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by Jerden Purmort

No. 800 ANSWERS.

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See No. 5 below.

ANSWERS are in RED:

What's your culture quotient? Give yourself 1 point for each of the first ten questions. For No. 11, the really hard one, make it 2 points.

1. Geology.
What's the most abundant element in the earth's crust?
    a. aluminum.    b. iron.    c. copper.     d. silicon.

2. Gold & Silver. It's general knowledge that the USA keeps its gold at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Where does it keep its supply of silver?
    a. Fort Knox.    b. Federal Reserve Bank, Denver.    c. West Point, NY.    d. Various sites.

3. Measurement.  We all know that a sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure. What does a bathometer measure?
    a. submarine pressure.    b. ocean depth.    c. atmospheric density.    d. air purity.

4. Terminology. What's a "Brannock device"?
    a. The suction tube your dentist uses.
    b. The source of "pings" in a gas pump.
    c. The pressure switch that turns off your refrigerator light.
    d. The metal gadget shoe stores use to measure your feet.

5. Aromatic Studies. By volume, how much flatulence does the average adult release daily?
    a. 1 pint.    b. 1 quart.    c. 2 quarts.    d. 1 gallon.

6. Language. What does "Canada" means? Wait. Let's re-phrase that. "Canada" comes from a Native American word. What was the original meaning of the word?
    a. big village.    b. big forest.    c. land of snow.    d. inferiority complex.

7. Movies. Which historical figure has appeared most frequently in movies?
    a. Jesus.    b. Napoleon.     c. Lincoln.    d. King Arthur.

8. Geography. The Danube River flows into:.
    a. the Baltic Sea.    b. the Black Sea.     c. the Caspian Sea.    d. the Mediterranean Sea.

9. Good Times. When did New Orleans have its first Mardi Gras celebration?
    a. 1786.    b. 1826.    c. 1866.     d. 1906.

10. Religion. Only two kinds of nuts are mentioned in the Bible. Almonds, and:
    a. pecans.    b. walnuts. c. hazelnuts.    d. pistachios.

11. Stumper (2 points). The world map above represents the distribution of:
    a. AIDS.    b. light pollution.    c. population density.     d. cars.

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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