Magritte: "This is not a pipe."

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. Sports. What did Roger Bannister do in 1954?
    a. Ran first 4-minute mile.  b. Climbed Mt. Everest.  c. Flew above 100,000 feet.
    d. Reached South Pole alone.

2. Travel. Which is the largest lake in the world?
    a. Lake Victoria.  b. Lake Baikul.  c. Lake Michigan.  d. Lake Geneva.

3. Technology. Who is Steve Jobs?
    a. Invented the transistor.  b. Co-founder of Apple.  c. Invented the mouse.
    d. Developed the Basic programming language.

4. Music. Which band uses a tongue in its logo?
    a. Husker Dü.  b. Nine Inch Nails.  c. Pearl Jam.  d. Rolling Stones.

5. Business. What’s another name for NASDAQ?
    a. Over-the-counter Index.  b. Dow-Jones.  c. Wall Street.  d. P/E Ratio.

6. Words. Why are there never typhoons in the Atlantic Ocean?
    a. Only storms in the Pacific are called typhoons.  b. Low water temperature.
    c.  Excessive salinity.  d. Tidal differences.

7. Art. The famous surrealist, René Magritte, was from:
    a. Belgium.  b. France.  c. Switzerland.  d. Luxembourg.

8. Math. Everybody learns the Pythagorean Theorem about the area of right triangles. In which century did Pythagoras live?
    a. 6^th century B.C.E.  b. 1^st century B.C.E.  c. 6^th century C.E.  d. 12^th century C.E.

9. Food. In which country did the hamburger originate?
    a. Austria.  b. Germany.  c. Italy.  d. USA.

10. Science. In which science would you study plate tectonics?
    a. Biology.  b. Astrophysics.  c. Geology.  d. Physiology.

11. Stumper. Which of the following is an irrational number?
    a. Pi.  b. Square root of 1024.  c. Square root of –1.  d. 7.

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

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