MIT grad challenge: connect wire, battery, light bulb

Fresh MIT grads were asked to power a light bulb with a wire and a battery. The ones shown in the video failed. It also looks like the grads were given a 1.5 v battery and a 120 v bulb. Even if it had been wired correctly, it would have produced a dim glow at best. Later in the video one of the students is shown with a small bulb. He successfully completes a circuit. Where did that bulb come from? This is a poorly edited video.

It looks like this was shot in the 1990s. I wonder if today's grads would fare better on this test? I suspect so, since there is more emphasis on hands-on making.