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Super quiz

- Anything in the shape of a half-moon.

Subject: RHYMES WITH MOON

Each answer is a word that rhymes with “moon.” (e.g., Bird on the Canadian 1-dollar coin. Answer: Loon.)

Freshman level

1. A hill of sand on a beach or in a desert. 2. A dried plum. 3. How Bing Crosby used to sing.

Graduate level

4. A letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet. 5. A timely blessing or benefit. 6. A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents.

Ph.D. level

7. 8. What young girls did when they heard Frank Sinatra sing. 9. Bugs Bunny and Homer Simpson are two examples.

Answers:

1. Dune. 2. Prune. 3. Croon. 4. Rune. 5. Boon. 6. Goon. 7. Lune. 8. Swoon. 9. Toon (cartoon).

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