Word: quiz
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...aging process. So he went out for a series of visits. Both Snowdon and the sisters had to overcome inhibitions--theirs at becoming research subjects, his from a Roman Catholic school background that made him uncomfortable asking personal questions of a nun. But they finally agreed that he would quiz them periodically to learn about what factors might be involved in promoting a healthy...
...idea that every time my mom wrote a test or even a quiz on a book she was teaching, she would first sit down with the corresponding Cliffs Notes (and any spinoff cheater books that were on the scene) and painstakingly write the test around the information in the booklets...
...There were, of course, instances where a question would slip through the cracks. Maybe a new edition of the Cliffs Notes for "Hamlet" had passed under my mom?s radar. Maybe two pages of her "Henry V" notes got stuck together. Whatever the reason, there were occasional lapses; a quiz might allude to one of Shylock?s character traits - and one or two vigilant (and stubbornly optimistic) students might recognize the description from a passage in their Cliffs Notes. The odds of a slip-up weren?t good at all - but that may have made victory twice as sweet...
GEEKS WHO WEAR GLASSES They're smart, they're pasty faced, and they know their way around a RAM cache. Now the geeks have their own beauty contest. Would-be contestants (of both genders) in the Sexiest Geek Alive pageant take a technology quiz, then compete in a series of nationwide events. Would-be judges can ogle the geeks and cast their votes at www.sexiestgeekalive.com...
...skewers the weak, but her tongue-lashings--"Slow coaches and ditherers have no place on the team!"--are an implicit reproach to players who would vote their strongest rivals off (the last one standing wins the whole pot). To Robinson, this kind of strategist is a "coward." As a quiz show, Link is quotidian. But if it does click with Yanks, we have a guess why: in an era of economic contraction, it is a parable on how to equitably fire people. Don't base it on personal factors. Measure performance objectively. And what is Robinson but the game-show...