Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Subject: AMERICANA
(e.g., What is a "leatherneck"? Answer: Nickname for a U.S. Marine.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. What is a C-note?
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2. Which president is known for saying, "The buck stops here"?
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3. What is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River?
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4. In what field of work is Grandma Moses best known?
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5. Cowboy song title: "Bury Me Not on the _____."
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GRADUATE LEVEL
6. What comic actor often lamented, "That's another fine mess you've gotten us into"?
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7. "Kemo Sabe" was Tonto's nickname for whom?
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8. Who was the star of TV's "Your Show of Shows"?
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9. "Leaves of Grass" was his first and most famous book of poems.
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10. In which novel did Tom Joad say, "A fella ain't got a soul of his own ..."?
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PH.D. LEVEL
11. What film producer mused, "Include me out"?
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12. Who wrote, "Give me your tired, your poor"?
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13. To whom was Ruby Keeler married from 1928 to 1940?
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14. This Native American woman was pregnant while assisting on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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15. Why are large things referred to as "jumbo," as in "jumbo jet"?
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ANSWERS: 1. A $100 bill. 2. Harry S. Truman. 3. Missouri River. 4. Painting. 5. Lone Prairie. 6. Oliver Hardy. 7. The Lone Ranger. 8. Sid Caesar. 9. Walt Whitman. 10. "The Grapes of Wrath." 11. Samuel Goldwyn. 12. Emma Lazarus (her poem is on the base of the Statue of Liberty). 13. Al Jolson. 14. Sacagawea. 15. P.T. Barnum's large elephant named Jumbo.
SCORING:
24 to 30 points -- congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points -- honors graduate; 13 to 17 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points -- you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?
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