1977 What's Your... ...'News I.Q.'?

1. The femme fatale above is:

a) patron saint of pussycats

b) a compulsive list-maker

c) awaiting an acceptance letter from an Ivy League nunnery ("get thee to a...")

2. Argus University began conferring degrees recently on:

a) patron saints

b) compulsive list-makers

c) draw your own conclusions

3. This man appears elated because:

a) he has just turned down the presidency of Yale

b) he has just won the Irish Sweepstakes

c) he just married off his octagenarian son

4. This man appears elated because:

a) his strict yogurt diet has paid off

b) he finally got into Med School

c) his honeymoon is at the Club Med

5. These recently rediscovered volumes:

a) are being bound together with reeds by explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who plans to float them down the Charles River to corroborate the theory that ancient Law School graduates migrated by sea to populate Wall St.

b) will be used to repave the Dunster House courtyard

c) made the Guinness Book of World Records by logging the greatest total of overdue years for books from any library excluding the Library of Congress

d) were borrowed by an overzealous student hoping to win the award for the finest undergraduate library

6. These recently uncovered clubbies:

a) have got some nerve

b) will probably be running the country someday

c) are practicing to be Moonies

d) hocked their three-piece suits to get the last Gov 30 readings available before Christmas vacation

How well do you remember the events of 1977 as reported in The Harvard Crimson? This ten-question quiz should jog your memory!! (Reading time: 6 minutes, 38 seconds) Answer-sequences that mirror the rhyme scheme of Milton's "Paradise Lost" will be considered for a a special prize. Fill in the answer sheet below, do not leave any stray marks, and return immediately to the Educational Testing Service, Box 000, Princeton, New Jersey, with a $30 non-refundable fee and three proof-of-purchase receipts from Coop sidewalk sales.

7. This flag-waving alum:

a) just won the bronze medal in a Krugerrand-throwing contest

b) just turned down an invitation to participate in the Cairo conference

c) is waiting for High Noon for a showdown with the Mayor of Cambridge

d) has Saturday Night Fever

8. This tree:

a) was originally supposed to fall on the Lampoon

b) had a traumatic sophomore year and took a dive from the roof of Claverly

c) is now being used to print this paper

d) gave the Crimson its first face-lift in 50 years

9. This construction:

a) was designed by B. F. Skinner for use at registration last spring

b) was designed by Stephen S. J. Hall as a solar heating system to save money at Lowell House

c) was all done with mirrors

10. This festive Mem Church scene:

a) was intended as the last panel in "The Days of Disgustus" and is now in the permanent collection at the Fogg

b) was the highlight of last year's "Learning from Performers" series featuring the June Taylor Dancers, with Sammy Spear and his orchestra

c) was part of the marriage scene edited out of the movie "Love Story"