This isn’t a set-up, the answers are not scripted. A non-partisan student organization went around Texas Tech asking completely basic political questions to students. The questions were “who won the civil war,” “who is the vice president,” and “who did we win our independence from?”
The vast majority of those asked either did not know or got it wrong. The answers were so wrong that they decided to name the segment “politically challenged.” As a follow-up, the reporter asking the questions asks all of the participants about which program Snookie stars in, and who Brad Pitt is married to. The students were all able to answer these final two questions, which leaves me with an uneasy feeling.