By Dave Green
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SUDOKU is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9
grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the
numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each
column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only
once. King Features
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PUZZLE BY TRACY BENNETT
31 Playable kid in
the Super
Smash Bros.
games
32 Bustles
33 Bulb circler
45 Things many
people work on
all day long
47 Depleted
49 Marauding
group
34 Resound
36 Checkers do it
38 Keenly
observant
39 Ab ___ (from
the beginning)
44 British title
53 Mia who
appeared on a
Wheaties box in
1999
50 Ottoman Empire
founder
54 Style
55 Order
specification
56 Intro-level info
51 Corset bones
and collar
stiffeners
57 “The Lion King”
queen
52 Popular takeout
option
58 Jazz vocalist
Anita
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. What is the capital city?
2. Name the dog that is native to Australia.
3. What airline is the fl ag carrier of Australia?
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. On what island is Australia’s most southerly
point?
5. “Sheila” is Australian slang for a ____.
6. In what sport did Rod Laver and Ken
Rosewall excel?
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. What is a word for a male kangaroo?
8. What is the slang word for a watering hole or
stagnant pool?
9. What is the term for residents of Sydney?
ANSWERS: 1. Canberra. 2. Dingo. 3. Qantas. 4. Tasmania. 5. Girl or young woman. 6. Tennis. 7. Boomer, buck, jack. 8. Billabong. 9. Sydneysiders.
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Subject: AUSTRALIA
(e.g., The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in
this city. Answer: Sydney.)
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Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each
correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on
the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
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SUPER QUIZ
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43 Electrical
problem
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DOWN
1 Actor’s asset
2 Snorty ride
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“Scandal”
creator
19 What to do if you
Rhimes
3 Sporty ride,
want to win bar
informally
trivia?
46 Confucian
4 Measure up
scholar Chu ___
21 Cause of swollen
5 ___ monster
feet and ankles
48 Community spirit
6 The boss of
22 :-O !!
52 Predictable result
7 Alternative to
of a choir’s Barry
23 Depleted
“Yours truly”
White singing
8
Insincere charm
27 Habitually
contest?
9
Moor’s foe in
32 Iowa State city
59 Compound like
the early eighth
NaCl or HCl
35 “Olé!” cousin
century
10 Suffix similar to
36 Flasher at a
60 Cause of just
-ess
rock concert
deserts
11 Property interest
12 Pride : lion ::
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
knot : ___
R O Z
I M P A R T
M O P 13 Specialist M.D.s
O L E O
L A A L A A
I N S 15 Teachers of the
F I S H C O M P L I M E N T S
dharma
L O T S A
B A I L
M E A T 20 Dandy
T H R O W N A L O O P
24 Goes wrong
A C T O N E
T A J
Q U I P
P E A R
M I A T A 25 Crow relative
U R L
F O R G O N E
V E X 26 “Yup”
I L L B E
R E B A
F I N E 28 Final words of
Martin Luther
O L A
N T E S T S
King Jr.’s “I Have
C A N T S A Y S U R E
a Dream” speech
J O S E
S N O W
O B E S E
29 Tips for a
O H C R Y I N G O U T L O U D
shoeshiner
S A O
U S U A L S
E N I D
30 River through
T N T
M I S S E S
S T Y
Spain
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terms of tidiness
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figure
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16 Yellow creature
in a series of hit
animated films
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61 Fortune 500
professional
company that
with a passion for
started out
pep rallies?
selling books
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Commencement
40 Golden rule
week
tradition at
word
many colleges
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63 “My turn now”
with famed
64 For example
serpentine
65 Striped blue
garden walls
balls
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ACROSS
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Difficulty Level
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Edited by Will Shortz