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 is a “leatherneck”? Answer: Nickname for a U.S. Marine.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is a C-note? Answer________

2. Which president is known for saying, “The buck stops here”? Answer________

3. What is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River? Answer________

4. In what field of work is Grandma Moses best known? Answer________

5. Cowboy song title: “Bury Me Not on the _____.”

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. What comic actor often lamented, “That’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into”? Answer________

7. “Kemo Sabe” was Tonto’s nickname for whom? Answer________

8. Who was the star

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? of TV’s “Your Show of Shows”? Answer________

9. “Leaves of Grass” was his first and most famous book of poems. Answer________

10. In which novel did Tom Joad say, “A fella ain’t got a soul of his own ...”?

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

11. What film producer mused, “Include me out”? Answer________

12. Who wrote, “Give me your tired, your poor”? Answer________

13. To whom was Ruby Keeler married from 1928 to 1940? Answer________

14. This Native American woman was pregnant while assisting on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Answer________

15. Why are large things referred to as “jumbo,” as in “jumbo jet”?

Answer________