Three-quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White’s seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court justices…

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Asked what planet Superman was from, 60 per cent named the fictional planet Krypton, while only 37 per cent knew that Mercury was the planet closest to the sun.

Respondents are far more familiar with the Three Stooges – Larry, Curly and Moe – than the three branches of the US Government – judicial, executive and legislative.  Seventy-four per cent identified the former, while 42 per cent identified the latter.