I think a lot of this trivia type questions come out of the frustration of going through hundreds of resumes full of crap and fake crap. It is just hard to filt

I think a lot of this trivia type questions come out of the frustration of going through hundreds of resumes full of crap and fake crap. It is just hard to filter out applicants out of a piece of paper.. so we "invent" tricks to "automate" this, and then blindly apply this routine to who ever shows up. My personal recommendation is : Past performance is the best predictor of future performance. Look at the candidate resume, drill on the details as they pertain your requirements and use your knowledge of the subject matter to do the best choice. It is not rocket science.