Published March 14, 2008
At Your Leisure
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Alex Salsberg

Quiz

1. What was the name of the first online user-to- user messaging system?
a. ICQ
b. AOL Instant Messenger
c. Quantum Link OLM
d. Freelancin’ Roundtable

2. Of more than 700 tons of garbage produced per year at RIT, about how much winds up in a landfill?
a. 32.0%
b. 43.5%
c. 72.5%
d. 90.8%

3. Where on campus can you buy Betty Boop bobblehead dolls?
a. Crossroads
b. Corner Store
c. Sol’s
d. Ritz Sports Zone

4. Two years ago, there was a movement to litter RIT’s Liberal Arts building with graffiti. Surprisingly, RIT sponsored it. What was the name of this course?
a. Wall Writing 101
b. Tolstoy
c. Advanced Creative Writing
d. It wasn’t a course; it was a group of 23 frustrated students.

5. True or False: The RIT Ambulance Club has a Constitution.
a. True
b. False

Answers: 1.c 2.c 3.b 4.c 5.a

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“Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.”
—Georg Lichtenberg
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