Do you Know more about Science than the Average American

[Jason]

Anecdotal response to Hermit's question: My father is 69 and watches the big news networks almost all day (CNN, BBC, even FOX). I do not.

[Hermit]

Anecdotal response to Hermit's question: My father is 69 and watches the big news networks almost all day (CNN, BBC, even FOX). I do not.

Yes, retirees definitely have more time for that than those who are working and are likely to be raising a brood, but that does not explain the results for the question concerning fracking. Percentage of correct answers by age group:
18-29 35%
30-49 52%
50-64 61%
65+ 50%

While retirees are much more likely to have answered correctly than those in the youngest age bracket, respondents in the middle two brackets do better than those on either end.

[John_fi_Skye]

I got all fourteen right!

Oops! I lost count.