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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 03, 2016, 04:53:30 PM

Title: Test your book smarts
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 03, 2016, 04:53:30 PM: Well at least according to the New York Times. It also tests your quiz smarts a little.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/14/nyregion/strand-quiz.html?smid=fb-share
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Owlswing on October 03, 2016, 09:58:31 PM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 03, 2016, 04:53:30 PM
Well at least according to the New York Times. It also tests your quiz smarts a little.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/14/nyregion/strand-quiz.html?smid=fb-share

Less than half what I thought that I would get! Ho hum!
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: jeremyp on October 04, 2016, 12:03:57 AM: That was pretty appalling. The best I got was 5 out of 10
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Owlswing on October 04, 2016, 08:48:01 AM: Quote from: jeremyp on October 04, 2016, 12:03:57 AM

That was pretty appalling. The best I got was 5 out of 10

How many out of the full 80?
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Steve H on October 04, 2016, 09:09:45 PM: 29/50.
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Sebastian Toe on October 05, 2016, 12:13:16 AM: Quote from: SteveH on October 04, 2016, 09:09:45 PM
29/50.
18 better than me and some of those were random guesses!
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Owlswing on October 05, 2016, 09:58:48 AM: Quote from: Sebastian Toe on October 05, 2016, 12:13:16 AM
18 better than me and some of those were random guesses!

Agreed - me too!
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Aruntraveller on October 05, 2016, 10:47:37 AM: I got 22/50.

But what does it prove anyway?

That you've got a good memory. So what?

I mean I've read very few of the books listed and I still got 22 - just vague memories of reviews or just knowing what some authors have written. It's proof of nothing else.

In fact as I am in a completely grumpy mood today I would say its f.....g useless.
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: Brownie on October 05, 2016, 11:46:17 AM: 28
Yes it does prove you have quite a good memory (which I obviously haven't), that is very important if you are going to work in a book store. You need to have not only the memory but a knowledge of, and interest in, books, not only great literature but current favourites and non-fiction. Not everyone can do it, obviously I wouldn't be able to :). I can imagine myself being flustered and unable to find anything :-[.
Good for those who did well! I haven't looked at all the scores of others but, honestly, it doesn't matter for most of us.
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: jeremyp on October 05, 2016, 01:39:40 PM: Quote from: Owlswing on October 04, 2016, 08:48:01 AM
How many out of the full 80?
By which you mean 50.

I got 5 on three of them and 3 on the other two.
Title: Re: Test your book smarts
Post by: jeremyp on October 05, 2016, 01:42:23 PM: Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 05, 2016, 10:47:37 AM
I mean I've read very few of the books listed

I've read two of the books on the list: Animal Farm and Brave New World. I wouldn't have read those two if they hadn't been set texts in English Lit. at school.