Quizzes, Trick Questions, and Answers that Aren’t
I read some posts recently related to a quiz that was given (just for fun) on a songwriting board I visit occasionally ( www.christiansongwriters.org ). Most of the posts were in the vein of “my answer was counted wrong, but it’s correct because…” .
Having worked for quite a few years in technical training, I can tell you that writing questions that cannot be miscontrued is one of the hardest things you can do. If you’re successful at it, you are a very good test writer.How you define something makes all the difference in how a question will be interpreted. Most …
R.I.P. J.B.
James Brown, the undisputed Godfather of Soul, the self-proclaimed “hardest working man in show business”, has taken his final rest at age 73, after battling a bout of pneumonia. James Brown named as his home town Augusta, Georgia, a town with more than its share of people who have always been reticent to acknowledge the musical contributions made by Mr. Brown, preferring to point out his many personal problems, as if the bad in some way negates the good. R.I.P., J.B.
National News Hits Close to Home
Just this morning I found out that Kelly James, the climber found on Mt. Hood in Oregon, was the brother-in-law of one of our customers at PowerServe. Had I known earlier, I think I would have taken more interest in the details. I feel like I need to apologize to Caroyln Custis James, our customer and one of my online friends, for neither realizing nor taking the time to find out. I know it’s probably a factor of how we’re wired that we lack interest in events that we don’t think affect us personally, whether it’s …
So long, Joe: 1911-2006
Joseph Barbera, one-half of the genius creative team Hannah-Barbera, died today at age 95. Surely no one alive has escaped his influence, having created more than 300 series during his six-decade partnership with William Hannah, including Tom & Jerry, the Flintstones, the Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and Jonny Quest.