POTPOURRI

(e.g., Use all four of the letters “ACDI” to make a common word. Answer: Acid.)

Freshman level

1. What is the Muslim name for the one and only God?

2. What is the term for an angle that is less than 90 degrees?

3. What are the only two digits in the binary system?

Graduate level

4. What four words did Superman exclaim as he sprang into the air?

5. What planet is at times called the “evening star”?

6. What is the four-letter term for one of the spikes on a fork or rake?

Ph.D. level

7. The name Robert Ripley is associated with what four-word phrase?

8. What fictional cat disappeared leaving only a grin?

9. What was the surname of the Stephen who wrote the song “Oh! Susanna”?

Answers: 1. Allah. 2. Acute angle. 3. 0 and 1. 4. “Up, up and away.” 5. Venus. 6. Tine. 7. “Believe It or Not.” 8. Cheshire Cat. 9. Foster.

— North America Syndicate