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ANSWERS

by Jerden Purmort

No. 803.

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See No. 5 below.

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. Astrology.
Eleven of the symbols used in the zodiac have symbols of animate objects. One is inanimate. Which is it?
    a. Libra.    b. Aquarius.    c. Pisces.     d. Aries.

2. Vocabulary. What's a funambulist?
    a. Ambulance-chaser.    b. Tight-rope walker.    c. Pleasure walker.    d. Magician.

3. Literature I.  Two famous writers died on the same day. Which two?
    a. Dickens and George Eliot.    b. Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
    c. Coleridge and Goethe.    d. Shakespeare and Cervantes, April 23, 1616.

4. Literature II. Which of the following epics is the longest?
    a. Divine Comedy.    b. Paradise Lost.    c. Iliad-Odyssey.    d. Mahabhrata--it's longer than the others put together.

5. Art. Before Leonardo painted her, La Giocanda made a physical change in her facial appearance, which is immediately visible in the painting. What was it?
    a. Removed her eyebrows (it was fashionable at the time).    b. Rouged her cheeks.
    c. Tinted her lips.    d. Pierced her ears.

6. Religion. How many times does the Lord's Prayer appear in the Bible?
    a. One.    b. Two(Matthew VI and Luke XI).    c. Three.    d. Four.

7. Games. In a deck of cards, three of the four kings has a moustache. Which one doesn't?
    a. Clubs.    b. Diamonds.    c. Hearts.     d. Spades.

8. Recreation. When was the first national nudist organization formed in the United States?
    a. 1889.    b. 1909.     c. 1929.    d. 1949.

9. Meteorology. You see lightning. Seven seconds later you hear thunder. How far away was the lightning?
    a. 1.5 mile (sound travels 1100 per second).    b. 3 miles.    c. 6 miles.     d. 12 miles.

10. School Supplies.How many official colors of Crayolas are there?
    a. 32.    b. 64.    c. 90.    d. 120.

11. Stumper (2 points). In 2001, the Crayola company asked several famous people to name their favorite Crayola. Which did George W. Bush choose?
    a. Burnt orange.    b. Yellow.    c. Red.     d. Blue (It is our considered editorial opinion that you should LOSE 2 points if you knew this one).

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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