See No. 6.

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. Politics. If you analyze the language of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, you find they spoke at a 12th grade level. In 1960, Kennedy and Nixon both spoke at at 10th grade level. At what level did Bush and Gore, respectively, speak in their debates?
    a. 6th & 8th.  b. 8th & 10th.  c. 4th & 8th.  d. 3rd & 7th.

2. Sports. Only one city has three covered stadiums for major sports. Which city?
   a. Sydney.   b. Munich.    c. Sao Paulo.   d. Houston (one for baseball, one for football, and one multipurpose).

3. Science. In which basic science does Avogadro's Number play an important role?
   a. Biology.   b. Chemistry (6.023 x 10 to the 23rd power).   c. Physics.   d. Astronomy.

4. Rock n Roll. VH1 polled a selected panel of 500 listeners for the 100 all-time top rock n roll songs. Who had the Number 1 song?
   a. Beatles.   b. Led Zeppelin.   c. Rolling Stones: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.   d. Eagles.

5. Advertising. Which company has the oldest continuously used logo?
    a. Ford.   b. Kodak.   c. Procter & Gamble.   d. Coca-cola.

6. Religion. For reasons we don't need to go into here, just about everybody in the world knows the date on which Jesus's birthday is officially celebrated. But, there are far more Buddhists in the world than Christians. What is the official date of Buddha's birthday?
   a. March 13.  b. December 12.  c. August 4.    d. 8th day of 4th lunar month.

7. Sports. The 2004 summer Olympics will be in Athens. Where was the first modern summer Olympics?
   a. Athens (in 1896).   b. Berlin.   c. New York City.   d. Rome.

8. Recording. What is the speed of the tape in a standard cassette player?
   a. 0.25"/second.   b. 0.5"/second. c. 0.875"/second.   d. 1.5"/second.

9. Music. In which city will you find the largest organ in the world?
   a. Los Angeles (in the First Congregational Church).   b. Salt Lake City.   c. Passau, Germany. d. Paris.

10. Literature. Which of the following writers did not receive the Nobel prize?
   a. Hesse.   b. Beckett. c. Kafka.   d. Steinbeck.

11. Stumper. In the poll in Question 4, which of the following songs did NOT make it into the top 10?
   a. Like a Rolling Stone.   b. Hey Jude.   c. Hound Dog.   d. Light My Fire.

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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