Are you a broadly developed person, or a Nerd?
This is the final test to check whether or not you are a Nerd. Succeed, and be
a person with a broad development. Fail, and be a Nerd.
The exam takes two hours. If you have finished it, send it to
exam-committee@nerd.busters.org. Only exams that are finished entirely
can be considered.
- 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, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and
specific.
- 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 you work has been inspected. You have fifteen
minutes.
- Public Speaking:
- 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are
storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient
language except Latin or Greek.
- 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 English Parliamentary System. Prove
your thesis.
- Music:
- Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and
perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your
seat.
- Physchology:
- Based on your knowledge of their works,
evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and
repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of
Aphrodisis, Rameses II, Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with
quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.
It is not necessary to translate.
- Sociology:
- Estimate the
sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world.
Construct an experiment to test your theory.
- Engineering:
- The
disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on
your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in
Swahili. In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted to
the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to
justify your decision.
- 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 and
the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing these
effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view.
Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated
in your answer to the last question.
- Political Science:
- There is
a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III.
Report at length on its socio-political effects if any.
- Epistemology:
- Take a position for or against truth. Prove the
validity of your stand.
- Physics:
- Explain the nature of matter.
Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the
development of mathematics on science.
- Philosophy:
- Sketch the
development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare
with the development of any other kind of thought.
- General Knowledge:
- Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
Success!
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