[Thomas Edison's] Employment Intelligence Test.

[The Diplomat]

A lot of those questions are relevant to the time of Edison......

Like who produces the finest China - well in his time it may have been different to now. What city in the United States leads in making laundry machines? Also relevant only to his time.

Most of those questions/answers are relevant to the time of Edison. All the questionnaire proves is that people aren't knowledgeable late 19th century/early 20th century trivia - like which city leads in making laundry machines....

I think people nowadays are much smarter - but I don't think we are as courageous or as adventurous as our predecessors were.



It doesn't prove people nowadays are dumber....what a stupid insinuation. It does actually validate the point that the Chicago Tribune is probably much dumber than it use to be.


It sounds like the daily mail here in the UK.

Yeah, many of the answers will be different now.

For instance, the question "Which state is the largest?", it would have been Texas at the time, before Alaska became an official state in 1959.

 

[Thunderflash500]

Lost respect for Edison. That was an incredibly pointless test. He's just over compensating for Tesla being smarter.

 

[Kanster]

Easier than I thought. Got like five wrong.