See Nos. 4 and 11 below.

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. Geography. Which city is closest to Hong Kong?
    a. Guangzhou (Canton).  b. Taipei.  c. Bangkok.  d. Shanghai.

2. Food. You're tasting the latest vintage at a winery in Napa Valley. You are in:
    a. The United States.  b. Italy.  c.  France.  d. Germany.

3. Cars. Saabs are manufactured in:
    a. Sweden.  b. Germany.  c. The Czech Republic.  d. Finland.

4. Music. The picture above depicts:
    a. Bach.  b. Beethoven.  c. Brahms.  d. Mick Jagger's father.

5. Games. What computer game was the music you're hearing written for?
    a. Quake.  b. 7 Kingdoms.  c. Myst.  d. Mortal Kombat.

6. History. In what century did Marco Polo make his alleged trip to China?
    a. 9th.  b. 11th.  c. 13th.   d. 15th.

7. Fashion. The Bikini swimsuit was named for:
    a. a Swiss movie star.  b. a cocktail.  c. an island.  d. a city in India.

8. Math. Differential calculus is used in the study of:
    a. accleration. b. volume.  c. map theory.  d. LaPlace transforms.

9. Zoology. The opposite of "evergreen" is:
    a. anamorphic.  b. omphaloskeptic.  c. tertiary.  d. deciduous.

10. Myth. A satyr is:
    a. half-man, half-goat.  b. a descendant of the god, Saturn.  c. a demi-god.
    d. a servant of the gods.

11. Stumper. How many piano sonatas the the composer pictured above write?
    a. 9.  b. 24.  c. 32.  d. 41.

Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.
< 5: OK, so you're smarter than Bill Gates. So what?

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