See No. 11.

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.

Answers are in red:

1. Transportation. What is the largest commercial passenger plane in wide use today?
    a. 727.  b. 747.   c. 777.  d. Airbus.

2. Sports. Add the number of players on the field during a game in basketball, baseball, Olympic volleyball, and American football. What is the total?
    a. 52.  b. 56.  c. 62.   64.

3. Mathematics. Who was the first to develop the calculus?
    a. Newton.  b. LaPlace.  c. Copernicus.  d. Leibnitz.

4. Fashion. The "little black cocktail dress" originated with whom?
    a. Chanel.  b. Dior.   c. Lagerfeld.  d. Colette.

5. Geography. Which pair of cities lie closest to each other?
    a. Dallas-Houston.  b. Sydney-Perth.  c. Guangzhou-Hong Kong.  d. Paris-Rome.

6. History. Alexander the Great supposedly wept at one point on his march to the east when he felt he had no more kingdoms to conquer. How far east did he go?
    a. Iran (Persia).  b. Myanmar (Burma).  c. Iraq.  d. Western India.

7. Dance. Which one of the following is not a dance?
    a. Gigue.  b. Galop.  c. Pavanne.  d. Esplanade.

8. Vocabulary. What is a synonym for "moribund"?
    a. serene.  b. comatose. c. traumatsic.  d. hyperactive.

9. Astronomy. Which one of the following historical figures believed that the earth was the center of the universe?
    a. Tycho Brahe.  b. Ptolemy.   c. Bruno.  d. Galileo.

10. Philosophy. Who said, "Cogito ergo sum [I think, therefore I am]"?
    a. Kant.  b. Aristotle.  c. Plato.  d. Descartes.

11. Stumper. Everybody knows that Coca-cola came from Atlanta. Where did Dr Pepper come from?
    a. St. Louis.  b. Milwaukee.  c. Waco.  d. Denver.

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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