See No. 10.

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. Sports. In which century was the game of volleyball invented?
    a. 20th.  b. 19th (in 1895, by William G. Morgan).  c. 18th.  d. 15th.

2. Culture. Carnegie Hall opened in 1891. Who was the guest conductor for the first concert?
   a. Tchaikovsky.   b. Furtwängler.    c. Wagner.   d. Toscanini.

3. History. Which historical figure is remembered in more statues than any other in the United States?
   a. George Washington.   b. Abraham Lincoln.   c. Sacajawea (1786?-1812, she was Lewis and Clark's guide).   d. Robert E. Lee.

4. Magazines. Who was Time's Man of the Year in 1938?
   a. Franklin D. Roosevelt.   b. Charlie Chaplin.   c. Albert Einstein.   d. Adolph Hitler.

5. Television. Which TV series ran longer than any other?
    a. Gunsmoke (20 years; go figure).   b. M.A.S.H.   c. Seinfeld.   d. The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

6. War. In which war was the largest number of Americans killed?
   a. Vietnam.  b. World War I.  c. World War II.    d. Civil War.

7. Philology. English is related to all of the following languages except one. Which one?
   a. Sanskrit.   b. Basque.   c. Polish.   d. Romanian.

8. Oenology. What does the date on a bottle of wine tell you?
   a. When the grapes were picked.   b. When the wine was bottled.
   c. When the bottle was put on the market.   d. When the winery was founded.

9. Pollution. Which of the following vehicles has no catalytic converter?
   a. Chevrolet Impala.   b. Chevrolet Corvette.   c. Chevrolet Suburban (because
   it's a truck, not a car).   d. Chevrolet Malibu.

10. Literature. Which writer lived from 1749 to 1832?
   a. Goethe.   b. Coleridge. c. Balzac.   d. Tolstoy.

11. Stumper. According to the Roman Catholic Church, St. Peter was the first pope. Counting him, how many popes have there been?
   a. 62.   b. 162.   c. 262.   d. 362.

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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