I guess we shouldn't feel so bad about U.S. science education(Sorry Raoul!)
Just saw this linked in a post on sci.astro:
http://www.maniacworld.com/pitiful-answer-on-game-show.html
That poor game show host. It was like he was aching to jump in
and say "It's the Moon. The Moon, that rotates around the Earth!"
What's even worse than the contestant getting the question wrong was that 56% of the audience members said the Sun and only 42% said the Moon.
I wonder what a poll in the U.S. would show about how many knew the answer to the question.
Bob Clark