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What Are They Teaching Our Kids Today? Quiz

In my time in college I took some unusual classes but not as strange as some of these classes.

A multiple-choice quiz by darthdragon. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
darthdragon

Time
7 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
207,158

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of these was NOT a real class offered at the named college as of 2004? Hint

"Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds" Cornell(New York)

"Literature and Religion: Elvis Presley" Emory University(Georgia)

"Anatomy of Extraterrestrials" University of North Carolina

"Alien Sex: Gender and Difference in Old and New Fantasy" University of Rochester (New York)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Georgetown University(Washington DC) has offered the class "Philosophy and Star Trek". Which of these is not one of the official themes for class discussion mentioned in the class description in 2004? Hint

Time Travel

Free Will

Definition of a Person

Inter-Species Breeding

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Question 3 of 15

3. What class, taught at University of California Berkley, was suspended after an investigation was launched regarding sex occurring during class? Hint

Queer Relations

Male Sexuality

Kama Sutra as Literature

The Sex Industry

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Question 4 of 15

4. At Brown University there is a class called "American Degenerates". What is the theme of the class? Hint

Deformities

Outsiders

Monsters

Depravities

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Question 5 of 15

5. All of these classes sound bizarre but only one is real. Which one was a real class taught in 2004? Hint

"Advertising Icons from Charlie the Tuna to the Keebler Elves" Florida State University

"Lizzie Borden, O.J. Simpson and other wrongly accused figures" University of Nevada Las Vegas

"Enron, Worldcom and Martha Stewart: Insider Trading and the Fallacy of Corporate Ethics" Boise State

"The Art of Sin and the Sin of Art" Rhode Island School of Design

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Question 6 of 15

6. One of the biggest collegiate urban legends out there involves a class and/or major revolving around a certain kind of basket weaving. What is this specialty? Hint

Zen

Underwater

Naked

Edible

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Question 7 of 15

7. Was "Art of Walking" a real class at Centre College (Kentucky) in 2004.

Yes

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Question 8 of 15

8. Was the class "Daytime Serials: Family and Social Roles" really taught at the University of Wisconsin in 2004.

Yes

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Question 9 of 15

9. In order to counter negative stereotypes and promote understanding of rural culture, the University of Arkansas Little Rock offers "De-constructing Hillbilly and Redneck Icons". Was this class really part of the 2004 offerings?

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. Did Massachusetts Institute of Technology offer a class on "The Scientific Processes of Issac Asimov's Fiction" before 2004.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. Duke (North Carolina)offered a class on a certain kind of culture in 2004 that isn't studied many places. What kind of culture was this? Hint

Goth

Geek

Drag

Girl

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Question 12 of 15

12. Williams College (Massachusetts) offered a course in the comparative history of a particular profession that counts Irish, Italian and Russian as the most famous participants. What is this profession?

Answer: (one word singular)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Recently a new subset of classes has popped up revolving around leisure activities. What specific leisure pursuit did the University of Iowa offer a class in 2004? Hint

Fast Food Consumption

Poker

Vacation

Movie Watching

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Question 14 of 15

14. At Barnard College (New York) they teach a class that revolves around a certain kind of movie that dates back in literary form to the ancient Greeks. What kind of film is it? Hint

Disaster

Slapstick

Horror

Road

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Question 15 of 15

15. My alma mater University of California Santa Barbara offered a number of unusual classes during my time there. Which was not a real class offered during my tenure there in 2000-04? Hint

"The Rhetoric of Imprisonment in U.S. Society and Culture"

"Hybrid Times: Of Clones, Cyborgs, Hyphens, and Other Wonders"

"Stand Up and Be Strange: The Art, Rhetoric and Politics of 'Weird Art'"

"From Pot to Pills: Exploring the World of Recreational Drugs"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these was NOT a real class offered at the named college as of 2004?

Answer: "Anatomy of Extraterrestrials" University of North Carolina

The Elvis class explores both Pentecostal Christianity and "the phenomenon of pilgrimage to Graceland".
From the catalog description of the fantasy class "Do gods, demons,incubi, androids...offer a different sexuality? "The Mushroom class is probably the only class where you will look at both athlete's foot and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Answer: Inter-Species Breeding

From the actual online course catalog, here is the class description; "Star Trek is very philosophical. What better way, then, to learn philosophy, than to watch Star Trek, read philosophy, and hash it all out in class? That's the plan. This course is basically an introduction to certain topics in metaphysics and epistemology philosophy, centered around major philosophical questions that come up again and again in Star Trek.

In conjunction with watching Star Trek, we will read excerpts from the writings of great philosophers, extract key concepts and arguments and then analyze those arguments.

The questions that we will wrestle with include: 1. Is time travel possible? Could we go back and kill our grandmothers? What is the nature of time? 2. Could reality be radically different from what "we" (I?) think? Could we be brains in vats? 3. What is the relation between a person's mind and his functioning brain--are they separate substances or identical? Can persons survive death? Can computers think? Is Data a person? 4. What is a person? When do we have one person, and when do we have two (think of the episodes where people "split" or are "fused")? 5. Do people have free will, or are they determined by the laws of nature to do exactly what they wind up doing, while believing they have free will? Or both? What is free will? "

3. What class, taught at University of California Berkley, was suspended after an investigation was launched regarding sex occurring during class?

Answer: Male Sexuality

Lectures by porn stars, field trips to strip clubs and visits to sex shops are part of the curriculum. The class was suspended after supposedly viewing the professor having sex at a club and a possible orgy.

4. At Brown University there is a class called "American Degenerates". What is the theme of the class?

Answer: Outsiders

A discussion on how early British-American writers embraced the outsider status bestowed on them by England and reflected a zest for cultural and physical degeneracy.

5. All of these classes sound bizarre but only one is real. Which one was a real class taught in 2004?

Answer: "The Art of Sin and the Sin of Art" Rhode Island School of Design

The course catalog actually says that you will "lust with the saints and burn with the sinners." Sounds fun.

6. One of the biggest collegiate urban legends out there involves a class and/or major revolving around a certain kind of basket weaving. What is this specialty?

Answer: Underwater

This class is often mentioned in movies and television, but I've never even heard of a person doing this, let alone an actual class on it.

7. Was "Art of Walking" a real class at Centre College (Kentucky) in 2004.

Answer: Yes

Books by noted perambulators and walks with the professor and his dog highlight this course.

8. Was the class "Daytime Serials: Family and Social Roles" really taught at the University of Wisconsin in 2004.

Answer: Yes

Students analyze the plots, themes, and characters of daytime soaps and their impact on modern life.

Answer: False

Although Arkansas is known for rednecks, no known class has sprung up to celebrate them.

10. Did Massachusetts Institute of Technology offer a class on "The Scientific Processes of Issac Asimov's Fiction" before 2004.

Answer: False

Although most of Asimov's books were science oriented and he was extremely knowledgeable of science, none of his stories contained enough scientific info to really form any significant basis of study.

11. Duke (North Carolina)offered a class on a certain kind of culture in 2004 that isn't studied many places. What kind of culture was this?

Answer: Girl

It's a class on what makes girls "girlie". Everything from slumber parties and makeovers to girl bands are talked about in the class.

Answer: Gangster

This course offers an overview of various ethnic groups and the impacts they have on organized crime in the U.S. and around the world.

13. Recently a new subset of classes has popped up revolving around leisure activities. What specific leisure pursuit did the University of Iowa offer a class in 2004?

Answer: Vacation

"The American Vacation" centers on American leisure culture and how cultural backgrounds shape vacation experiences.

14. At Barnard College (New York) they teach a class that revolves around a certain kind of movie that dates back in literary form to the ancient Greeks. What kind of film is it?

Answer: Road

Not just about those old Bob Hope and Bing Crosby pics but also contemporary films like "Thelma and Louise" and literary antecedents like "The Odyssey".

15. My alma mater University of California Santa Barbara offered a number of unusual classes during my time there. Which was not a real class offered during my tenure there in 2000-04?

Answer: "From Pot to Pills: Exploring the World of Recreational Drugs"

These are all topics for the Writing 50 set of classes.

Source: Author darthdragon

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