SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PH.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the freshman level, 2 points on the graduate level and 3 points on the PH.D. level.

CITY AND TOWN NAMES AS WORDS

Given the common meaning of the word, identify the city or town. The country in which the city or town is located is provided. (e.g., A metaphor for an exotic, distant land (Mali). Answer: Timbuktu.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A race of about 26 miles (Greece). 2. A small, round red hat with a flat top and no brim (Morocco). 3. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth, light-brown finish (Philippines).

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A liquid with a pleasant smell that you put on your skin (Germany).

5. A resort providing therapeutic baths (Belgium). 6. Take someone against his will for compulsory service on board a ship (China).

PH.D. LEVEL

7. A formal race usually having an open field of contestants (England). 8. Creatures with a long soft body and no bones or legs (Germany). 9. A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes (Scotland/u.k.).

ANSWERS:

1. Marathon. 2. Fez. 3. Manila. 4. Cologne. 5. Spa. 6. Shanghai. 7. Derby. 8. Worms. 9. Paisley.

SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?