Fork Lifts v. Baseball

I'm still in question-based review (for the rest of the week)....today, Evidence.  And while the test writers again have me musing on social phenomena, at least today they have me chuckling.  If you recall, or will trust my word for it, so-called "intelligence" tests had a period of controversy due to assumed cultural knowledge.  The result was test scores showing rich white kids are more intelligent than poorer, more color-prone children.  As an aside, this problem persists, but now for different reasons.  The examples typically involve sports like rowing or croquette, the sorts that 1920s Ivy Leaguers would participate in.  Evidently our writers are striving to be more culturally sensitive, but I'm afraid they missed the mark.

Yesterday, one of the contracts questions hinged on the value of "opening day" in baseball.  George Steinbrenner had contracted with a hatter to provide 10,000 Yankees hats for fans on opening day of the season; but the hatter delivered Mets caps.  The crux of the question was whether the hatter should have time to remedy his mistake by replacing the hats with Yankees hats.  Normally he would get that chance, but because opening day is a big deal in baseball, Steinbrenner doesn't have to let him.  But nothing in the question indicated that opening day was different than any other day of the year...so I am thinking that unless you are a baseball fan or a clever test taker, you probably struggle with that one.

On the other hand, today they made sure they didn't leave anybody out.  Question 36 involved a company purchasing a new fork lift, which would later roll over onto one of their employees "causing massive internal bleeding and life-threatening injuries" (how pleasant).  They go on to note that "A forklift is a heavy duty machine used for the hoisting and transporting of heavy objects by means of steel blades inserted under the load."  Not only is all of that entirely irrelevant to the question, which was about whether statements the worker made to doctors at the hospital were admissible in court, but I'm pretty sure I was more confused about what a fork lift was after I read that than before.

So kudos for the effort and sentiment, my test writing friends...but try harder.  Or less hard.  I'm not really sure.