TIME News Quiz
(THIS TEST COVERS THE PERIOD MID-JUNE TO OCTOBER 1950)
Prepared by The Editors of TIME in collaboration with Alvin C. Eurich and Elmo C. Wilson
Co-Authors of the Cooperative Contemporary Affairs Test for the American
Council on Education
(Copyright 1950 by TIME Inc.)
This test is to help TIME readers and their friends check their knowledge of current affairs. In recording answers, make no marks at all opposite questions. Use one of the answer sheets printed with the test: sheets for four persons are provided. After taking the test, check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of the test, entering the number of right answers as your score on the answer sheet. The test is given under the honor system--no peeking.
HOW TO SCORE
For each of the test questions, five possible answers are given. You are to select the correct answer and put its number on the answer sheet next to the number of that question. Example:
0. The President of the United States is:
1. Dewey. 3. Truman. 5. Wallace.
2. Hoover. 4. Vandenberg.
Truman, of course, is the correct answer. Since this question is numbered 0, the number 3--standing for Truman--has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet.
WAR IN ASIA
The U.N. at War
1. Called into action immediately by Secretary General Trygve Lie, the U.N. Security Council adopted within 24 hours of the Korean attack a resolution:
1. Setting up a U.N. Peace Commission.
2. Asking Stalin to mediate the crisis.
3. Denouncing both sides and calling for a ceasefire.
4. Providing economic sanctions against North Korea.
5. Demanding that the North Koreans cease fire and withdraw to the 38th parallel.
2. Important milestones along the road to aggression by the North Koreans were all but one of these:
1. The compromise agreement at Potsdam dividing Russian and U.S. spheres in Korea at the 38th parallel.
2. Soviet stalling tactics which voided all efforts to create a united Korean government, as agreed on at the Moscow Conference.
3. Free elections in South Korea in 1948, under U.N. supervision, establishing the Republic of Korea.
4. Withdrawal of U. S. and Russian forces, with both nations leaving trained native armies behind.
5. A Constitutional Convention attended by both North and South Koreans in 1949, which ended in failure.
3. After the Security Council declared the war an attack on the U.N. itself, and authorized a unified command under the U.S., Trygve Lie wired 50 nations requesting:
1. Dollar contributions.
2. That they make public announcements of their support of U.N. actions.
3. That they send ground forces to help MacArthur.
4. That they levy special war taxes to help pay the war's cost.
5. Air support for MacArthur.
4. All this speedy action at the Council table was quickly ended in August when:
1. The Security Council adjourned for the year.
2. Russia ended its six-month boycott, assumed the Council presidency.
3. Russia lined up enough votes to create a stalemate on subsequent voting.
4. Yugoslavia, India and Egypt withdrew from the sessions, thus preventing a quorum.
5. The U.N. Assembly claimed jurisdiction over the Korean issue.
5. Within 60 seconds after he took over the Security Council presidency in September, Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb bypassed the Soviet obstructionism, invited to the Council table:
1. India's Nehru.
2. Representatives of both North and South Korea.
3. The head of the U.N. Commission in Korea.
4. The Chinese Nationalist delegate.
5. The representative of South Korea.
6. Jacob Malik exercised Russia's 44th veto to block a U.S. resolution: 1. Condemning Russia as the "real aggressor" in Korea.
2. Calling on all nations to refrain from action which might widen the Korean conflict.
3. Demanding immediate cessation of Korean hostilities and a peace conference under U.N. guidance.
4. Calling for economic sanctions against North Korea.
5. Praising General MacArthur.
7. When a Chinese Red accusation that the U.S. Air Force had bombed Manchurian territory came before the Security Council, Warren Austin:
1. Denied it vehemently.
2. Declared U.S. Intelligence indicated the planes were Russian.
3. Countercharged that Chinese Reds were aiding North Korea.
4. Admitted the possibility and asked that a U.N. Commission investigate.
5. Refused to comment on the charge.
Important figures in the Asiatic war situation were both of these pictured personalities:
8. This personality gained importance because of his role as:
1. Communist leader of the North Korean forces.
2. The leader of Nationalist China, whose offer of 30,000 troops was turned down by the U.S.
3. Filipino President who sent 5,000 troops to aid MacArthur.
4. President of the Republic of South Korea.
5. North Korean Foreign Minister whom the U.N. called a Soviet puppet.
9. This personality was prominent because:
1. As Security Council President he pushed through speedy action on Korea.
2. He was the first Asian leader to give all-out support to the U.N. action in Korea.
3. He was the only non-Communist leader in Asia who voted against the U.N. actions in Korea.
4. His country declared itself completely neutral on the Korean situation.
5. His obstructionism tied up the U.N. Council during August.
The U.S. at War
10. To meet the Communist challenge in Asia, President Truman ordered all but one of these:
1. U.S. air and sea forces to give South Korean troops "cover and support."
2. The Navy's Seventh Fleet to "prevent any attack on Formosa."
3. Immediate strengthening of U.S. forces in the Philippines.
4. Faster delivery of arms to anti-Communist forces in Indo-China.
5. Transfer of two U.S. divisions from Germany to Tokyo.
11. A few days later the President acceded to MacArthur's request, ordered infantry to Korea and authorized:
1. The use of the atom bomb.
2. Bombing of military targets in North Korea.
3. Use of bacteriological warfare.
4. Calling up of all naval and army reserve forces.
5. Bombing of munitions plants in China.
12. When the President called in the members of Congress' Armed Services Committees early in July, he:
1. Said the war in Korea was going as anticipated.
2. Said U.S. troops were doing better than expected.
3. Frankly admitted that the U.S. military high command had seriously underestimated the power of the North Koreans.
4. Said the Korean war would require a year of preparation.
5. Hinted at a forthcoming meeting with Stalin.
13. The U.S. was ill-prepared for such a war as the Korean conflict because the major emphasis of her postwar defense had been on:
1. Building up the Navy.
2. Erecting a radar wall of defense around the U.S.
3. Strengthening the military might of the Western Hemisphere democracies.
4. Preparations for an atomic air war.
5. Tank corps development.
14. Illustrative of U.S. unpreparedness was the fact that the week the North Koreans struck, the last of 14 large carrier air groups was:
1. Taken out of moth balls.
2. Still on paper.
3. Out on maneuvers.
4. Being constructed.
5. Being decommissioned.
Battle of Korea
15. In the early stages of the fighting South Korean and U.S. forces were steadily forced back, the Reds' most effective weapon being the:
1. Russian T-34 tank.
2. Yak fighter plane.
3. Long-range bomber.
4. Long Tom artillery piece.
5. French 75.
16. Particularly effective also was the Red tactic of:
1. Withdrawing several miles to lure U.N. troops into ambush.
2. Infiltration.
3. Air strafing ground forces.
4. Employing "human torpedoes" to carry bombs into U.N. lines.
5. Planting time bombs in an area and then letting U.N. forces overrun it.
17. Bearing the brunt of most of the heavy fighting in the first weeks of the war was the U.S.:
1. 8th Division. 3. 82nd Airborne
2. 2nd Armored Division. 4. 24th Division. Division.
5. 2nd Marines.
18. The most spectacular single new weapon used by U.N. troops against the Red tanks was the:
1. P-38. 4. Small atomic
2. Antitank mine. bomb.
3. Jet fighter. 5. 3.5 in. Bazooka.
19. In mid-August, for the first time in the Korean war, B-29 bombers were used:
1. As troop transports.
2. To divert the course of a river and flood the Reds' G.H.Q.
3. For saturation bombing of Red forces along the battle line.
4. As fighter escorts.
5. To transport Sherman tanks to the front from Japan.
20. The first European infantry to reach the battlefront were:
1. French
2. Danish
3. Irish
4. Norwegian
5. British
21. The grim possibility of Russia openly backing the North Koreans arose when U.N. naval forces, operating near the 38th parallel:
1. Shot down a Soviet bomber.
2. Sank a Russian sub.
3. Attacked a unit of the Chinese Communist navy.
4. Bombed the port of Vladivostok.
5. Sank a Russian destroyer.
Strategic Areas in the Asiatic War
Directions: On this map, identified in the statements below, are locations of recent developments in the news. Write on the answer sheet (opposite the number of each statement) the number which correctly locates the place or event described.
22. Pusan, supply port for U.N. forces.
23. Red-led "Huks" here were another threat to democracy in the Far East.
24. MacArthur made a flying trip here to confer with Chiang Kaishek.
25. 38th parallel, where Asia war spark was ignited.
26. President Truman promised aid against Vietminh forces here.
27. In mid-September the war picture was suddenly and dramatically changed by the:
1. Entry of Red China into the conflict.
2. Arrival of an estimated 400 Russian Yak fighter planes to support the Korean Reds.
3. Atomic bombing of the Red Korean capital.
4. U.N. landings at Inchon, behind the North Korean lines.
5. Reds' withdrawal beyond the 38th parallel.
28. By September's end all but one of these were true of the war In Korea:
1. U.N. forces had retaken the South Korean capital of Seoul.
2. Thousands of Red troops had been trapped in a pincer movement which cut their lines to the north.
3. Taejon, where General Dean had been captured, was regained.
4. The South Korean troops refused to cross the 38th parallel.
5. The Reds were able to withdraw sizable forces into North Korea.
FOREIGN NEWS
Europe
29. Premier Georges Bidault's eight-month-old government in France lost a vote of confidence in the Assembly, was forced to resign, because it:
1. Failed to support the Korean war.
2. Failed to support the U.N.
3. Refused to grant a pay raise to government employees.
4. Refused to support the Schuman Plan.
5. Withdrew occupation troops from Western Germany.
30. The world lost one of its great statesmen and South Africa lost a powerful voice for moderation when death came in September to 80-year-old:
1. Daniel Malan.
2. James B. Hertzog.
3. Jacobus Strauss.
4. Alan Paton.
5. Jan Christian Smuts.
31. By a narrow margin of six votes Britain's Labor government won a confidence vote on the announced plan to nationalize the:
1. Nation's railroads.
2. Privately owned broadcasting facilities.
3. Telephone & telegraph industries.
4. Steel industry.
5. Building industry.
32. One of the top three West Germans and No. 1 German on the Russian blacklist in Berlin is:
1. Walter Ulbricht.
2. Ernst Reuter.
3. Gerhart Eisler.
4. Kurt Schumacher.
5. Konrad Adenauer.
33. Although vague on the subject of German rearmament, the communique on Germany issued by the Big Three Foreign Ministers meeting in New York flatly announced that:
1. They would consider any attack on Western Germany or on Berlin an attack on themselves.
2. Germany must all be under one government by the end of 1951.
3. German demands for the return of Silesia would be supported.
4. Communism in West Germany would be banned.
5. They would continue to develop arms production in the Ruhr.
Map of Europe
Directions: On this map, identified in the statements below, are locations of recent developments in the news. Write on the answer sheet (opposite the number of each statement) the number which correctly locates the place or event described.
34. Socialists here forced a King to agree to step down from the throne in favor of his son.
35. The most famous bandit chieftain of recent years met his end by machine gun here.
36. A $62,500,000 loan to this country was voted by the U.S. Congress over President Truman's objections.
37. Where a mustachioed suitor kidnaped his sweetheart and set off some local political fireworks.
The Far East
38. A major earthquake leveled hills, changed the course of rivers and wiped out whole villages during August in:
1. Australia.
2. Siberia.
3.Manchuria.
4. Outer Mongolia.
5. Assam, a province of India.
39. Famed Surgeon Gordon S. Seagrave, jailed since August, was charged with treason for aiding rebels in:
1. Tibet. 4. Siam.
2. The Malay States. 5. Pakistan.
3. Burma.
40. When U.N. Mediator Sir Owen Dixon suggested that India compromise with Pakistan to end a three-year-old dispute over possession of the princely state of Kashmir, Pandit Nehru:
1. Agreed.
2. Referred the matter to the U.N.
3. Agreed on condition that the U.S. stop the war in Korea.
4. Refused to comment.
5. Indignantly refused to consider it.
THE HEMISPHERE
41. The Council of the Organization of American States, representing the hemisphere's 21 republics, considered the Korean war and:
1. Strongly opposed U.N. action in Korea.
2. Said that South American countries would offer no aid.
3. Firmly supported U.N. action.
4. Split sharply over the Korean situation.
5. Took no stand at all.
42. Red hot political rumors out of Buenos Aires implied that Evita Peron, wife of the Argentine President:
1. Was having a baby.
2. Might run for V.P. in 1952.
3. Was divorcing the President.
4. Was coming to the U.S. as a White House guest.
5. Was organizing an anti-Peronista cabal.
43. For a few days late in July, revolution seemed just a whisper away as enemies of the government demanded the resignation of left-wing President Juan Jose Arevalo of:
1. Colombia.
2. Brazil.
3. Mexico.
4. Guatemala.
5. Venezuela.
44. Sold to Canada's Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (for $100,000 Canadian dollars) was:
1. The Duke of Windsor's memoirs.
2. Queen Mary's needlepoint rug.
3. A bed in which Oliver Cromwell had slept.
4. Mackenzie King's stamp collection.
5. Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress.
U. S. AFFAIRS
Congress and the President
45. Jarred into action by the Korean crisis, Congress responded swiftly to the President's request, extended for one year:
1. His "extraordinary" executive powers.
2. The Draft.
3. The excess profits tax on corporations.
4. The 20% luxury taxes.
5. His powers to effect administrative reform within government departments.
46. Appearing before a Congressional committee, the chief proponent of all-out price and wage control was:
1. Herbert Hoover.
2. General Marshall.
3. General Eisenhower.
4. Henry A. Wallace.
5. Bernard Baruch.
47. Passed in almost record time was the Defense Production bill, which gave the President more powers than he had asked for, including all but one of these:
1. To set up priorities on all defense contracts.
2. To dole out materials as he thinks necessary.
3. To fine and imprison hoarders.
4. To lend $600 million as he sees fit to expand the industrial war effort.
5. To guarantee reasonable profits to certain preempted industries.
48. After 31 days and two million words of testimony, the Democratic majority of the Senate subcommittee on loyalty in the State Department:
1. Fully supported Senator McCarthy.
2. Cleared everybody Senator McCarthy accused.
3. Concluded that there were no subversive groups in the entire government.
4. Merged with the Un-American Activities Committee to continue the hearings.
5. Refused to file a report.
49. This man became one of the nation's most important figures in his new role as:
1. Secretary of Defense.
2. Admiral of the Seventh Fleet.
3. Commander of the U.S. Marines.
4. Chairman of the National Security Resources Board.
5. Chairman of the President's Board of Economic Advisers.
50. And this soldier and former Ambassador was prevailed on by the President to head the nation's:
1. Priorities Control Board.
2. War Production Board.
3. War Department.
4. Central Intelligence Agency.
5. Supreme Court.
51. Harry Truman ordered General MacArthur to withdraw his statement to the Veterans of Foreign Wars saying that Formosa:
1. Would be taken over by the Communists within a fortnight.
2. Can be held by Chiang without aid from the U.S.
3. Is a United Nations liability.
4. Must be defended by the United States at all costs.
5. Has little military value.
52. Secretary of Navy Matthews and Major General Orvil Anderson suffered prompt reprimands when they advocated:
1. Using the atom bomb first.
2. Instituting a preventive war.
3. Restoring the old separate and independent status of the three services.
4. Joining in a move to oust Russia from the U.N.
5. Setting up military bases in Spain.
53. The President himself pulled a prize boner but apologized publicly for the letter he wrote criticizing the:
1. Daughters of the American Revolution.
2. Irish.
3. American Federation of Labor.
4. Marines.
5. United Nations.
54. The only major Fair Deal measure passed by the current session of Congress was the:
1. Price control bill.
2. Bill on Universal Military Training.
3. Rent control bill.
4. Bill on socialized medicine.
5. Compromise Social Security bill extending coverage to ten million more U.S. citizens.
55. To bolster confidence in the nation's military establishment and get rid of a political liability, the President finally fired Defense Secretary Johnson, replaced him with:
1 Stuart Symington.
2. Frank Pace Jr.
3. Averill Harriman.
4. Dwight Eisenhower.
5. George C. Marshall.
56. Final provisions of the new omnibus anti-Communist law include all but one of these:
1. Interning of potential spies and saboteurs in time of war, invasion or insurrection.
2. The Attorney General may cite at any time organizations which he believes to be Communist or Communist fronts.
3. Compulsory registration of all Communist organizations and their members.
4. Knowingly to employ a Communist in the Government becomes a criminal offense.
5. Loyalty oaths for all U.S. workers.
57. This Chicago attorney gained prominence for herself and her race when she:
1. Became the first Negro in the American Bar Association.
2. Won before the Supreme Court a case barring racial discrimination from colleges in the South.
3. Was named a U.N. delegate by President Truman.
4. Was named an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
5. Won the Republican nomination for Congress in Chicago's Sixth District.
Business and Labor
58. Just before the Korean war the U.S. economy had:
1. Reached a postwar low.
2. More than five million unemployed.
3. Reached the point where prices were sharply dropping.
4. Spurted to a peacetime high.
5. Suffered the worst decline in stock prices since 1929.
59. In July, thousands of panicky citizens began to hoard food:
1. Because the U.S. supply was smaller than at any time since the close of World War II.
2. Even though the U.S. was better supplied than ever before in history.
3. Because President Truman asked for immediate rationing.
4. Even though imports had doubled during the last year.
5. In spite of a federal law making hoarding a penal offense.
60. The Census Bureau reported that employment in August:
1. Was back to 95% of normal.
2. Had jumped to more than 62 million, highest in history.
3. Was down temporarily while industry tooled up.
4. Was just under 100 million.
5. Was expected to double in the next twelve months, due to war production.
61. In addition to wage increases, the new Ford contract, negotiated secretly by union and management, provided:
1. Complete medical services free of charge to employees.
2. That all Communists be fired.
3. An open shop.
4. Increased pensions from $100 to $125 monthly.
5. Profit sharing.
62. To avoid shutdowns and prevent pirating of their labor forces, wage increases were granted in August and September by several of the big:
1. Auto manufacturers.
2. Steel companies.
3. Shipping concerns.
4. Shoe manufacturers.
5. Soft coal mining companies.
63. A nationwide railroad strike did not go into effect because:
1. Union bosses called it off.
2. John Steelman got labor and management to agree on a compromise.
3. The President seized the railroads.
4. The President himself carried on negotiations with labor and management.
5. The Army announced a railroad strike at this time would defeat us in Korea.
Politics
64. Henry Wallace regained the political limelight briefly in August when he:
1. Headed up the American branch of the Stockholm Peace Appeal.
2. Announced his candidacy for Governor of New York.
3. Resigned from the Progressive Party and criticized its attitude on Korea.
4. Rejoined the Democratic Party.
5. Formally joined the Communist Party.
65. All over the nation G.O.P. orators concentrated on the issue which they thought might win the fall elections:
1. Inflation.
2. Socialized medicine.
3. The Administration's foreign policy in Asia.
4. Need for reorganization of the federal government.
5. Failure of the ECA.
66. In a sudden shift of Democratic politics in New York this politician wound up:
1. A candidate for Governor.
2. The new state Democratic leader.
3. Out of a job.
4. Ambassador to Mexico.
5. A candidate for U.S. Senator.
67. To bolster the bi-partisan foreign policy, President Truman named this Massachusetts Senator:
1. Delegate to the U.N. Assembly.
2. Undersecretary of State.
3. To a White House Advisory Board on foreign affairs.
4. A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
5. U. S. Representative on the U. N. Korean Investigating Commission.
68. In the political maneuvering preceding this fall's New York State elections, all but one of these happened:
1. Mayor O'Dwyer resigned, necessitating a mayoralty election.
2. Governor Dewey decided to run again.
3. Lieutenant Governor Hanley was named to run against Lehman for the Senate.
4. James Farley gained control of the Democratic Party from Boss Flynn.
5. Mayor Impelliteri announced that he would run despite his failure to win the Democratic nomination.
69. After a grand jury investigation forced resignations of top New York police officials, Mayor Impelliteri named as the new Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy, the man who:
1. Had been chairman of the grand jury.
2. Had been Mayor O'Dwyer's assistant.
3. Won a conviction of Alger Hiss.
4. Had previously been ousted from the job by Mayor O'Dwyer.
5. Won fame as Warden of Sing Sing.
Here & There
70. From the 1950 Census, it appears that the people of the U.S. want to live:
1. On farms.
2. In the cities.
3. Near the cities.
4. In automobile trailers.
5. In small rural towns.
71. U.S. commercial aviation suffered its worst air disaster when a Northwest Airlines' plane carrying 58 persons:
1. Burned at La Guardia Field.
2. Was lost in Lake Michigan.
3. Flew into the Rocky Mountains near Denver.
4. Was lost in Puget Sound.
5. Exploded in mid-air above Cleveland.
72. Paul G. Hoffman resigned as ECA director to become president of:
1. The Ford Foundation.
2. Studebaker Corp.
3. General Motors Corp.
4. General Electric Co.
5. U.S. Steel Corp.
73. Ralph Bunche, former U.N. Mediator in the Arab-Israeli war, became the first Negro ever to:
1. Win a Congressional Medal.
2. Win the Nobel Peace Prize.
3. Be named Assistant Secretary of State.
4. Head the Carnegie Peace Foundation.
5. Be named President of the U.N. Assembly.
OTHER EVENTS
Arts and Entertainment
74. After 416 performances as the love-struck French planter in South Pacific, Basso Ezio Pinza:
1. Signed a new contract giving him the highest salary in stage history.
2. Enlisted in the armed forces.
3. Left the show to begin work under a three-year Hollywood contract.
4. Went on a long vacation.
5. Retired.
75. In the little French Pyrenees town of Prades, music-loving tourists from all over the world assembled for the Bach festival featuring the interpretations of Pablo Casals, generally considered the greatest living:
1. Pianist. 4. Cornetist.
2. Bull fiddler. 5. Cellist.
3. Harpsichordist.
76. While most of the U.S. movie industry was cutting costs at home, M-G-M was working on a production in Rome of what promised to be the most "colossal" film spectacle of all time:
1. Julius Caesar. 4. Napoleon.
2. The Robe. 5. The Pope.
3. Quo Vadis?
77. Open for inspection this summer was the apartment house on stilts designed for the city of Marseille by famed architect: 1. Wright. 4. Marin.
2. Neutra. 5. Gropius.
3. Le Corbusier.
78. Select the description which correctly identifies this personality:
1. Found time from his royal duties to write a song for a Broadway musical.
2. Leader of Existentialists.
3. His East Indian poetry was having a terrific vogue in the U.S.
4. China's "Red Poet," and No. 1 Communist propagandist.
5. Japan's leading movie star.
79. In the new Lindsay and Grouse musical on Broadway, she plays the role of: 1. A lady ambassador.
2. Cleopatra.
3. A U.S. President's wife.
4. Lillian Russell.
5. A lady wrestler.
80. In his inside story of Harry Truman, The Man of Independence, Jonathan Daniels quotes the President as saying, "He failed miserably," referring to:
1. President Roosevelt.
2. Ex-Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
3. James A. Farley.
4. Henry A. Wallace.
5. Thomas E. Dewey.
81. First of the German World War II novels to reach the U.S. is:
1. Beyond Defeat--Hans Richter.
2. Behind Closed Doors--Ellis M. Zacharias.
3. Collected Impressions--Elizabeth Bowen.
4. Reprieve From War--Lionel Gelber.
5. He, The Father--Frank Mlakar.
82. Pepsi-Cola, EncyclopaediaBritannica, and Container Corp. of America have in common the fact that they have:
1. Developed singing radio jingles.
2. Backed Broadway productions.
3. Set up scholarships for talented young musicians.
4. Successfully used fine art in advertising and publicity.
5. Developed income-production documentary film units.
83. The mustachioed artist below was back in the limelight this fall as the:
1. Husband half of the famous "Lunts," who opened in a new Broadway play.
2. Movie star who broke his contract to go to Korea as a G.I. entertainer.
3. Author of Across the River and Into the Trees, his first novel since 1940.
4. Tenor whose return from retirement smashed boxoffice records at the Met.
5. Painter whose harsh pictures of prize fighters in action suddenly became enormously popular.
84. In No Way Out, Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark and Linda Darnell give memorable performances in Hollywood's most outspoken movie on: 1. The Negro 3. Unemployment,
problem. 4. Communism.
2. Isolationism. 5. Anti-Semitism.
Science and Medicine
85. A distinguished group of international scientists studying the issue of "racial superiority" for UNESCO reported :
1. Evidence indicating superior intelligence among the members of the yellow race.
2. Little or no difference in intelligence among various racial groups.
3. Highest intelligence among whites, lowest among blacks.
4. Highest intelligence among the Slavic peoples.
5. Highest intelligence among members of the Negro race.
86. Recent exploitation of pitchblende, oil shale and phosphate rock deposits are expected to reduce our reliance on Canada and the Belgian Congo for:
1. Copper. 4. Magnesium.
2. Vanadium. 5. Uranium.
3. Antimony.
87. More 85 more people were convinced that the heaviest rainfall in the last 50 years in the Croton watershed, which supplies 30% of New York City's water, was due to:
1. Natural seasonal variations.
2. Atomic bombs.
3. Shift in seasons.
4. Seeding of promising clouds with silver iodide.
5. The state's forest conservation program.
88. A new and fast-growing use for chlorophyll is as a:
1. Vitamin. 4. Body deodorant.
2. Fertilizer.
3. Cosmetic. 5. Stimulant.
89. The squat steel towers along the air lanes which tell a wandering airplane pilot where he is, where he is heading, and how he can get elsewhere quickly, are called:
1. Radarones. 4. Omniranges.
2. Wheelrights. 5. Languides.
3. Findurways.
90. A new cult has arisen in the U.S. under the name of dianetics, meaning:
1. Special diets to keep thin.
2. You can do anything.
3. The science of mind--a kind of poor man's psychoanalysis.
4. The science of the body or the poor man's physician.
5. Happiness in old age.
91. Scientists attending the 112th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science failed to agree on the validity of the Wegener theory that the earth's continents were once:
1. A solid mass which broke up and drifted apart.
2. Under ice.
3. Twice as big as they are now.
4. Reversed as to climate, with Siberia the heart of the tropics.
5. Deserts which gradually, through millions of years, acquired flora and fauna.
92. Civil defense groups throughout the land began publicizing information about the atomic bomb, including the fact that the bomb will do the greatest damage when it is exploded:
1. 2,000 feet above the ground.
2. At ground level.
3. Underground.
4. Near the water.
5. Underwater.
93. With only one dissenting vote, Congress passed a bill to draft (up to the age of 50) as many of the following as the armed forces may require:
1. Atomic bomb physicists.
2. Chemists.
3. Doctors and dentists.
4. Veterinarians.
5. Engineers.
Sport
94. When his victory at California's Golden Gate Fields brought his earnings to $924,000, the all-time money-winning record went to the famous Calumet horse:
1. Ponder. 4. Middleground.
2. Coaltown. 5. Citation.
3. Hill Prince.
95. To the chagrin of its patriotic fans, Britain was beaten in one of its strongest sports when the U.S. and Spain ousted her team from the world championship:
1. Cricket matches.
2. Rugby matches.
3. Soccer matches.
4. Tennis matches.
5. Croquet matches.
96. Select the description which correctly identifies this personality:
1. Tennist, famed for her spicy on-court attire, who turned professional.
2. Ranking U.S. woman Softball pitcher.
3. Californian who swam the English Channel faster than any woman ever had.
4. U. S. women's golf champion.
5. U. S. women's bowling champion.
97. Proving again that "they never come back," Joe Louis failed in his attempt to regain the heavyweight boxing championship from:
1. Joe Walcott. 4. Ezzard Charles.
2. Lee Savold. 5. Joe Baksi.
3. Sugar Ray Robinson.
98. After a tight race which carried down to the final days of the season in both leagues, the World Series opened in October between the:
1. New York Yankees & Philadelphia Phils.
2. Boston Red Sox & Brooklyn Dodgers.
3. Philadelphia Phils & Detroit Tigers.
4. New York Yankees & Brooklyn Dodgers.
5. Boston Braves & New York Yankees.
99. Although she lost to Wimbledon Champion Louise Brough, Althea Gibson was a big attraction in the U.S. women's championship tennis tournament because she:
1. Was the first Negro ever to play in the Nationals.
2. Knocked off the 1949 champion Doris Hart.
3. Was only 17 years old.
4. Had recovered from poliomyelitis only two years ago.
5. Was the only foreign entrant.
Press
100. Her journalistic fame was enhanced by her:
1. Appointment as Mrs. Truman's press secretary.
2. First-rate war reporting from Korea.
3. Election as "Woman Correspondent of the Year."
4. Series of articles exposing the gambling connections of high police officials in New York.
5. Portrayal of a woman city editor in the movie, The Front Page.
101. Back on the stands after settlement of a ten-week strike was New York's biggest afternoon newspaper, the:
1. News. 4. Herald Tribune.
2. World-Telegram and The Sun. 5. Journal American.
3. Times.
Radio & TV
102. By all odds the most fascinating of the summer TV offerings featured:
1. Milton Berle. 2. Fred Allen.
3. The New York Yankees.
4. Robert Q. Lewis.
5. The United Nations Security Council.
103. Such TV programs as Garroway at Large, and the Ransom Sherman Show, featuring ad lib drama and no studio audience, are characteristic of a school of television centering in:
1. Hollywood. 4. Houston.
2. Denver. 5. San Francisco.
3. Chicago.
Education
104. A generally acknowledged crisis in U.S. colleges:
1. Communism among professors.
2. Communism among students.
3. Not enough jobs for graduates.
4. Their inadequate finances.
5. A sharp drop in enrollments.
105. The last of the 48 States to organize a state university was:
1. Delaware. 4. New York.
2. Florida. 5. Nebraska.
3. Utah.
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WAR IN ASIA 13 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 39. . . . . .
1. . . . . . 14. . . . . . 27. . . . . . 40. . . . . .
2. . . . . . 15. . . . . . 28. . . . . . HEMIS- PHERE 3. . . . . . 16. . . . . . FOREIGN NEWS 41. . . . . . 4. . . . . . 17. . . . . . 29. . . . . . 42. . . . . .
5. . . . . . 18. . . . . . 30. . . . . . 43. . . . . .
6. . . . . . 19. . . . . . 31. . . . . . 44. . . . . .
7. . . . . . 20. . . . . . 32. . . . . . U.S.
8. . . . . . 21. . . . . . 33. . . . . . AFFAIRS
9. . . . . . 22. . . . . . 34. . . . . . 45. . . . . .
10. . . . . . 23. . . . . . 35. . . . . . 46. . . . . .
11. . . . . . 24. . . . . . 36. . . . . . 47. . . . . .
12. . . . . . 25. . . . . . 37. . . . . . 48. . . . . .
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WAR IN ASIA 13 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 39. . . . . .
1. . . . . . 14. . . . . . 27. . . . . . 40. . . . . .
2. . . . . . 15. . . . . . 28. . . . . . HEMIS- PHERE 3. . . . . . 16. . . . . . FOREIGN NEWS 41. . . . . . 4. . . . . . 17. . . . . . 29. . . . . . 42. . . . . .
5. . . . . . 18. . . . . . 30. . . . . . 43. . . . . .
6. . . . . . 19. . . . . . 31. . . . . . 44. . . . . .
7. . . . . . 20. . . . . . 32. . . . . . U.S.
8. . . . . . 21. . . . . . 33. . . . . . AFFAIRS
9. . . . . . 22. . . . . . 34. . . . . . 45. . . . . .
10. . . . . . 23. . . . . . 35. . . . . . 46. . . . . .
11. . . . . . 24. . . . . . 36. . . . . . 47. . . . . .
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1. . . . . . 14. . . . . . 27. . . . . . 40. . . . . .
2. . . . . . 15. . . . . . 28. . . . . . HEMIS- PHERE 3. . . . . . 16. . . . . . FOREIGN NEWS 41. . . . . . 4. . . . . . 17. . . . . . 29. . . . . . 42. . . . . .
5. . . . . . 18. . . . . . 30. . . . . . 43. . . . . .
6. . . . . . 19. . . . . . 31. . . . . . 44. . . . . .
7. . . . . . 20. . . . . . 32. . . . . . U.S.
8. . . . . . 21. . . . . . 33. . . . . . AFFAIRS
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10. . . . . . 23. . . . . . 35. . . . . . 46. . . . . .
11. . . . . . 24. . . . . . 36. . . . . . 47. . . . . .
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SCORE
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WAR IN ASIA 13 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 39. . . . . .
1. . . . . . 14. . . . . . 27. . . . . . 40. . . . . .
2. . . . . . 15. . . . . . 28. . . . . . HEMIS- PHERE 3. . . . . . 16. . . . . . FOREIGN NEWS 41. . . . . . 4. . . . . . 17. . . . . . 29. . . . . . 42. . . . . .
5. . . . . . 18. . . . . . 30. . . . . . 43. . . . . .
6. . . . . . 19. . . . . . 31. . . . . . 44. . . . . .
7. . . . . . 20. . . . . . 32. . . . . . U.S.
8. . . . . . 21. . . . . . 33. . . . . . AFFAIRS
9. . . . . . 22. . . . . . 34. . . . . . 45. . . . . .
10. . . . . . 23. . . . . . 35. . . . . . 46. . . . . .
11. . . . . . 24. . . . . . 36. . . . . . 47. . . . . .
12. . . . . . 25. . . . . . 37. . . . . . 48. . . . . .
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CONTINUED
49. . . . . . 63. . . . . . 76. . . . . . 91. . . . . .
50. . . . . . 64. . . . . . 77. . . . . . 92. . . . . .
51. . . . . . 65. . . . . . 78. . . . . . 93. . . . . .
52. . . . . . 66. . . . . . 79. . . . . . 94. . . . . .
53. . . . . . 67. . . . . . 80. . . . . . 95. . . . . .
54. . . . . . 68. . . . . . 81. . . . . . 96. . . . . .
55. . . . . . 69. . . . . . 82. . . . . . 97. . . . . .
56. . . . . . 70. . . . . . 83. . . . . . 98. . . . . .
57. . . . . . 71. . . . . . 84. . . . . . 99. . . . . .
58. . . . . . 72. . . . . . 85. . . . . . 100. . . . . .
59. . . . . . 73. . . . . . 86. . . . . . 101. . . . . . OTHER 87. . . . . . 102. . . . . .
60 . . . . . . EVENTS 88. . . . . . 103. . . . . .
61 . . . . . . 74. . . . . . 89. . . . . . 104. . . . . .
62. . . . . . 75. . . . . . 90. . . . . . 105. . . . . .
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CONTINUED
49. . . . . . 63. . . . . . 76. . . . . . 91. . . . . .
50. . . . . . 64. . . . . . 77. . . . . . 92. . . . . .
51. . . . . . 65. . . . . . 78. . . . . . 93. . . . . .
52. . . . . . 66. . . . . . 79. . . . . . 94. . . . . .
53. . . . . . 67. . . . . . 80. . . . . . 95. . . . . .
54. . . . . . 68. . . . . . 81. . . . . . 96. . . . . .
55. . . . . . 69. . . . . . 82. . . . . . 97. . . . . .
56. . . . . . 70. . . . . . 83. . . . . . 98. . . . . .
57. . . . . . 71. . . . . . 84. . . . . . 99. . . . . .
58. . . . . . 72. . . . . . 85. . . . . . 100. . . . . .
59. . . . . . 73. . . . . . 86. . . . . . 101. . . . . . OTHER 87. . . . . . 102. . . . . .
60 . . . . . . EVENTS 88. . . . . . 103. . . . . .
61 . . . . . . 74. . . . . . 89. . . . . . 104. . . . . .
62. . . . . . 75. . . . . . 90. . . . . . 105. . . . . .
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CONTINUED
49. . . . . . 63. . . . . . 76. . . . . . 91. . . . . .
50. . . . . . 64. . . . . . 77. . . . . . 92. . . . . .
51. . . . . . 65. . . . . . 78. . . . . . 93. . . . . .
52. . . . . . 66. . . . . . 79. . . . . . 94. . . . . .
53. . . . . . 67. . . . . . 80. . . . . . 95. . . . . .
54. . . . . . 68. . . . . . 81. . . . . . 96. . . . . .
55. . . . . . 69. . . . . . 82. . . . . . 97. . . . . .
56. . . . . . 70. . . . . . 83. . . . . . 98. . . . . .
57. . . . . . 71. . . . . . 84. . . . . . 99. . . . . .
58. . . . . . 72. . . . . . 85. . . . . . 100. . . . . .
59. . . . . . 73. . . . . . 86. . . . . . 101. . . . . . OTHER 87. . . . . . 102. . . . . .
60 . . . . . . EVENTS 88. . . . . . 103. . . . . .
61 . . . . . . 74. . . . . . 89. . . . . . 104. . . . . .
62. . . . . . 75. . . . . . 90. . . . . . 105. . . . . .
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CONTINUED
49. . . . . . 63. . . . . . 76. . . . . . 91. . . . . .
50. . . . . . 64. . . . . . 77. . . . . . 92. . . . . .
51. . . . . . 65. . . . . . 78. . . . . . 93. . . . . .
52. . . . . . 66. . . . . . 79. . . . . . 94. . . . . .
53. . . . . . 67. . . . . . 80. . . . . . 95. . . . . .
54. . . . . . 68. . . . . . 81. . . . . . 96. . . . . .
55. . . . . . 69. . . . . . 82. . . . . . 97. . . . . .
56. . . . . . 70. . . . . . 83. . . . . . 98. . . . . .
57. . . . . . 71. . . . . . 84. . . . . . 99. . . . . .
58. . . . . . 72. . . . . . 85. . . . . . 100. . . . . .
59. . . . . . 73. . . . . . 86. . . . . . 101. . . . . . OTHER 87. . . . . . 102. . . . . .
60 . . . . . . EVENTS 88. . . . . . 103. . . . . .
61 . . . . . . 74. . . . . . 89. . . . . . 104. . . . . .
62. . . . . . 75. . . . . . 90. . . . . . 105. . . . . .
KEY TO CORRECT ANSWERS
DON'T PEEK
Numerals printed in italics are correct answers to the 105 questions in this test. Check them against your answers and mark your errors and omissions with an X. Subtract number of Xs from 105 to arrive at your score. For example, if you missed 45 questions, your score would be 105 minus 45, or 60. This is well above college average. Do not look at answers until you have finished your answer sheet.
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