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., By what name is the Upper House of Congress known? Answer: Senate.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. For what newspaper feature is Robert Ripley best known?
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2. Then-Republican candidate George Bush said: “Read my lips. No new ____.” Answer________
3. What is used to make a jack-o’-lantern? Answer________
4. Poker term for five cards of the same suit in order.
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5. Who portrayed the rebel in the 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause”?
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GRADUATE LEVEL
6. In the “Li’l Abner” comic strip, what special day for spinsters was held in November? Answer________
7. What is the only word spoken by the bird in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”? Answer________
8. In what type of game do players win points by propelling steel balls by means of “flippers”? Answer________
9. In which state is Pikes Peak? Answer________
10. In this 1955 film, Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra play New York City gamblers.
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PH.D. LEVEL
11. This stew is the official state cuisine of Louisiana.
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12. In “The War of the Worlds,” Martians landed in this community in New Jersey. Answer________
13. This musician is known for his songs “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” Answer________
14. From which Robert Frost poem is “Two roads diverged in a wood”? Answer________
15. Her libertarian views are known from her novels “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged.” Answer________
ANSWERS:
SCORING:
24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?