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Super Quiz

Renamed: Test your knowledge regarding a variety of subjects with today's Super Quiz Provide the word(s) or name that has replaced or is generally used in place of the given one. (e.g., Formerly Gulf of Mexico. Answer: Gulf of America.)

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.

Freshman Level

1. Formerly Ceylon (country).

Answer________

2. Norma Jeane Mortenson (actress).

Answer________

3. Formerly Bombay (city).

Answer________

Graduate Level

4. Archibald Leach (actor).

Answer________

5. Formerly Peking (city).

Answer________

6. Eskimo (indigenous people of Canada and Greenland).

Answer________

Ph.D. Level

7. Slimehead (a fish).

Answer________

8. Eskimo Pie (ice-cream bar).

Answer________

9. Hot Springs (city in New Mexico).

Answer________

Answers

  1. Sri Lanka.
  2. Marilyn Monroe.
  3. Mumbai.
  1. Cary Grant.
  2. Beijing.
  3. Inuit.
  1. Orange roughy or redfish.
  2. Edy's Pie.
  3. Truth or Consequences.

Scoring

  1. 18 points -- congratulations, doctor
  2. 15 to 17 points -- honors graduate
  3. 10 to 14 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind
  4. 4 to 9 points -- you really should hit the books harder
  5. 1 point to 3 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately
  6. 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?