On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 01:08:44 -0500, K. Feete wrote:
>
>Don't feel bad: I only got 26 out of 38. I feel *really* badly about
>missing the Shakespeare question (fast reading and overconfidence
><sigh>- didn't see that key word, *tradgedies*) and sort of silly
>for mixing up the Battle of Hastings, but since looking at the
>answers I kept thinking something like,
>
> 1) What is the East End and why is some pub there important?
> 2) What the hell is the Euro 2000 final?
> 3) Who is: Lara Croft, Eminem, or Anthea Turner? Why are they important?
> Why should I care?
My guess is that they threw those questions in about the pub, Euro 2000,
Lara Croft and Eminem to demonstrate that young people know more about pop
culture figures than about anyone important. If you look at the percentage
comparisons, you'll see that while some 80% to 90% of 18-24 year olds didn't
know the answers about Shakespeare and Milton, that same percentage *did*
know about the pub, the computer-animated heroine, and the American rapper.
They were trying to make a point about what's important to today's youth,
I'd say.
Jim
"What can change the nature of a man?" - The Nameless One
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