Bumper Christmas Quiz

[Robert Charleston <rc3673@student.open.ac.uk>]

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Hi everyone,

At the end of each Michaelmas term at school we always got given a 'fun' 
christmas quiz to endure. In the spirit of those halcyon days, I enclose 
the following...

BUPS has been offering advice to sixth-formers looking to study 
philosophy at university, where we can. Occasionally we have received a 
bit of feedback on the interview process. The following are two discussion 
questions from a Cambridge interview session. I'd be interested to hear 
some answers, to see if we're anywhere near as good as mere a-level 
students ;-)

1. 'Jane is writing a play about two people (lets call them A and B)
   waiting for a friend (lets call that character C), and getting bored.
   The friend never in fact arrives. Jane tells Ella about her interesting
   play. Ella says a play about boredom could never be interesting. Do you
   agree with Jane or Ella? Explain why.'

2. 'Whenever I see an oblong knife I have a feeling of oblong. So I call
   the knife oblong. But if the knife has a blade and I cut myself and
   feel pain, why don't I call the knife pain?'

Thoughts and answers? There may be a prize...!

Rab.


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