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: GATES

(e.g., The gates of heaven. Answer: The Pearly Gates.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. He co-founded the computer software company Microsoft. Answer________

2. This strait in western California connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean. Answer________

3. This gate in Berlin was reopened in 1989. Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The Gate of Heaven Cemetery is where this man known as “The Bambino” is buried. Answer________

5. This heavy iron gate can be lowered in front of the entrance to a castle as a defense. Answer________

6. This colossal arch is on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri.

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. This narrow channel of the East River is between Manhattan and Long Island. Answer________

8. An entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the Tower of London. Answer________

9. This gate is the only possible entry to Beijing’s Forbidden City.

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?