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Made in America? A Quiz

15 years ago

I scored a whopping 20% on this one. Duh . . . . It's summer school for me!

Looking forward to hearing your (much better) scores.

Here is a link that might be useful: Which Products Are Made in America?

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Comments (18)

ritamay91710
15 years ago
not much better here....40%!! LOL!!
hayjud_mn
15 years ago
I only got the tuna and the butter right, and the tuna was because I made a last second switch in my guess! LOL

That was interesting. my score was 20%.
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monica_pa Grieves
15 years ago
Well, I got 60%.
vannie
15 years ago
Sad! I got 30%. Geez!!
sjarz
15 years ago
I got 50%, all pure guesses as I have no idea where any of those products are made.
Suzan J
mcmann
15 years ago
Susan - I only got 50% which is really annoying to me because buying products made locally or in the US is dear to my heart.
I don't know why more companies don't advertise that information. I confess to driving a Toyota but before that I had General Motors cars for 30 years. I finally chose quality, dependability and residual value over Chevy. But in most other areas I try to 'buy home' grown if at all possible.
kim_still_in_pa
15 years ago
Surprisingly I scored 80%. I was confident on only 2 of my answers, but the rest were guesses based on my feeling that they were trick questions.

Made in America soap had Irish Spring as a choice and I chose it simply because it seemed like an obvious item not made in the US. Anyone here follow my logic, or lack there of????

Kim
grammahony
15 years ago
McMann, I have always bought American made cars too. Or so I thought. I have a Dodge Intrepid, but it was made in Canada.
Leslie
azzalea
15 years ago
My 100% guesses yielded me a 50% score.

I, too, am driving a Toyota these days--just not economically feasible to drive American these days, when you can get something made better for the same or less money. That's a sad state of affairs, but it's the way it is.
western_pa_luann
15 years ago
"Made in America or not?
You answered 60% of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question."

That was tough as I don't use things like spag sauce and baby foods...
kim_still_in_pa
15 years ago
My husbands response to my score as posted above was, "Dumb luck. Now run out and buy a lottery ticket."

Kim
ntt_hou
15 years ago
30% like some of you. There were a couple of them I knew for sure from watching the Food Network and from using them myself and there were some... me too, I had never heard of them!

Wish they revealed where the other products were made at.
kayjones
15 years ago
My answers were also strictly guesses and I got 0%!
gazania_gw
15 years ago
I only got 2 right and it was strictly a guess on all. Actually, my first instinct would have been to say "none of the above" if that had been an option. I was really disgusted while in Tractor Supply yesterday to find American Flags that were (you guessed it) made in China! Now that is just wrong!
babs77
15 years ago
50% for me. Most were lucky guesses but a few I was aware of. I try to buy "Made in America" whenever possible but it is getting more and more difficult to do so.
joann23456
15 years ago
Well, I figured Irish Spring and Pierre Cardin must be made in America, and I was right. Got two others right, too.

I don't know how you determine what's made in America, anyway. With foods, lots of the component pieces are made in factories around the world, then the final product is assembled with a bit of this, a bit of that, etc. So what if it's assembled in Michigan if all the components come from elsewhere?
ont_gal
15 years ago
I got 40%,which is proof that I shouldnt second guess myself...I thought the same as one of the above posters....if it seems like it was made elsewhere,it was likely made in the states...lol
adoptedbyhounds
15 years ago
I got a whole 20%. I would buy American if I knew how.

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