'Pataphysics!

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. 'Pataphysics is a branch of philosophy founded by which French author of "Ubu Roi"? Alfred Jarry Marcel Duchamp Erik Satie Guillaume Apollinaire

2. The author once said that 'pataphysics is the study of everything lying beyond which of these fields? Patapsychology Physics Metaphysics Absurdism

3. Which of these is not a real department at the London Institute of 'Pataphysics? Department of Hagiography Department of Potassons Committee for Hirsutism and Pogonotrophy Office of Patentry

4. Which of these Beatles songs mentions 'pataphysics? Maxwell's Silver Hammer Misery There's a Place A Day in the Life

5. True or False: The word 'pataphysics has an apostrophe on the beginning of it because the apostrophe was the author's favorite form of punctuation. True False

6. Which of these writers is or was not a member of the Paris-based "College de 'pataphysique"? Luc Etienne Raymond Queneau Latis Albert Camus

7. What French literary organization, an acronym for "Ouvroir de literature potentielle" (Workshop of Potential Literature), was founded as a subcommittee to the College de 'pataphysique'? Answer: (One Word;)

8. Which of these countries does not contain an organization affiliated with 'pataphysics? Papua New Guinea France Mongolia Canada

9. What is a correct term for a practitioner of 'pataphysics? 'Pataphor 'Pataphysiphilian Transcendental Satrap 'Pataphysician

10. Thinking about the question in a straightforward and wholly un-'pataphysical viewpoint, which of these is farthest from being a practitioner of 'pataphysics? Rube Golberg Umberto Eco Paul Erdos Marcel Duchamp