Are You Smarter Than Miss America?
by Lore Fitzgerald Sj�berg
You got 4 right.
You are as smart as Miss Washington DC, for what it's worth. You are dumber than Miss Tennessee, Miss Massachusetts, Miss New York, and Miss Oregon.
The answers are as follows:
1. Which of these monuments has the inscription "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."?
The Statue of Liberty
2. What is the highest judicial authority in the United States?
The Supreme Court
3. A diabetic, this Emmy Award winning actress recently spoke to Congress about finding a cure of diabetes through stem cell research. She is:
Mary Tyler Moore
4. Started by the Kennedy Administration, this worldwide volunteer service is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. It is:
The Peace Corps
5. At no time in American history have there been so many living United States presidents. How many are there today?
6
6. Which of these historical documents begins "When in the course of human events..."?
The Declaration of Independence
7. The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States from the people of what country?
France
8. Who was the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Miss Washington DC got 4 right. Miss Tennessee, Miss Massachusetts, and Miss New York got 5 right each. Miss Oregon got 6 right and went on to become Miss America and she cried a whole bunch and wore a tiara and all the other Miss Whatevers hugged her and Tony Danza sang.
Oh give me a break. It was all american stuff. I woulda got it ALL right if it's been about... uh... Harry Potter...
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