1. What is hazing?
1. The process by which the sun’s rays hit fog and dangerous road conditions result.
2. Cleaning up graffiti and spray paint off public areas
3. Spraying a pesticide over plants which then ends up in the community water supply.
4. Forcing someone to undergo violent and/or humiliating acts in order to be accepted into a college sorority/fraternity.

2. What is the “flutie effect”?
1. The idea that any more than 8 hours of sleep a night will leave a person tired and irritable.
2. The finding that teaching children to play a musical instrument may increase their grades in school.
3. The finding that listening to classical music immediately before bed increases the amount of time spent in REM sleep.
4. Term given to the increase in applications to attend a particular college after a sports team has performed well in a high-profile event.

3. On March 17, the average regular grade retail price of gasoline per gallon in the United States (including all taxes) was $3.284. On that same day, which country had the highest rate, topping the charts at $9.14 a gallon?
1. The Netherlands
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. France

4. What is the “green zone”?
1. The area of most concentrated US presence in Baghdad, Iraq.
2. A large recycling plant.
3. An area in Lexington in which new trees are being planted.
4. The nation’s largest currency-producing building.

5. High levels of the White river could cause the most devastating floods in 25 years in what state?
1. Missouri
2. Alabama
3. Arkansas
4. Kansas

6. On what continent is the country Gabon?
1. North America
2. South America
3. Asia
4. Africa
   

7. What high school took home the boy’s basketball state championship title this year?
1. Lexington Catholic
2. Holmes
3. Mason County
4. Scott County

8. True or False: Many advanced medical scans such as CT and PET scans may be putting patients at risk as they use many more x-rays than a typical x-ray chest scan would.
1. True
2. False
   

9. True or False: Western Kentucky basketball player Courtney Lee made a history-making 25-foot three pointer at the buzzer to defeat Drake by 101-99 on Friday.
1. True
2. False
   

Answers:
1. D; 2. D; 3. A; 4. A; 5. C; 6. D; 7. C; 8. A; 9. B.

Quiz written by
Taryn Mynear, UK student

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