Beethoven.

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. Movies. Who played Martha in the movie version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    a. Marilyn Monroe.  b. Elizabeth Taylor.  c. Jane Fonda.   d. Betty Grable.

2. Pop Culture. Paul Krassner was the founder and editor of:
    a. The Realist.  b. The New Yorker.  c. The Sautrday Evening Post.  d. Time.

3. Technology. "Moore’s Law" refers to:
    a. Chip speed.  b. Probability of earthquakes.  c. Rise and fall of the stock market.  d. Rate of expansion of the universe.

4. Music. Who wrote the words sung in the last movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony?
    a. Shakespeare.  b. Dante.  c. Balzac.  d. Schiller.

5. Words. "Nadir" [nay-DEER] means the pits, the bottom, the lowest. What’s the opposite of "nadir"?
    a. abyss.  b. median.  c. asymptote.  d. zenith.

6. Brainteaser. How many cubic feet of dirt are there in a hole 2 by 4 by 5 feet?
    a. 12.5.  b. 20.  c. 30.  d. None of these.

7. Science. The current best estimate of the age of the universe is how many years?
    a. 15 million.  b. 15 billion.  c. 15 trillion.  d. 15 quadrillion.

8. Travel. The Seychelles [SAY-shell] Islands are off the coast of which continent?
    a. South America.  b. Europe.  c. Australia.  d. Africa.

9. Transportation. Which make of car has won more Grand Prix Formula I races than any other?
    a. Mercedes-Benz.  b. Ferrari.  c. Renault.  d. Toyota.

10. Architecture. The tallest building in the world is in:
    a. the USA.  b. China.  c. France.  d. Malaysia.

11. Stumper. Your friend at a French restaurant orders escargots. When the food is served, how does your friend eat the escargots?
    a. With her fingers.  b. With knife and fork.  c. With a spoon.  d. With a special tool.

Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.

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