Supposedly there was a guy on Who Wants to be a Millionare? that was suing becasue he felt he got the right answer. The question was "what is the first sign in the Zodiac?" I don't recall what he answered or what they said was the right answer, but I did notice that Capricorn, Aquarius, and Ares were not on the list of correct answers, so I didn't see a correct answer as being possible in any case.

I'm not really surprised that no one got the Jeopardy answer...question...whatever. That's one of those things that has ended up being a footnote. "In 1969 Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. He was accompanied by another astronaut in the lander and one more in orbit. Over the next few years, more people did it too." Is STILL more info than I think the averge person, including active sudents, would be able to come up with.

In high school (class of '88), I dont' recall ever covering the names of anyone in the program at all. I don't even really recall going over anything from the 60s/70s other than Vietnam and the energy crisis.

For taking tests, I had a system that worked very well for me. The sych teacher knew I did it and thought it was interstign to see the results. I would read the captions under the pictures in the chapter on the day of the test. The test was 30 questions. 10 true/false, 10 multiple choice (4 choices) and 10 matching (idea A was put forth by person 6).

I would answer what I knew, then look at the choices. The correct answer was usually the longest one (multiple choice). If I was sure that wasn't it, and had nothing esle to go by, I'd look to ee where the second hand was on the clock. between 12 and 3 was A, 3 and 6 was B and so on. When in doubt, pick C. I was consistently the second highest on the tests usually with a 26 or 27/30. Oddly, I did the best on the matching and the worst on the T/F. I did the same thing on a 300 qustion sociology test (all multiple choice) and got the 2nd or third highest with a 252. Of course, I don't really have any of that knowledge now.

When I look back on the tests I've taken, and some of the things that happened in the real world, I'd have to say that I'm very much opposed to guessing on tests. I'd have a right answer be worth 1 point, a wrong answer be worth -1, and no answer be 0. Guessing on a test may end up teaching people to guess on important things later as well.

One day at the grocery store, I was going through that damaged stuff and I found someone's heart medicine. It had been left in the cart and the bagger guessed on what should be done with it. Back to the pharmacy? nope. Customer service booth? Nope. Call the name and phone number on the bottle? Nope. Toss it in the box in the back with the broken mayonaise? Yes. If you don't know, don't guess. If you do guess, make it clear that it's a guess.

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