EAST

(e.g., A European country from 1949 until 1990. Answer: East Germany.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Title of a 1952 novel by John Steinbeck.

2. She is killed when Dorothy’s farmhouse lands on her.

3. It is the largest room in the White House.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Complete the song title: “_______ (and West of the Moon).

5. A sea between China and Japan.

6. Complete the first line of the poem: “Oh, _______ and never the twain shall meet.”

PH.D. LEVEL

7. It separates Manhattan from Long Island.

8. At its peak, this company, founded in 1600, was the world’s largest corporation.

9. A country in Southeast Asia.

Answers: 1. “East of Eden.” 2. The Wicked Witch of the East. 3. The East Room. 4. East of the Sun. 5. East China Sea. 6. East is East and West is West. 7. East River. 8. East India Company. 9. East Timor.

— North America Syndicate