Harry Potter is more familiar to us than British premier
More Americans know who Harry Potter is than who Prime Minister Tony Blair is, according to a recent pop culture survey. Of the 1,213 Americans questioned by the poll, 57% knew of J.K. Rowling's boy wizard Potter. That compares with the 49.5% who could name Blair as the British prime minister when asked.
Doubt those numbers? Try Paris Hilton.
Thank Jemima Jemima the Secretary for this number.
Labels: Life
posted by Life Records at 8/17/2006
2 Comments:
I remember reading something that reported a study in which American students could name more of the Simpsons cartoon characters than the freedoms as outlined in the first amendment/bill of rights.
5:10 PM
Thanks for the mention. I thought it was an interesting stat, myself.
7:30 PM
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