Quiz written with help from admissions director Janel Sutkus and art history professor Jeff Ball.

1. A trichologist specializes in:

a. chocolate cakes and cookies
b. hair and scalp
c.  magic and illusions
d.  pesticides and sunscreens

2. "Because the Night," recorded by 10,000 Maniacs, was written by:

a. Natalie Merchant
b. the artist formerly known as Prince
c. Bruce Springsteen
d. Joe Cocker

3. Which flower is traditionally given as a sign of appreciation?

a. black-eyed susan
b. calla lily
c. lisianthus
d. yellow rose

4. After the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) mates, for how long is she able to lay fertile eggs?

a. 20 seconds
b. 12 days
c. 8 months
d.  4 years

5. SAT is the abbreviation for what College Board program?

a. Scholastic Achievement Test
b. Scholastic Aptitude Test
c. Scholastic Assessment Test
d. Scholastic Activity Test

6. There is enough stone in the Great Pyramid at Giza to build?

a. four United States Capitol buildings
b. a seventy-mile highway
c. sixteen Parthenons
d. a wall around France five feet high

7. Match the artist with the country/place of origin.

1. Picasso
2. Paul Klee
3. John James Audubon
4. Peter Paul Rubens    
5. Frida Kahlo    
6. Van Gogh        

a. Switzerland
b. The Netherlands
c. Spain
d. Flanders (Belgium)
e. Mexico
f. Haiti

8. The above figure is best described as a:

a.  quadrilateral
b.  square
c.  vector
d.  tetragon
e.  tetrisT

9. The tallest building in the world is?

a. Sear's Tower, Chicago
b. CN Tower, Toronto
c. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
d. Union Square #7, Kowloon

10. What Michigan coniferous tree loses its needles every winter?

a. white pine
b. red pine
c. white cedar
d. tamarack

11. As there is no limit to infinity, how many even numbers are there between one and infinity?

a. none
b.  light speed
c.  infinity
d.  square root of infinity

12. Who wrote, "I would have my ears filled with the world's music. Let me hear
all sounds of life and living"?

a. Sylvia Plath
b. Maya Angelou
c. Virginia Woolf
d. Susan Sontag

13. Which Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor was not inspired by music?

a. Phish Food
b. Cherry Garcia
c. Chubby Hubby
d. The Full VerMonty

14. _______________ was not a member of the original "Rat Pack."

a. Frank Sinatra
b. Joey Bishop
c. Dean Martin
d. Burt Lancaster

15. What did Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson, Rod Laver and William Shakespeare all have in common?

a. they were all left-handed
b. they never married
c. they were heavy smokers
d. they were red heads

16. New shopkeepers in Korea place what outside of their shops to ensure
prosperity?

a. a pig's head
b. a rabbit's foot
c. a donkey's tail
d. a cow's hoof

17. Who was the first NBA player to score 60 points in NBA Final games?

a. Jerry West
b. Wilt Chamberlain
c. Michael Jordan
d. Elgin Baylor

18. The Kalahari Desert covers much of:

a.  Kazakhstan
b.  Botswana
c.  Egypt
d.  Tunisia

19. "If he had had the chance." is an example of which verb tense?

a. past
b.  present
c.  past perfect
d.  too perfect

20. What is the last word in the Bible?

a. Hallelujah
b. Amen
c.  Jesus
d.  God

21. Which suits in a standard deck of cards have one-eyed jacks?

a. diamonds and hearts
b. spades and clubs
c. hearts and spades
d. clubs and diamonds

22. _______________is the lace-like, dried covering of nutmeg shells.

a. cardamom
b. mace
c. clove
d. fennel

23. Only one woman has ever appeared on U.S. paper money. Who was it?

a. Martha Washington
b.  Abigail Adams
c.  Betsy Ross
d.  Helen Keller

24. If the U.S. president and vice president both died, who would take over?

a. Attorney General
b.  Secretary of State
c.  President Pro Tempore of the Senate
d.  Speaker of the House

25. Who was the longest reigning British monarch?

a. Queen Victoria
b.  King Alfred the Great
c.  Queen Elizabeth II
d.  King Henry VIII

26. Which part of American history is Arthur Miller criticizing in his play "The Crucible"?

a. The Teapot Dome Scandal
b.  The Temperance Movement
c.  Bay of Pigs
d.  McCarthyism

27. In 1980 the hottest television show was Dallas, and everyone asked the question, "Who shot J.R.?"  Forty-one million U.S. households tuned in to learn the answer. Do you remember who pulled the trigger?

a. Bobby Ewing
b. Sue Ellen Ewing
c. Kristin Shepard
d. Cliff Barnes
e. Miss Ellie

28. Who wrote "Pomp and Circumstance" - the tune so synonymous with commencement ceremonies?

a. Kurt Weill
b. Edvard Grieg
c. Frederic Chopin
d. Edward Elgar

Answers:
1. b. hair and scalp
2. c. Bruce Springsteen (with Patti Smith)
3. c. lisianthus
4. d. 4 years
5. c. Scholastic Assessment Test
6. d. a wall around France five feet high
7. 1-c, 2-a, 3-f, 4-d, 5-e, 6-b
8. a. or d. (d. is obscure)
9. a. If you measure the height of the building mass, without antenna/mast extensions b. If you include structures that are towers, rather than fully-occupied buildings c. If you count the antennas/masts as part of the total height d. If you include current projects, if finished as planned (construction not begun yet).
10. d. tamarack
11. c. infinity
12. b. Maya Angelou
13. c. Chubby Hubby
14. d. Burt Lancaster
15. d. they were red heads
16. a. a pig's head
17. d. Elgin Baylor
18. b. Botswana
19. c. past perfect
20. b. Amen
21. c. hearts and spades
22. b. mace
23. a. Marsha Washington
24. d. Speaker of the House
25. a. Queen Victoria
26. d. McCarthyism
27. c. Kristin Shepard
28. d. Edward Elgar

How did you do?
0: Your AC diploma has been revoked
1-7: At least you're in the game.
8-14: You really are one smart cookie
15-21: You're one smart cookie to the third power, with almonds
22-27: Watch out, Regis
28: Congratulations, High Emperor of Useless Knowledge!