In my Japanese Law class today, the professor was talking about the exams that students have to take if they want to be part of the bureaucracy. It's a 3-part exam -- an IQ-test-like portion plus a general knowledge portion, then a professional knowledge test, and then an oral exam. He shared some of the general knowledge questions:

1. What is (1+i) to the twentieth power?
2. What is the weight of the air of 22.4 liters at 0 degrees celsius?
3. What was the name of Buddha's wife?

I was 0-for-3, and really only question 1 do I think I ever knew or could figure out the answer to. But this is what Civil Servants in Japan need to know. Here, I imagine the test looks very, very different.