That is the fun title of this report by Richard Perez-Pena in the Sunday Times about a small but growing number of top colleges that have added off-kilter or oddball questions to their admission applications to measure the creativity of their applicants. Here are some examples:
Tell us your favorite joke and try to explain the joke without ruining it. (University of Chicago)
If you could choose to be raised by robots, dinosaurs or aliens, who would you pick? (Brandeis)
Or prior probability‘s favorite:
How did you get caught? (Chicago)
Why don’t any elite law schools try this approach? What quirky question would you add to the law school application process if you could?
Cartoon courtesy of xkcd
prior probability 
There are a million quirky questions that can be added to the law school application process. During a job interview I was once asked whether I would choose “cake or pie”. At first, I was caught of guard by such a strange question. However, I was able to connect with the interviewer and I now understand her reasoning behind asking the question. The question allowed the interviewer insight into my thought process and she was able to see my ability to quickly make a decision. There was no right answer to the question, it was all about the destination and how I got there. Isn’t that what law school is all about?
Although I totally agree with you, at the same time I would note that law (and legal education) continue to be very conservative (in a non-political sense), arcane, and tradition-bound activities …
Nevertheless, tradition needs to give way to substance, and one small way to start would be by asking more quirky questions on law school applications because creativity is, in fact, an essential part of applying the law to new and unexpected fact patterns