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., What is the middle name of Donald Trump? Answer: John.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Who was the partner of Bonnie Parker? Answer________ 2. In what field did Roger Staubach excel? Answer________ 3. Who wrote the short story “The TellTale Heart”? Answer________ 4. What slang word is derived from the Spanish “vamos,” meaning “come on”? Answer________ 5. What name completes the song title: “Wait till the Sun Shines, ___”?
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GRADUATE LEVEL
6. The famous Monkey Trial is more properly known by what name? Answer________ 7. Dred Scott was a Missouri ____. Answer________ 8. On which TV show did you hear: “My name’s Friday — I’m a cop”? Answer________ 9. What does the “where” refer to in the lyrics “Where I first met you”? Answer________ 10. Who did Leon Czolgosz assassinate in 1901?
Answer________
PH.D. LEVEL
11. She became famous by feigning insanity to be admitted to an asylum. Answer________ 12. Title of a 1940 novel about a posse’s lynching of three innocent cowboys. Answer________ 13. She said, “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.” Answer________ 14. In which region did Sergeant Preston patrol? Answer________ 15. Who is the author of The Minister’s Wooing and Oldtown Folks? Answer________ ANSWERS:
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?