| a) Arc | f) Cosecant | k) Inscribe | p) Perpendicular |
| b) Axiom | g) Cubit | l) Lemma | q) Polygon |
| c) Centre | h) Decagon | m) Logarithm | r) Tangent |
| d) Circle | i) Geometry | n) Matrix | s) Unit |
| e) Coincide | j) Hypotenuse | o) Minimum | t) Vector |
By Harold Reynolds
April 1, 1987
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Test your knowledge of Geography by putting one of the place names listed below
into each blank.
1. Fred: "Can I do it?" Ned: "Of course ____________."
2. A transparent silica bovine. ____________
3. If ____________ I'd go over this garden right now.
4. First prize is a hog! How'd you like to ____________ ?
5. You dented my car! ____________ get away with this!
6. A broken foot appendage. ____________
7. If ____________ 'd do it then he will; his word is as good
as gold.
8. Canned ham cut in rings. ____________
9. You have a sick brassiere? Yes, my ____________ .
10. A place to go to multiply by two. ____________
11. ____________ no questions and she'll tell me no lies.
12. Me and the ____________ went out for a beer.
13. "He short-changed me!" "Yes, ___________ you all right."
14. Sugar is added to ____________ your coffee.
15. There's ____________ I can do 100 geography questions for
tomorrow.
16. What the campers say when the weather gets wet. ____________
17. The boy cried so much he was called the Prince of ____________.
18. What food is served hot, yet is always cold? ____________
19. A long-eared rodent that hops. ____________
20. To ____________ house down on purpose is considered a crime.
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a) Alaska f) Chile k) Idaho p) Sweden
b) Bahrain g) Dawson City l) Kamloops q) Uganda
c) Boise h) Dublin m) Krakatoa r) Wales
d) Brazil i) Egypt n) Norway s) Winnipeg
e) Burma j) Glasgow o) Rabat t) Yukon
By Harold Reynolds
September 4, 1987
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How much of a sports fan are you? Test your ability by filling the blanks with
one of the words listed below.
1. Classical composers like Verdi and Rossini would have been good
at sports, as evidenced by the ____________ they created.
2. A large vegetable that raises a racket. ____________
3. If we can't get twelve or eleven, ____________ as good as any.
4. Basketball excitement. ____________
5. He was so startled by his spare that he was ____________ over.
6. Fishing gear used to play football. ____________
7. Something to drink while golfing. ____________
8. That mint is spoiled? Well, go put that ____________ the trash.
9. Married to a himdel. ____________
10. Sports grammar: Incorrect past tense of "to feel". ____________
11. The most unclothed football team. ____________
12. To talk about something in depth. ____________
13. Can Ronald Reagan eat a tennis ball? Of ____________ he can't.
14. Fran: "Sally hit Molly!" Jan: "I've been wanting to ____________
myself for quite a while."
15. What a golfer says when he/she sinks. ____________
16. Don't expect the truth from this football team. ____________
17. Do players get time and a half if a game goes into ____________?
18. To use your head while rowing. ____________
19. Noisy gangsters often get involved in this. ____________
20. How a gymnast leaps over a bank. ____________
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a) Badminton f) Discus k) Overtime p) Squash
b) Bears g) Field l) Racquet q) Tackle
c) Bowled h) Hoopla m) Scores r) Tee
d) Club i) Hurdle n) Scull s) Tennis
e) Courts j) Lions o) Soccer t) Vault
By Harold Reynolds
September 17, 1987
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Are you a vegetarian or a vegetable? Find out by putting the appropriate word
from the list below into each blank.
1. Cop: "What colour was the car that hit you? Bluish?"
Pedestrian: "No, ____________ ."
2. My salad just can't be ____________ .
3. ____________ you going to get your homework done?
4. I think eating raisins is a ____________ idea.
5. Rust is edible. After all, it is a form of ____________ .
6. Are vegetarians healthy? ____________ and hearty.
7. Why won't you ____________ in to tell you Knock-knock jokes?
8. Phone company executive: "Let's rename our `Dial a Daisy'
program ____________ ."
9. If ____________, apply Heimlich maneuver.
10. An ex-vegetarian can be described as a has-____________ .
11. Mom: "Ted, ask Daddy if he's ill." Ted: "____________ sick?"
12. The grain farmer has to get up ____________ in the morning.
13. Do vegetarians earn a higher ____________ than others?
14. A straight ____________ is the shortest distance between two
points.
15. If life is like a bowl of cherries, what is the ____________
for living?
16. Motto of Psychiatric Institute: "____________ around here."
17. Santa's 10th reindeer was called ____________ the Other
Reindeer.
18. To do your Bar Mitzvah, ____________ Goldstein.
19. What a pumpkin becomes when it hits the ground. ____________.
20. How do you find a vegetarian? Ask around, one will ____________.
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a) Artichoke f) Cauliflower k) Lettuce p) Radish
b) Barley g) Celery l) Lime q) Raisin
c) Bean h) Grape m) Olive r) Squash
d) Beet i) Kale n) Orange s) Turnip
e) Carrot j) Kohlrabi o) Papaya t) Walnuts
By Harold Reynolds
February 2, 1988
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How much do you know about classical music? Find out by putting one musical
term or composer listed below into each blank.
1. A wandering, penniless musician, often called a bum. ____________
2. What the Good Ship Lollipop does before sinking. ____________.
3. Enraged at their poor playing, the conductor attacked the
orchestra members with great ____________.
4. Underwear for musicians: ____________ of the loom.
5. Beethoven's 9th Symphony as heard on the Great Barrier Reef:
The "____________".
6. Comes in handy when cleaning the teeth: a ___________ toothpaste.
7. "He'll return in a minute?" "Yes, he's so fast he's ____________
before you know it."
8. It's a tough job being a musician. Are you sure you can
____________ it?
9. You're musically illiterate? Yep. All those notes and things are
____________ to me.
10. Conversation heard in a saloon. ____________
11. What Bugs Bunny says to Strauss. "____________ up, doc?"
12. I have to go downtown to do some ____________.
13. A female quart. ____________
14. Advertising the concert is a good way to ____________ up
business.
15. My ____________ brother is a notable composer.
16. "I was struck by lightning and lived!" "I always knew you were a
terrible ____________."
17. When a musician has no money, he/she is ____________.
18. Hold it right there! ____________ you think you're going?
19. Yes, yes, I know I should practise my piano. Don't ____________
on it.
20. You're not telling the truth! What are you ____________ from me?
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a) Baroque f) Drum k) Harp p) Quartet
b) Bartok g) Elgar l) Haydn q) Tuba
c) Chopin h) Flute m) Liszt r) Verdi
d) Choral i) Grieg n) Oboe s) Violins
e) Conductor j) Handel o) Offenbach t) Waltz
By Harold Reynolds
February 5, 1989
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Here is another test of your geographical knowledge. Put one of the
place names listed below into each blank.
1. Oliver Twist in Geography class: "Please, sir, I want _________."
2. "The Geography prof is a real windbag." "Yes, he really likes to
____________."
3. All of a ____________ the dust storm struck.
4. Favourite hymn of Brazil: "____________ Grace".
5. "I don't like Sue." "Yeah, ____________ not a nice girl at all."
6. News today is from the zoo's big cat house where a ____________
still at large.
7. Middle Eastern city for the big wheels. ____________.
8. First mark all these Geography tests, ____________ the labs.
9. You failed the Geography exam? You ____________, it was so easy!
10. Fred is ten minutes late! ____________ he going to show up?
11. He's so dumb that if he tried ____________ two and two together,
he'd get 22.
12. This part of the world is renowned for its highways. ____________
13. This city has a lot of men named Herb. ____________
14. A nice city for wandering around. ____________
15. ____________ down to sleep, he pray the Lord his soul to keep.
16. Rats are always the first to leave a ____________ ship.
17. I haven't eaten for a day! I'm really ____________!
18. Get lost! Go ____________ from me!
19. How to set a dog upon someone in India: say "____________!"
20. One can find this country on a woman's breast. ____________
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a) Aden f) Himalaya k) Rome p) Suez
b) Amazon g) Hungary l) Samoa q) Tigris
c) Babylon h) Nepal m) Sikkim r) Turkey
d) Basel i) Paraguay n) Sinkiang s) Tyre
e) Denmark j) Rhodes o) Sudan t) Venice
By Harold Reynolds
February 8, 1989
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Here is another test of your geographical knowledge. Put one of the
place names listed below into each blank.
1. Denizens of this river can have a big bite. ____________
2. The Egyptians weren't destroyed, they were a-____________-ated.
3. When a cow blows up, Geographers say ____________, not kaboom.
4. The team has been defeated 18 times in a row. They're on a real
____________ streak.
5. "I'm fine thanks, ____________?"
6. "The answer is 45, not 2! ____________ off!"
7. This is a Geography test! No ____________ at another's paper!
8. "___________ a tree down in ten minutes!" boasted the lumberjack.
9. "____________ loan shark $10 000 and he's out to get me!"
10. Oh come all ____________ to Bethlehem so ye may rejoice.
11. You broke the window? ____________ are you ever in big trouble!
12. The witch's evil ____________ made it impossible to pass
Geography.
13. "Officer, they smashed the windows, grabbed the jewels and then
____________ off!"
14. That which keeps the bay plant from blowing away. ____________
15. You'll get a charge out of rafting the ____________ River.
16. What is the best way to ____________ election?
17. "I know I'm getting old. When I get up, my bones ____________
and groan."
18. "____________? Not at all! He's the nicest guy I know!"
19. Sign at the salad bar: "____________ self."
20. Geographical opposite of Lowerland. ____________
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a) Arkansas f) Iowa k) Nile p) Serbia
b) Beirut g) Ireland l) Oman q) Tehran
c) Budapest h) Kabul m) Parana r) Uruguay
d) Creek i) Kursk n) Peking s) Volta
e) Hawaii j) Luzon o) Riga t) Yemen
By Harold Reynolds
February 8, 1989
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Here is another test of your geographical knowledge. Put one of the
place names listed below into each blank.
1. A good reason for a mine to close. ____________
2. How the Japanese begin the American national anthem: "___________
you see..."
3. When she left the threesome, it became a ____________ .
4. The weather in parts of Washington state goes from rainy to
____________ in winter.
5. Our visas are here! This means we ____________ to Africa!
6. Transporting things on this island comes naturally. ____________
7. "For Whom the Bell ____________", a novel by Ernest Hemingway.
8. "Go away! Get lost! Scram! ____________ alone!"
9. South American prairie diapers. ____________
10. Describing the placement of objects: ____________ here and the
rest were put over there.
11. I'll only take a ____________ I know it will give me better than
three of a kind.
12. "Do you hurt real bad?" "Yeah, I'm ____________ all over."
13. ____________ 'nother cup of coffee, matey.
14. I don't want an argument. I'll be much happier if he
a-____________ with me.
15. That place is expensive! They'll ____________ arm and a leg!
16. Is ____________? She has to catch the school bus in 20 minutes.
17. When a typhoon hits, the residents of this island read the book
____________ With the Wind.
18. The ____________ tree can be found in the swamps of Florida.
19. At the age of 12, ____________ away from home to join the circus.
20. I love this city, heart and ____________.
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a) Aachen f) Georgia k) Lima p) Sarawak
b) Atolls g) Greece l) Oregon q) Seoul
c) Cardiff h) Guam m) Osaka r) Somerset
d) Congo i) Iran n) Pampas s) Truk
e) Cyprus j) Java o) Rainier t) Tucson
By Harold Reynolds
February 15, 1989
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Test your knowledge of the food you eat by putting one of the foods listed
below into each blank.
1. To politely ask for food at the table, say "Please ____________
noodles to me."
2. ____________ doing here? I told you I wanted oranges!
3. All I want is a ____________ the action.
4. His supply of corny jokes never ceases to a-____________ me.
5. What happens when a country ____________ meets a city slicker?
6. ____________ you get on with it?
7. ____________ real bad cold! I hope I don't get it!
8. "All we are saying is give ____________ a chance."
9. The famous fruit farmer turned musician. ____________ Manilow.
10. His painting "Bran Flakes Box" could be described as
____________-ist.
11. Can he spit pits 20 feet? ____________ can!
12. ____________ and take me instead! Gus is my best friend!
13. The president was a crook, so he was im-____________-ed.
14. The Apple twins are really quite a ____________.
15. His jokes about sausages are the ____________ I've ever heard!
16. Ssh! It's time for the President's State of the ____________
speech!
17. That's the worst pancake ever made! It's absolutely ____________!
18. The way that child ____________ around, you'd think her crazy.
19. The new historical cookbook is called the decline and fall of the
____________ Empire.
20. Don't bother my girlfriend, you oaf! ____________ alone!
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a) Asparagus f) Liver k) Peach p) Romaine
b) Berry g) Maize l) Pear q) Veal
c) Capers h) Manicotti m) Peas r) Waffle
d) Cereal i) Onion n) Pizza s) Watermelons
e) Cherry j) Pasta o) Pumpkin t) Wurst
By Harold Reynolds
February 15, 1989
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Test your knowledge of chemistry by filling in each blank with a word
from the list below.
1. What a ship does when it's torpedoed. ____________
2. When there's no gas left, we say it's ____________.
3. The weather in Antarctica is quite ____________.
4. Overtime for British policemen. ____________.
5. What we do when we're in pain. ____________
6. ____________ is a measure of, uh, light intensity.
7. What you get if you put Robin Williams in jail. ____________
8. The power company's special cocktail. ____________
9. She hit me with an Eveready, so I charged her with assault with
____________.
10. Old Chemistry profs never die, they just fail to ____________.
11. What the cowboy did with his horses. ____________
12. When I meet a 6'6" mugger, ____________ away very fast.
13. The element that comes after nine. ____________
14. An original inhabitant of North America. ____________
15. Motto of land developer: ____________ is better.
16. Slang for "You got it correct". ____________!
17. ____________ only at the finest restaurants.
18. When a Chemistry prof dies, we have a funeral, then____________.
19. How can you expect me to do all these problems? ____________
little boy!
20. "I'll knock down these buildings!" "You mean you'll ___________?"
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a) Aluminum f) Beaker k) Iodine p) Rhodium
b) Ammonia g) Copper nitrate l) Iron q) Silicon
c) Argon h) Gold m) Platinum r) Sulphur
d) Barium i) Hydrogen n) Radon s) Tin
e) Battery j) Indium o) React t) Zinc
By Harold Reynolds
February 15, 1989
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Test your knowledge of the use of men's names by putting one of the
names listed below into each blank.
1. ____________ ever wanted was a chance to better his life.
2. This man is often found in bogs. ____________
3. What to call a professional safecracker. ____________
4. This man is likely to get into debt. ____________
5. The sink is clogged! Quick, call ____________ the plumber!
6. A good name for a gravedigger. ____________
7. What to call a fellow who floats in the ocean. ____________
8. I never want to be a ____________ on society.
9. This guy gets put through mail slots. ____________
10. After winning the lottery, he was called ____________.
11. This man worked all his life in the mines. ____________
12. What to call a sculptor and carver. ____________
13. This dude writes books. ____________
14. He stole cattle before getting caught. ____________
15. I enjoy waterskiing. ____________
16. This man, alas, is really into pot. ____________
17. He got this name by lying on the porch too much. ____________
18. Before he died, ____________ was a good artist.
19. This guy has an attachment to loudspeakers. ____________
20. If nothing else, ____________ is always honest with you.
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a) Arthur f) Chip k) Matt p) Richard
b) Barry g) Doug l) Mike q) Robert
c) Berton h) Drew m) Ollie r) Russell
d) Bill i) Dwayne n) Owen s) Skip
e) Bob j) Frank o) Pete t) Stu
By Harold Reynolds
February 18, 1989
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Test your knowledge of foods and drinks by putting one of the words
listed below into each blank.
1. "Sam the Sheep broke out of the Pen last week." "Yep, he's on the
____________ now."
2. "I've ____________ with eating fish! I never want another one!"
3. Our love will last forever, ____________ may.
4. He was the ____________ survivor of the Great Fish Massacre.
5. You'll never see a vampire eat this. ____________
6. "Why did you poach fish?" "Just for the ____________."
7. Give a push, get ____________.
8. He tried to swim with his clothes on, but could only ___________.
9. Popeye quote: "I ____________ what I am."
10. Wum-wunning was always a ____________ business.
11. The sound an undersea telephone makes. ____________
12. Famous novel by Harper Lee: ____________ Mockingbird.
13. "I want to complain about this meat!" "Okay, what's your
____________?"
14. A mathematician's favourite food. ____________
15. Fred tried to shoplift a fish, but was ____________ red-handed.
16. "My cake ran away!" "Funny, why would it want to ____________
you?"
17. I dropped the ceramic apricot and it broke into a thousand
____________!
18. What to drink after experiencing an earthquake. ____________
19. "Were you able to trick Alf?" "Yes, ____________ it hook, line
and sinker."
20. Famous platitude: Make ____________ while the sun shines.
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a) Alfalfa f) Flounder k) Kumquat p) Sole
b) Apple g) Haddock l) Lamb q) Steak
c) Beef h) Hake m) Peaches r) Tequila
d) Cod i) Halibut n) Pie s) Whiskey
e) Dessert j) Herring o) Shake t) Yam
By Harold Reynolds
March 2, 1989
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Test your knowledge of astronomy by putting one of the astronomical
terms listed below into each blank.
1. I don't want NASA to ____________ its budget again.
2. Leave my girlfriend alone! ____________ down this instant!
3. "Where did you put the book?" "____________ the table there."
4. When an astronomy problem is not clear, it is ____________.
5. If you want an astronomical experiment to succeed, you have to
____________ carefully.
6. An astronomy grad student who packs things in boxes. ____________
7. The cow is bigger and heavier, but is it ____________ too?
8. My pet dog got run ____________ by a truck yesterday.
9. Platitude ignored by kindergarteners. ____________ share alike.
10. What to look for when checking for foot frostbite. ____________
11. A ditty to put you to sleep. ____________
12. That road accident made ____________ mess.
13. It's not his shell, it's ____________.
14. "Am I far from it?" "No, you're ____________."
15. Sign on NASA scientist's door: "Out to ____________."
16. My pen just ran out of ____________.
17. ____________ up! We're waiting for you!
18. This has to be ____________ boring astronomy lecture yet.
19. ____________ he coming to get us?
20. He was the ____________ survivor of the rocket explosion.
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a) Ariel f) Halley k) Neptune p) Pluto
b) Charon g) Herschel l) Nereid q) Sol
c) Crater h) Jupiter m) Nova r) Titan
d) Deimos i) Launch n) Oberon s) Vega
e) Encke j) Meteor o) Planet t) Venus
By Harold Reynolds
March 5, 1989
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Test your knowledge of Geography yet again by putting one of the
words listed below into each blank.
1. The Vietnam War used to ____________ the Americans.
2. The best country to buy men's neckwear is ____________.
3. Corruption in the Vietnam government raised a great ____________
and cry.
4. Mexican bums say "____________ give me some money?"
5. The classic TV show for mountaineers was Amos and ____________.
6. "Language in Geography class is filthy!" "Yes, ____________ too
much cussing around here too."
7. A typical Hawaiian greeting: "____________ there."
8. Doctors in the South Seas use lots of ____________ depressors.
9. "So, oldtimer, how did ____________ for gold during the Great
Far East gold rush?"
10. A Geography student turned into a petty crook-- a ____________
snatcher.
11. When you run the race I'll stand at the side and ____________
on to victory.
12. I don't know how to ____________ piano. I'll get a pro to do it.
13. Harry's wife is sick? I'll ____________ right away to tell him.
14. The favourite sport of Geography profs. ____________
15. "That ball is a bomb!" "Yes, I hear the ____________ too."
16. Geography prof: "I need ____________ and a woman to do a report
on Jordan."
17. The city with the history of inflammatory speeches. ____________
18. I'd like a ____________ sugar for my coffee, please.
19. He got ____________ a good mark nor a bad mark in Geography.
20. He looked at the map to get a ____________ on his direction.
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a) Algeria f) Bern k) Hue p) Thailand
b) Amman g) Cuba l) Japan q) Tijuana
c) Andes h) Gulf m) Kalahari r) Tonga
d) Baltic i) Hanoi n) Niger s) Tunis
e) Bering j) Hilo o) Perth t) Zaire
By Harold Reynolds
March 10, 1989
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Test your knowledge of astronomy yet again by putting one of the
astronomical terms listed below into each space.
1. When astronomers sing, they do so a ____________.
2. Incorrect past tense of "to know." ____________
3. ____________, I guess we won't be able to see Pluto tonight
after all.
4. In photographic astronomy, the presence of the Moon will
____________ of the problems.
5. The astronomer who mixed rye whiskey with jello got ____________.
6. The drink made from crushed insects. ____________
7. What astronomers take as a cure-all. ____________ oil.
8. An astronomer who kepples. ____________
9. Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons must have been a real
____________ -opener.
10. Where astronomers get married. ____________
11. Embezzling astophysicists are a bunch of ____________.
12. The day after the famous astronomer died, his ____________-uary
appeared in the newspapers.
13. The correct phrase is "stone it", not "____________!"
14. The Astronomer King lives, naturally, on the asteroid __________.
15. "Fred is an excellent hedge trimmer." "Yes, ____________ them
into interesting shapes."
16. Astronomers and baseball can mix, witness the World ____________.
17. That observatory is ugly. It ____________ the whole landscape.
18. Explaining the ocean's motion left many astronomers fit to be
____________.
19. The Great Bear was shot with Celestial Tranquilizer to
____________ down.
20. If the bull had caught us, it would have ____________ apart!
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a) Altair f) Comet k) Kepler p) Pallas
b) Betelgeuse g) Cosmos l) Lowell q) Rigel
c) Capella h) Crux m) Mars r) Rocket
d) Castor i) Eclipse n) Node s) Taurus
e) Ceres j) Io o) Orbit t) Tide
By Harold Reynolds
March 21, 1989
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