See No. 4.

What's your culture quotient? You get 1 point for each of the first ten questions. For No. 11, the really hard one, you get 2 points.

1. Meteorology. What is the approximate speed of sound in the atmosphere?
   a. 275 feet per second.   b. 550 fps.   c.1100 fps.    d.2200 fps.

2. Technology. Which country has the highest percentage of cell phone users?
   a. Finland.   b. Switzerland.    c. Japan. d. Fiji.

3. Demography. Switzerland has the lowest fertility rate in the world. Which country has the highest?
   a. Yemen.   b. India.   c. Mexico.   d. Zimbabwe.

4. Sports History. In which country did the original Marathon occur? (See photo above and No. 11 below.)
   a. Egypt.   b. Italy.   c. Morocco.   d. Greece.

5. History. Which of the following was NOT one of the Confederate states in the United States Civil War?
    a. Texas.   b. Oklahoma.   c. Louisiana.   d. Virginia.

6. Food. Which of the following foods does NOT come from Italy?
   a. pizza.  b. chianti.  c. prosciutto.    d. brie.

7. Punishment. When was the last execution by guillotine in France?
   a. 1797.   b. 1977.   c. 1854.   d. 1910.

8. Narcissism. In which century did this publication's namesake undertake his voyage around the world?
   a. 15th.   b. 16th.   c. 17th.   d. 18th.

9. Nomenclature. If you study mountains, you may be called:
   a. An orologist.   b. A urologist.   c. An oenologist.    d. an enterologist.

10. Language. If the Greeks had remained the dominant Mediterranean civilization, what would we use for the planet which today we call "Mars"?
   a. Juno.   b. Zeus. c. Ares.   d. Apollo.

11. Stumper. In what year did the original Marathon take place?
   a. 650 BCE.   b. 490 BCE.   c. 1920 CE.   d. 1936 CE.

Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.
< 5: You're still probably smarter than Regis Philbin.

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