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We dare you to try .. . “Cussedest Quiz” mmw By CHARLES D. RICE JMr Our first one stumped so many w* decided to give you a second chance EPfe ■-< - t!^^E OMMjf' I f^^Manww—aw—iiuwiri inr wsiiimifiiiiii't ifliiima'aini mieisui—ifoai wiiieirnHiMsiii The quiz on this page contains 10 of the easiest questions % \ p you were ever asked. That is, they seem to be the easiest, but «fl 11 **“ think twice before answering, because they're tricky. r» la The quiz has been pre-tested on scores of persons of all vpl |> types, and the average score was somewhat better than two VjlL V questions right out of 10. you can get even a 50-50 score y1 E— five right you are either a genius or a very good bluffer. VmS Readers who tried the “Cussed Quiz" [This YM ; October 9] are still writing us threatening letters. We dare V»j you to grab a pencil and IS 1> Adam and Eve were banished from Garden of Eden V ml for Who said, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it”? MB 3. Who was the great love of Pocahontas's In year was Christ bom? than from a half-moon? .V•• Twice as much light |BB- % b. The same amount of light *’ Four t * mes 45 much light 4|j|B d. Seven times as much light Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought and where does B' the Bunker Hill Monument stand? Jy~ . ''/MB Epi 7. Boris Karloff gained his greatest success playing a weird &*§ W IQ character in the movies. Who was the character? t !■ Was Charles Lindbergh the first person to cross the JSfe,;.-. BE 1 Atlantic Ocean by air? Or was he the third, or fifth, or Bf BEsJBB 9 fourteenth, or fortieth? JlB 9. Which of the following rid Ireland of snakes? J M ■ B JHRk jK 1 mm •. The Royal Zoological Society IHea tLe quftt on this pope. E*. ■ b. Nobody there were never any snakes there ft fID *• Irish terriers M B d. St. Patrick wtjm VIE ao. What was the highest title that Julius Caesar acquired: I ~ J BB king, emperor, dictator or consul? »~Jf BH For answers, turn page 19