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., What surname is associated with “Believe It or Not!”? Answer: Ripley.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Provide the next four words: “Two roads diverged ...” Answer________ 2. What mail service was indicated by “RFD”? Answer________ 3. What toy enables one to hop from place to place? Answer________ 4. What was the signature line of Bugs Bunny? Answer________ 5. For what is “GOP” an abbreviation? Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Who was the captain of the ship Pequod? Answer________ 7. What was the colorful nickname of Gen. John J. Pershing? Answer________ 8. Who was nicknamed “The King of Swing”? Answer________ 9. Title of an Erskine Caldwell novel: God’s Little ____. Answer________ 10. Hollywood theater where film stars place handprints in cement.

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PH.D. LEVEL

11. Complete the silent era serial title: The Perils of ____. Answer________ 12. Carl Perkins wrote and recorded this song months before Elvis covered it. Answer________ 13. Who wrote the play Peter Pan? Answer________ 14. By what nickname was the Colt sixshooter known? Answer________ 15. Legend once said that this army officer invented baseball. 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?