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Default A Test for young people

On Jan 28, 10:17*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Ask people you know who are under 25, you'll be amazed at
the
answers!

1. What is a record player?

2. What is a dial telephone?

3. Who were the Beatles?

4. What is an 8-track tape player?

5. How many major wars occured in the 20th century?

6. What is inflation?

7. What is the cheapest price you can remember for gas?

8. What was the draft?

9. How were things done before computers?

10. How did people send a letter before e-mail?


And all of this proves -- what? That people don't remember things
that happened before they were born? That outdated, unused technology
has some sort of current purpose? That some people are weak in
history? That some people don't follow oldies music? As far as
adults "failing" at "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," I propose
that an appropriate alternate title for this program would would be
"How Much of the Crap They Forced You to Learn in Fifth Grade That You
Never Had Any Further Use For Do You Still Remember?"