At least it can if you live in India. This story from London’s Observer is about a reality TV show that puts the likes of “Big Brother” and “The Bachelor” to shame.
“Scholar Hunt, Destination UK,” an Indian prime-time sensation, features teenagers competing for the chance to study at one of five British universities. “The programme is best described,” the Observer writes, “as ‘The Apprentice’ meets ‘The Weakest Link’ with a little of America's sleeper hit ‘Spellbound’ thrown in.”
Arvind Aradhya won a £45,000 ($90,000) scholarship to study engineering at Warwick University, after eight weeks of “demanding exams, tough interviews, a Mastermind-style quiz show, timed questions inside a glass chamber and a final showdown.”
The Observer story includes test questions to see how you’d measure up on “Scholar Hunt.” (I completely bombed out.)