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.
Subject: AMERICANA
(e.g., Who said, "All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people."? Answer: Al Capone.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Which "Al" created "Li'l Abner" in 1934? Answer________
2. Who married Jill Jacobs in 1977?
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3. What word transformed Billy Batson into Captain Marvel? Answer________
4. Complete the song title: "Bury Me Not on the ____." Answer________
5. What character did Carroll O'connor play on TV'S "All in the Family"?
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GRADUATE LEVEL
6. What were the first names of the comedy team Burns and Allen?
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7. President Calvin Coolidge said, "The chief business of the American people is ____."
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8. What song begins, "No one here can love or understand me"? Answer________
9. What "Captain" was played on TV by Bob Keeshan? Answer________
10. What type of currency is a C-note? Answer________
PH.D. LEVEL
11. The belief of some Christians that every word in the Bible is exactly true.
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12. This steamboat was described as "Fulton's Folly." Answer________
13. What congressman was known as the "Great Pacificator"? Answer________
14. Who was the star of TV'S "Your Show of Shows" (1950-54)? Answer________
15. For what did the letters originally stand in the post-wwii CARE packages?
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1. Al Capp. 2. Joe Biden. 3. Shazam. 4. Lone Prairie. 5. Archie Bunker.
6. George and Gracie. 7. Business. 8. "Bye Bye Blackbird." 9. Captain Kangaroo. 10. A $100 bill. 11. Fundamentalism. 12. Clermont. 13. Henry Clay. 14. Sid Caesar. 15. Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe.