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by Jerden Purmort

No. 797.

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See No. 8.

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. Transportation.
When was the first paved highway completed between New York City and San Francisco?
    a. 1903.    b. 1913.    c. 1923.     d. 1933.

2. Ethnic Studies. The capital of which state is name for a German?
    a. North Dakota.    b. Montana.    c. Alabama.    d. Kentucky.

3. Raw Materials.  Which country produces the most cork?
    a. Morocco.    b. Spain.    c. Brazil.    d. Portugal.

4. Theater. Who wrote a play called El Camino Real?
    a. Williams.    b. O'Neill.    c. Albee.    d. Fuentes.

5. Horticulture. Only one nut tree is native to the United States. Which?
    a. Peanut.    b. Chestnut.    c. Hickory.    d. Pecan.

6. Environment II. A car travels 60 miles per hour for one hour. A truck travels 70 kilometers per hour for one hour. A boat travels 60 knots for one hour. Which travels farthest?
    a. Car.    b. Truck.    c. Boat.    d. All travel the same distance.

7. Words. What are "virga"?
    a. Extremely low tides.
    b. Rain that evaporates before reaching the ground.
    c. Latin plural of "virgin."
    d. Whirlpools.

8. Money. How many times does the digit "1" appear on the one-dollar bill, not counting serial numbers, etc., but counting both sides of the bill?
    a. 4.    b. 6.     c. 8.    d. 9.

9. History. Who was the last president with facial hair?
    a. Taft.    b. Wilson.    c. Harding.     d. Coolidge.

10. Astronomy. How long is a cosmic year?
    a. 90 million years.    b. 225 million years.
    c. 500 million years.    d. 1 billion years.

11. Stumper (2 points). With 4% of the world's population, what percent of the world's garbage does the USA produce?
    a. 10.    b. 20.    c. 30.     d. 40.

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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