TRIOS

(e.g., Name the three cartoon mascots of Rice Krispies. Answer: Snap, Crackle and Pop.)

Freshman level

1. Complete the trio by providing the two missing words: “Hook, ____ and _____.”

2. This threesome is a variant of the game Twenty Questions.

3. What are the “Three Rs”?

Graduate level

4. In physics, what are the three traditional dimensions?

5. Name the Three Musketeers.

6. Name the Three Stooges.

Ph.D. level

7. One night this trio sailed off in a wooden shoe.

8. Name the two others along with Luciano Pavarotti in the Three Tenors.

9. What are the traditional names of the Three Wise Men of the Bible?

Answers: 1. Hook, line and sinker. 2. Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? 3. Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic (reduce, reuse and recycle). 4. Height, length and width. 5. Athos, Porthos and Aramis. 6. Larry, Curly and Moe. 7. Wynken, Blynken and Nod. 8. Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. 9. Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar.

— North America Syndicate