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- From: bk233@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jack W. Weinmann)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting
- Subject: Funny Scouter Quiz
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 06:07:01 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: bk233@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jack W. Weinmann)
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- I found this on the handout table at our roundtable. As the Cub Scout RT
- Commissioner I know that I didn't put it there, but I suspect that it was
- our prankster Boy Scout RT Commissioner that had this rather cute quiz put
- on the table. While it is originally stated as a Roundtable Staff Final
- Exam, it can easily be changed to any group (Den Leaders, Cubmasters,
- etc...) One idea that I had was that it could be used at a leader training
- session as an icebreaker. Hand it out with a straight face as if it were a
- real quiz.
-
- ----------- You may wish to cut it about here! -----------------------
-
- (Put your District's Name Here)
-
- ROUNDTABLE STAFF
-
- FINAL QUALIFICATION EXAMINATION
-
- Name:_______________________________________ Unit No. ____________________
-
- INSTRUCTIONS: Do not start this test until told to do so. Read each question
- carefully. Answer all questions. You will be allowed FOUR (4)
- hours to complete the test. Work as quickly as you can and mark
- the answers in the spaces provided. Begin Immediately.
-
-
- 1. HISTORY: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present
- day. Concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social,
- political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe,
- Asia, Africa, and America. Be brief, concise and specific.
-
-
-
-
- 2. MEDICINE: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a
- bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your
- work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
-
-
-
-
- 3. PUBLIC SPEAKING: 2,500 riot-crazed Aborigines are storming the room.
- Calm them! You may use any ancient language EXCEPT Latin or Greek.
-
-
-
-
- 4. BIOLOGY: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture
- if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with
- special attention to its probable effect on the organization of the
- World Scouting Movement. Prove your thesis.
-
-
-
-
- 5. MUSIC: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with a flute and
- drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
-
-
-
-
- 6. PSYCHOLOGY: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional
- stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of
- each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisia, Gregory of Micea,
- Inman of Steagall. Support your evaluations with quotations from
- each man's work, making appropriate references.
- It is not necessary to translate.
-
-
-
-
- 7. SOCIOLOGY: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end
- of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
-
-
-
-
-
- 8. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: Define management. Define Science. How do they relate?
- Why? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial
- decision.
-
-
-
-
- 9. ENGINEERING: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed
- in a box on your table. You will also find an instruction manual
- printed in Swahili. In ten minutes a hungry Bengal Tiger will be
- admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel is
- appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
-
-
-
-
- 10. ECONOMICS: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the National Debt.
- Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas:
- Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of light.
- Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this
- method from all points of view. Point out the deficiencies in
- your point of view as demonstrated in your answer to the last
- question.
-
-
-
-
- 11. POLITICAL SCIENCE: There is a red telephone on the table behind you. Start
- World War III. Report at length on its Socio-political effects,
- if any.
-
-
-
-
- 12. EPISTEMOLOGY: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of
- your position.
-
-
-
-
- 13. PHYSICS: Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation
- of the impact of methematics on science.
-
-
-
-
- 14. PHILOSOPHY: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its
- significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of
- thought.
-
-
-
-
- 15. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
-
-
-
-
- EXTRA CREDIT:
-
- Define the Universe; give three examples.
-
- ----- As long as you cut it at the top, you might as well cut it here! ---
-
- Enjoy.
-
- Jack
-