More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Tony Blair

[_TJ_]

More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Prime Minister Tony Blair,
according to a new survey.

Some 57% of US citizens correctly identified JK Rowling's fictional teenage wizard.

But just 50% could say who Britain's leader was, despite his staunch alliance with US
President George Bush.

The poll, commissioned by producers of an interactive reality game show based on
modern pop culture, also found that, while more than three-quarters (77%) of Americans
could name two of Snow White's seven dwarfs, less than a quarter (24%) could identify
two Supreme Court justices.

Six out of 10 respondents knew that Homer Simpson's son was called Bart, according to
the survey by Zogby International. But only 21% were able to name one of the ancient
Greek poet Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey.

[bryant69]

1. Yeah the Media does seem to love these

America is stupid polls.

Can't think why; you'd think at least part of the blame for our collective ignorance would go back to an underachieving lazy media.

Bryant
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[Spazito]

2. Well, no wonder they can't identify him, the poll used his name...

now, had the poll asked about his REAL name, bush's poodle, I bet the poll numbers would be higher, LOL.

[dipsydoodle]

3. They asked the wrong question

should've been - Name *'s poodle. :rofl:

[Ezlivin]

4. Harry Potter would make a better PM

Harry can at least stand up to Lord Voldemort, while Blair can't stand up to a drunk faux-cowboy.

[northzax]

5. not that surprising, really

I bet more britons know HP than TB.
last week I had a conversation with a Canadian who had to call her mom to learn the name of the Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper, by the way) so it's not that uncommon.