From: John Grigg (starman2100@lycos.com)
Date: Fri Dec 28 2001 - 05:15:54 MST
Damien,
Was this devilishly difficult test designed mainly by one person, or was it shaped over many years of various profs making it harder and harder??
I would think only a handful of the most widely read professors of history and literature would have ANY chance of passing this test if no prior preparation were allowed!!
As I gaped in horror at the test I thought of an article I read(In the Sunday Parade supplement) about a rather interesting man who had grown up on an out-of-the-way farm in Appalachia. Between his parents and the local library he read *several thousand(I think around seven thousand!)* of the greatest classics of world literature and history!!
This man had led a very quiet and secluded life until he was *discovered" in his mid-forties as a goldmine of fascinating insights. A local university now has taken him in. I wonder how he would do with this test! lol
http://www.guardian.co.uk/christmas2001/story/0,11353,624601,00.html
best wishes,
John
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