1.) To help remember the successive fates of the wives of Henry VIII, you could recite the following:

"Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived."

This memory-aiding device is often referred to as:

2.) Select the word or phrase that you think best explains the italicized word in the following quotation:

"I mean, I'm not hoping for the apes and the monolith. I'm hoping for controlled chaos to assist us."—Jon Stewart

3.) Franklin P. Adams coined the word aptronym to describe a name that is aptly suited to its owner. Which of the following is the most suitable aptronym for a person with an inferiority complex?

4.) Dozens of new words enter the dictionary every year. Which of the following definitions best describes the newcomer retronym?

5.) Select the word or phrase that you think best explains the italicized word in the following quotation:

"It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."—Mark Twain

6.) Which of the following is NOT a palindrome?

7.) Which of the following practices is exemplified by the intricate puzzles hidden inside other puzzles challenging the protagonists in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code?

8.) Will Wright, a prominent computer game designer and developer, could best be described as a:

9.) Select the word or phrase that you think best explains the italicized word in the following quotation:

"I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest."—A. Whitney Brown

10.) An anagram expert comes across the following book review in a trade magazine published especially for fellow word puzzle enthusiasts:

"Huge water tale stuns; end had you tense"

After decoding the book's title, he is most likely to pick up a copy of:

1.)    A:    Mnemonics is a technique for improving the memory. "Every Good Boy Does Fine," for example, is a mnemonic device to help students memorize the notes on a treble clef stave.

2.)    A:    A monolith is a gigantic stone or column. Stewart is referencing the monolith that appears in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

3.)    B:    Lois Steam (low esteem) is the aptronym. "A," by the way, is actually a palindrome (a word or phrase that reads the same backwards and foreword).

4.)    C:    The term "film camera" is a retronym, as is "acoustic guitar."

5.)    B:    The dictionary definition for impromptu is "without previous study, preparation, or consideration: on the spur of the moment."

6.)    C:    Both "A" and "B" are complete palindromes (words or phrases that read the same backwards and foreword). "C" is a near miss, and works much better by substituting "Panama" for "Suez."

7.)    A:    "Steganography," a word similar to "cryptography," is defined as "the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file."

8.)    C:    As the designer of PC games such as SimCity, The Sims, and the upcoming Spore, Will Wright is a bona fide technopreneur, a term the dictionary defines as "an entrepreneur whose business involves high technology."

9.)    A:    "Pyromaniac" is a variant of the noun "pyromania," a word the dictionary defines as "an irresistible impulse to start fires."

10.)    B:    The book review quoted is an anagram for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.