See Nos. 7 and 11 below.

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. James Levine is the conductor in Fantasia 2000. Who was the conductor in the original 1939 Fantasia?
    a. Toscanini.  b. Stokowski.  c. Reiner. d. Bernstein.

2. History. Three of the following are names for a city in Turkey. Which of the four is not a name of this city?
    a. Byzantium.  b. Istanbul.  c. Byblos.  d. Constantinople.

3. TV. What's the name of the organization that produces Sesame Street?
    a. Children's Television Workshop.  b. Muppets, Inc.  c. PBS. d. WGBH.

4. Technology. How many inches per second does the tape in your audio cassette player move
    a. 0.875.  b. 1.75.  c. 3.5.  d. 7.5.

5. Cars. More models of which car have been produced than of any other?
    a. Toyota Corolla.  b. Volkswagen Beetle.  c. Jeep.  d. Model T Ford.

6. Agriculture. Here is a sign displayed in the Singapore subway system:

Why are durians prohibited?
    a. Odor. b. Volatility. c. Crop infestation. d. To protect Singapore durian farmers.

7. Art. The painting above became famous because the mayor of New York tried to close the museum that was showing it. What is the subject of the painting?
    a. A pagan god.  b. The Virgin Mary.  c. The artist's wife.  d. Self-portrait.

8. Books. Which writer originated cyberpunk?
    a. Kurt Vonnegut.  b. Robert Heinlein.  c. Arthur C. Clarke.  d. Neal Stephenson.

9. History. Before 1918, Germany was a monarchy. From 1933 to 1945, Germany was a dictatorship. What kind of government did Germany have between 1918 and 1933?
    a. Democratic.  b. Socialist.  c. Communist.  d. Anarchist.

10. Music. Who sold the most CD's in the 1990s?
    a. The artist formerly known as Prince.  b. Nine Inch Nails.  c. Garth Brooks.  d. Pet Shop Boys.

11. Stumper. Who is the artist of the painting above?
    a. Chris Ofili.  b. David Hockney.  c. Picasso.  d. Magritte.

Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.
< 5: You need to re-do Kindergarten.

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