The Mercury News

Super quiz

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Subject: ROCK

Each answer contains “rock.” (e.g., A genre of popular music of the ’40s and ’50s. Answer: Rock ’n’ roll.)

Freshman level

1. Traditiona­l site of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ landing. 2. He starred in TV’s “McMillan & Wife.” 3. The capital city of Arkansas.

Graduate level

4. It was one of the Pillars of Hercules. 5. A cast member of “Saturday Night Live” in the early 1990s. 6. A confection composed of relatively large sugar crystals.

Ph.D. level

7. Folk music lyrics: “The _______ is the road to ride.” 8. Expression meaning to do something to disturb the existing situation. 9. Halite.

Answers:

1. Plymouth Rock. 2. Rock Hudson. 3. Little Rock. 4. Rock of Gibraltar. 5. Chris Rock. 6. Rock candy. 7. Rock Island Line. 8. Rock the boat. 9. Rock salt.

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