The 1987-8 score of 50 percent is explained in the previous footnote.

"If you get a 95 percent score on a test, is that getting most of the answers correct or incorrect?"

Thus a 70 percent score by a 70-year-old player would have a scorage of 4900, hard to beat.

That compared with an average score of 52 percent two years ago and 57 percent in 1997.

A score of 60 percent or higher is "fresh."

Of nearly 60 people who took the test here on a recent afternoon, four received a passing score of 70 percent or above.

And no mundane high-school scale here- it took a score of 85 percent or higher to pass.

This means that your score must be equal to or greater than the scores of 98 percent of the other people who take the test.

Among larger districts, Jericho took top honors with a score of 98 percent.

The opening lead was a diamond, and I maneuvered 12 tricks for an 89 percent score.