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: AMERICAN CULTURE (e.g., For what does CIA stand? Answer: Central Intelligence Agency.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. On what street is the New York Stock Exchange? Answer________ 2. This Massachusetts resort area has a fishhook shape. Answer________ 3. To refuse to testify, a person may take/ plead the ____. Answer________ 4. Who or what is “Ol’ Man River”? Answer________ 5. Translate the U.S. motto: “E pluribus unum.” Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. A grave crime such as murder or rape is termed a _____. Answer________ 7. The most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Answer________ 8. Who said, “I never met a man I didn’t like”? Answer________ 9. This consumer advocate authored Unsafe at Any Speed. Answer________ 10. Name America’s most famous five-sided building. Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL 11. Her book Etiquette first appeared in the 1920s. Answer________ 12. Provide the first line of the song “America the Beautiful.” Answer________ 13. He danced in many musicals with Ginger Rogers. Answer________ 14. His best-known work is The Wealth of Nations. Answer________ 15. Which film company uses the motto “Ars Gratia Artis”? Answer________ 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?