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Super quiz

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Subject: THE ? OF ?

Each answer is of the form: “The ___ of ____.” (e.g., Adam Smith’s famous treatise. Answer: “The Wealth of Nations.”)

Freshman level

1. The original home of Adam and Eve.

2. A musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp.

3. A sculpture in New York harbor.

Graduate level

4. Play by Shakespear­e in which Shylock appears.

5. A title given to the first son of the British monarch.

6. The organizati­on that preceded the United Nations.

Ph.D. level

7. Juan Ponce de Leon is said to have been seeking this spring in Florida.

8. This ancient wonder was built on the island of Pharos in Egypt.

9. A 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson as Daryl Van Horne.

Answers:

1. The Garden of Eden.

2. “The Sound of Music.”

3. The Statue of Liberty.

4. “The Merchant of Venice.”

5. The Prince of Wales.

6. The League of Nations.

7. The Fountain of Youth.

8. The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

9. “The Witches of Eastwick.”

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