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“Could You Pass Edison’s 1921 Job Interview?”: Prove It With 20 General Knowledge Questions
Imagine walking into a job interview, and instead of questions about your experience, you’re handed a brutal general knowledge test.
That’s exactly what happened to applicants who wanted to work for Thomas Edison. His famous employment test wasn’t about resumes – it was about raw knowledge, curiosity, and quick thinking.
Some questions seem simple at first glance. Others? They’ll make you pause, rethink, and maybe even second-guess everything you thought you knew.
So the real question is: would you have impressed Edison, or would you have walked out empty-handed?
Let’s find out. ⚡
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BrunoVI 3 days ago (edited)
Not bad. They even called Everest the "highest" mountain (correct) rather than the "tallest" mountain (incorrect; this would be Mt Logan measured against the local land floor, or Mauna Loa measured against the true base.) In before the complaint about "discovering" the Pacific. (Of course, there are Asians, Australians and indigenous Americans, but Didn't any Europeans see it from the Far-East side first?)
Kate Johnson 2 days ago
Hey, wow, I actually got fifteen correct, which would have been sixteen except that I stabbed at my screen on one answer instead of scrolling up and it landed on 'inventor' for John Hancock which was obviously wrong. I'm still stoked that I passed! (I know it's a goofy online quiz, but it still feels good, like getting all of Double Jeopardy! correct, or sweeping categories. Fun!
BrunoVI 3 days ago (edited)
Not bad. They even called Everest the "highest" mountain (correct) rather than the "tallest" mountain (incorrect; this would be Mt Logan measured against the local land floor, or Mauna Loa measured against the true base.) In before the complaint about "discovering" the Pacific. (Of course, there are Asians, Australians and indigenous Americans, but Didn't any Europeans see it from the Far-East side first?)
Kate Johnson 2 days ago
Hey, wow, I actually got fifteen correct, which would have been sixteen except that I stabbed at my screen on one answer instead of scrolling up and it landed on 'inventor' for John Hancock which was obviously wrong. I'm still stoked that I passed! (I know it's a goofy online quiz, but it still feels good, like getting all of Double Jeopardy! correct, or sweeping categories. Fun!
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