Citizenship Test
Games
Cognitive Biases/Logical Fallacies
100

This 234 year old document is known as the supreme law of the land and one of the basis' for numerous other, similar documents the world over.

The Constitution

100

Believed to be created almost 2,000 years ago, this beloved board game makes the player strategize and face off with each other in a battlefield setting.

Chess

100

This logical fallacy assumes that if we let A happen, then Z will inevitably happen as a result.

The Slippery Slope Fallacy

200

After the Mississippi River, this second longest river in the U.S. is also named after a state beginning with an M.

Missouri River

200

Averaging nearly 1.4 billion hours, this first person shooter became the most streamed game of 2022.

VALORANT

200

Using a ship as a metaphor, this cognitive bias states that we as humans sometimes rely too much on our first impression of things.

The Anchoring Bias

300

Although many are pushing for a national holiday, Americans usually vote in elections on the first Tuesday of this late month.

November

300

Selling nearly 155 million units for a Japanese corporation, this is the worlds best selling game console of all time.

Playstation 2

300

We use Latin to describe this logical fallacy where, to avoid engaging with criticism, we turn the criticism back on our accuser.  Basically, fighting criticism with criticism.

Tu Quoque

400

If both the President and the Vice President are no longer able to serve as head of the Executive branch, this member of congress is third in the line of succession.

The Speaker of the House

400

Invented in the 1600s, this invention became a mainstay on school playgrounds all over the world with games like helicopter, snake and Double-Dutch

Jump Rope

400

This fallacy states that we as humans irrationally cling to things that have already cost us something, be it money, time, effort, etc.

The Sunk Cost Fallacy

500

This system of governance wa put into place to ensure that one branch of the government doesn't become too powerful.

Checks and Balances or The Separation of Powers

500

This ancient Chinese board game consists of black and white pieces in which the two players try to surround more territory than their opponent.  Ready, set!

Go

500

This cognitive bias, named after the two researchers who discovered it, assumes that people with very little knowledge of a subject will actually be more inclined to think they are an expert at it than someone with actual academic qualification on the same subject.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect