure probably represents the population of the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Australia. It's sad to think that such a great resource of knowledge and information is accessible by so few. The $100 laptop that is being built for children of poor nations might help boost these numbers.

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