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: BEGINNING OF THE MONTH Each answer is a seven-letter word that begins with the first three letters of a month. (e.g., A figure with eight straight sides. Answer: Octagon.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. A unit of the intensity of sound. Answer________ 2. A caretaker of a building. Answer________ 3. A cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.

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GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Something new and unusual. Answer________ 5. A pole painted and decorated with flowers and long ribbons that are attached to the top of the pole. Answer________ 6. A soft fruit with an orange-yellow skin and a hard seed inside.

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PH.D. LEVEL 7. Ritual suicide. Also called hara-kiri. Answer________ 8. To make something greater by adding to it. Answer________ 9. Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs with berrylike cones.

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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?