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: POTPOURRI (e.g., What is a six-letter word containing three y’s? Answer: Syzygy.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the only major city built on two continents? Answer________ 2. Which novel concerns a pearl diver named Kino? Answer________ 3. Which city’s symbol is a winged lion? Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. For what do the letters stand in the KJO movement? Answer________ 5. In the nursery rhyme, who killed Cock Robin, and what was the murder weapon? Answer________ 6. Identify the mammal in which only males produce venom.

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. What comic-strip cat resides in Muncie, Indiana? Answer________ 8. What is the world’s largest rodent? Answer________ 9. How does Madame Bovary meet her death?

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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?