HISTORY: Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially but no exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious, and philisophical impact on Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Be brief, concise, and specific.
MEDICINE: You have been provided with a razor blade, some gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture untilyour work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes.
PUBLIC SPEAKING: 2,500 drug-crazed people are about to storm the room. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin of Greek.
BIOLOGY: Create Life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this life form had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the Engish Parlimentary system. Prove your thesis.
MUSIC: Write a music concerto. Orchestrate and perform if with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
PSYCHOLOGY: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustration for each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's works, 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.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: Define Management. Define Science. How do they relate? Why? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming a CRAY1 CPU supporting 50 remote terminals, design the communications interface and all necessary control programs to activate your algorithm on each terminal.
ENGINEERING: The component parts of an UZI machine gun have been placed in a box under your desk. You will find an instruciton book printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will enter the room. Take whatever aciton you feel appropriate. 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 propogation. Outline a method for preventing any negative effects. Anticipate and refute all possible objections to your plan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE: There is a red telephone on the desl beside you. Start World War III. Prepare tan in-depth report on its socio-political effects, if any.
EPISTEMOLOGY: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.
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 and estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
EXTRA CREDIT: Define the Universe. Give three examples.
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