My $0.02 - Awareness is well within reach, and must be striven for. Experience isn't possible for everyone. But where it is, it provides fulfillment and an understanding at a level well beyond that of awareness. Until then, I'll make do with awareness, thank you nicely.
Regards Rajeev > On Aug 26, 2016, at 17:44, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Absolutely nothing wrong with the bell centennial question. > > It let you work facts out based on what you know .. but well, you ought to > have known a telephone directory beforehand so that’s experiential knowledge > right there. > > I don’t even have a landline in my house for the past few years and so I > doubt if my kids have even seen a telephone directory or yellow pages so the > next generation or so of quizzers will probably give you blank looks if you > ask them that. > > > On 26/08/16, 5:55 PM, "silklist on behalf of WordPsmith" > <[email protected] on behalf of > [email protected]> wrote: > > The Bell Centennial example was provided to demonstrate the logic of > quizzing in India, not as a way of exemplifying the content. There are many, > many questions that acknowledge the practical experiences of Indian quizzers > - and there are many that aren't also. I don't think the latter is a problem, > particularly. There are plenty of history questions, for instance -- and it's > difficult to have practical experience of that, after all. > > > > >
