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SUPER QUIZ

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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: EVENTS OF DEC. 25 was taken from Westminste­r (e.g., 1776: George

Washington made his famous crossing of this river.

Answer: Delaware River.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. 1938: It was announced that she would play Scarlett in “Gone With the Wind.” Answer________

2. 1962: The film adaptation of this author’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbir­d” was released. Answer________

3. 1991: He formally resigned as president of the USSR. Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. 1977: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met this Egyptian president. Answer________

5. 1950: This traditiona­l stone of British monarchs

Abbey.

Answer________ 6. 1941: This British colony in Asia surrendere­d to

Japan.

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. 1989: Nicolae Ceausescu, former dictator of this country, was executed by a firing squad.

Answer________ 8. 800: He was coronated as Holy Roman Emperor in

Rome.

Answer________ 9. 2004: The Huygens probe separated from the Cassini spacecraft to begin its journey to Titan, a moon of this planet.

Answer________

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