This week's quiz is a trivia with 20 questions.

1. Which game show features three contestants?
   [1] Password [2] Joker's Wild [3] Match Game [4] Hollywood Squares [5] Wheel of Fortune
2. Dr. Faustus sells his soul to the devil in exchange for:
   [1] Immortality [2] Wealth [3] Love [4] Youth [5] Knowledge and Power
3. In the sentence "The fat sheriff held a smoking gun," which word is a participle?
   [1] Sheriff [2] Fat [3] Smoking [4] Held [5] Gun
4. References to the occult can be found in the works of all these writers except:
   [1] Rabelais [2] Shakespeare [3] Swift [4] Goethe [5] Dante
5. All these countries have coastlines on the Arabian Sea except:
   [1] Oman [2] Afghanistan [3] Pakistan [4] Iran [5] India
6. Which book about totalitarianism is not a work of fiction?
   [1] 1984 [2] The Gulag Archipelago [3] Darkness at Noon [4] Bend Sinister [5] Animal Farm
7. Who would wear a sou'wester?
   [1] A sailor [2] Someone in the tropics [3] A jockey [4] Palace guards [5] The pope
8. Which is not an example of a telecommunications satellite?
   [1] Hermes [2] Symphony [3] Hovercraft [4] Anik [5] Intelsat
9. Which hideous ailment is not correctly matched with the body part it affects?
   [1] Pyorrhea - intestines [2] Bursitis - joints [3] Encephalitis - brain [4] Rhinitis - nose [5] Phlebitis - veins
10. Name the reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey":
    [1] J.D. Salinger [2] Thomas Pynchon [3] John Cheever [4] Joyce Carol Oates [5] John Barth
11. The crocus and gladiolus belong to this flower family:
    [1] Daffodil [2] Rose [3] Daisy [4] Lilac [5] Iris
12. Botanically speaking, the flower that develops into a banana is a:
    [1] Berry [2] Fungi [3] Seed [4] Pod [5] Root
13. What word describes the tendency of alcohol to evaporate quickly?
    [1] Conductivity [2] Volatility [3] Solubility [4] Viscosity [5] Polarity
14. This country is in South America, not Africa:
    [1] Gabon [2] Mauritania [3] Guinea [4] Suriname [5] Senegal
15. American Oscar de la Hoya is a world class athlete in this sport:
    [1] Auto racing [2] Cycling [3] Boxing [4] Horse Racing [5] Tennis
16. This term describes the unswerving and unquenchable will to possess all knowledge:
    [1] Darwinism [2] Faustian [3] Orwellian [4] Bowdlerize [5] Machiavellian
17. All these words function as both nouns or verbs except:
    [1] Support [2] Advocate [3] Fix [4] Construct [5] Describe
18. Which writer is not known for his crime novels?
    [1] Chester Himes [2] Ed McBain [3] Evelyn Waugh [4] Elmore Leonard [5] John D. MacDonald
19. Technically termed lipids, they are more often referred to as:
    [1] Enzymes [2] Calories [3] Narcotics [4] Fats [5] Vegetables
20. "The Last of the Wine" and "The King Must Die" are historical novels set in:
    [1] Ancient Greece [2] Victorian England [3] Colonial America [4] Czarist Russia [5] Contemporary Israel

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