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.

1. Geography. Everybody known about the beautiful blue Danube, which is actually brown. Into what body of water does it empty?
    a. Black Sea.  b. Mediterranean Sea.  c. Baltic Sea.  d. Atlantic Ocean.

2. Culture. (Don't do this one if you already have a headache.) How many (get ready) TONS of aspirin do Americans consume each DAY?
   a. Less than 1.   b. 5.    c. 18.   d. 42.

3. Behavior. What percent of humanity is lefthanded?
   a. 2.   b. 6.   c. 10.   d. 14.

4. Movies. The first Oscars were awarded in 1928. Who won the first best actor Oscar?
   a. Emil Jannings.   b. Charlie Chaplin.   c. Rudolph Valentino.   d. Errol Flynn.

5. Politics. What is the smallest independent country in the world?
    a. Andorra.   b. San Marino.   c. Liechtenstein.   d. The Vatican.

6. Geology. What is the most common metal in the earth's crust?
   a. aluminum.  b. iron.  c. copper.    d. magnesium.

7. Philology. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the following words has more definitions than any other word in English. Which is it?
   a. put.   b. set.   c. get.   d. go.

8. Sex. According to the Kinsey Institute, what was the size of the largest erect human penis?
   a. 9.5".   b. 11".   c. 13".   d. 14.5".

9. Consumption. Of every dollar you spend when eating out, how much pays for the actual cost of the food?
   a. 10 cents.   b. 18 cents.   c. 27 cents.   d. 36 cents.

10. Music. How many separate pieces (wood, metal, plastic) make up the modern concert grand piano?
   a. 1,500.   b. 3,700. c. 5,300.   d. 7,000.

11. Stumper. All About Eve, one of the all-time great black comedies, starred Bette Davis, George Sanders, Anne Baxter, and Celeste Holm. In the poster above, George Sanders is holding the hand of an actress who went on to greater fame than that enjoyed by any of the four lead actors. Who was she?
   a. Natalie Wood.   b. Marilyn Monroe.   c. Jayne Mansfield.   d. Jane Fonda.

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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