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by Jerden Purmort

No. 795.

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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. Art.
The primary oil in an artist's oil paints is linseed oil. What plant does it come from?
    a. Cotton.    b. Flax.    c. Corn.     d. Maize.

2. Morale. Which organization has the motto "Blood and Fire"?
    a. Salvation Army.    b. US Army Rangers.    c. The now-defunct KGB.
   d. The CIA.

3. Words.  What's a maypop?
    a. Fruit of the passion flower.
    b. British Popsicle.
    c. Irish Festival on May 1.
   d. A misspelled word, in newspaper jargon.

4. Brain-washing. On an average day, how many advertisements, in all media, does an American see?
    a. 100.    b. 300.    c. 600.    d. 900.

5. Delivery. Which country has the most post offices?
    a. China.    b. United States.    c. Brazil.    d. India.

6. Demographics. What was the estimated population of the world in 5,000 BCE?
    a. 1 million.    b. 5 million.    c. 10 million.    d. 20 million.

7. Journalism. What is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States?
    a. New York Post.    b. New York Daily News.    c. New York Times.
    d. Philadelphia Inquirer.

8. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. How many words did Marcel Proust write in Remembrance of Things Past before he gave it up?
    a. 500,000.    b. 1,000,000.     c. 1,500,000.    d. 2,000,000.

9. Words, Part II. What's an aglet?
    a. A baby aglon.    b. Immature winestock.    c. 75 years.
    d. Plastic tip on a shoe lace.

10. Automotive Classics. How many Yugos were manufactured in 1999?
    a. 0.    b. 1/2.    c. 1.    d. 9,000.

11. Stumper. What's the brand of the car in the picture above?
    a. Studebaker.    b. Chrysler.    c. Mercury.     d. Buick.

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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