
What's your culture quotient? Give yourself 1 point
for each of the first ten questions. For No. 11, the really hard one, make it 2 points. 2. Geography. Alexander the Great called the
country "Bactria." What do we call it? 3. Money. In 2001, the richest 1% of American families controlled what
percent of total American wealth? 4. Words. What's a winkle? 5. Equality. On which TV show did the first interracial kiss occur? 6. Journalism. Approximately how many trees are needed to print the
Sunday New York Times? 7. Food. Trix cereal was introduced in 1954 and was an instant hit.
What percent of the cereal at that time was sugar? 8. Demography. At the end of the 18th century, London was
the largest English-speaking city in the world. Which was the second-largest? 9. Gluttony. On which holiday is the most chocolate sold? 10. Death. Human beings are the leading killers of other human beings
(200 million in the 20th century, for example). Which creature is the
second-leading killer of human beings? 11. Stumper. What's a pogonip? Scoring
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