Maui: Kapalua Bay.
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. Technology. What does "HTML" stand for?
a. Hydro-toroidal Metallic Lithography. b. Hyper-text Mark-up
Language.
c. Hyper-tensive Multiple Lethargy. d. Helio-telic Metatarsal Languor.
2. Music. What is Wendy Carlos famous for?
a. Jefferson Airplane's first lead singer. b. Rosanna Arquette's
real name.
c. Dion Celine's real name.. d. Moog performer.
3. Travel. Maui is:
a. West of Honolulu. b. South of Tahiti.
c. Closer to Hong Kong than to Los Angeles. d. South of the
equator.
4. Religion. Possibly the oldest surviving religion orginated in Iran.
What is it?
a. Bahai. b. Judaism. c. Zoroastrianism. d. Shinto.
5. Business. In terms of revenues, the largest company in the world is
General Motors. What's Number 2?
a. Ford. b. Mitsui. c. DaimlerChrysler. d. Wal-Mart.
6. Words. Two halves make a whole. How many parsecs make a light-year?
a. 10. b. 3.14. c. 3.33. d. 3.26.
7. Dance. The first performance of which ballet caused a riot in Paris in
1913?
a. Petroushka. b. The Nutcracker. c. Swan
Lake. d. Rite of Spring.
8. Transportation. The
displacement of an internal combustion engine is measured in:
a. cubic inches. b. miles per hour. c. revolutions per
minute. d. miles per gallon.
9. Brainteaser. How many years were there between January 1, 5 B.C. and
January 1, 5 C.E.?
a. 8. b. 9. c. 10. d. 11.
10. Science. In which science might you use Occam's Razor?
a. Anatomy. b. Neurology. c. Zoology. d. All 3 of the
listed sciences.
11. Stumper. You see a die resting on a table. On the top face of the die
you see 2 dots. How many dots are on the face of the die touching the table?
a. 3. b. 4. c. 5. d. 6.
Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.
< 5: You need to re-do Kindergarten.
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