USC keeps turning up in unexpected places, even deeply embedded in the English language. Devised by University Professor, mathematician/ electrical engineer and noted puzzle-smith Solomon Golomb, this quiz tests your knowledge of words containing the consecutive letters “u-s-c.” We provide the Trojan kernal, you fill in the blanks, Sherlock.
_ _ _ usc _ _ _
2. Way out, in Italian
usc _ _ _
3. Extremely appetizing
_ usc _ _ _ _
4. Animate anew
_ _ _ usc _ _ _ _ _
5. A Russian
_ usc _ _ _ _ _
6. North African dish
_ _ usc _ _ _
7. Brawny
_ usc _ _ _ _
8. Lars Porsena was one
_ _ _ usc _ _
9. Capacity to be magnetized
_ usc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. Sparkle
_ _ _ usc _ _ _
11. Listening, as to a heartbeat
_ usc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12. Clam phylum
_ _ _ _ usc _
13. Region containing Siena
_ usc _ _ _
14. Tiny
_ _ _ usc _ _ _
15. Variety of wine grape
_ usc _ _ _ _
16. A minute particle
_ _ _ _ usc _ _
2. Mail your answers by no later than March 15 to:
The Last Word
c/o USC Trojan Family Magazine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2538
Submissions by fax (213-821-1100) and email magazines@usc.edu are also welcome.
3. We will award up to five $30 gift certificates from Borders Books and Music to the philologists who find each USC-embedded mot juste. If more than five correct entries are received, winners will be drawn by lot.
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