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Title: Marshall Fritz, creator of famed World's Smallest Political Quiz, dies at 65
Post by: bijou on November 09, 2008, 12:25:40 PM
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Marshall Fritz, the legendary and beloved libertarian leader who founded the Advocates for Self-Government and created the world-famous World's Smallest Political Quiz, has passed away.

Marshall died peacefully at home Tuesday, November 4, 2008, after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 65.

Marshall founded the Advocates in 1985 to help libertarians become successful communicators of the ideas of liberty.

In 1987, Marshall invented the now world-famous World's Smallest Political Quiz

The Quiz expanded on a chart created by Libertarian Party co-founder David Nolan. Marshall refined Nolan´s chart and added ten simple questions on political issues. In doing so, he created a Quiz that almost instantly tells takers which political group they are most aligned with, while also introducing them to a far more diverse, and accurate, multi-spectrum portrait of American politics.

The Quiz was an overnight sensation.

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link (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/80304)

I guess many of us have done that quiz over the years.  RIP.
Title: Re: Marshall Fritz, creator of famed World's Smallest Political Quiz, dies at 65
Post by: mamacags on November 09, 2008, 06:49:12 PM
I just took the quiz and it said I was a Libertarian leaning towards Right Conservative.  I would be a libertarian if it weren't for the views on drugs.  Drug users piss me the hell off.

http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html   link to quiz
Title: Re: Marshall Fritz, creator of famed World's Smallest Political Quiz, dies at 65
Post by: Chris_ on November 09, 2008, 07:40:49 PM
I just took the quiz and it said I was a Libertarian leaning towards Right Conservative.  I would be a libertarian if it weren't for the views on drugs.  Drug users piss me the hell off.

http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html   link to quiz
It may be famous, but it is skewed so that most Conservatives will come up with a "Libertarian" label.