Jamaica Gleaner

ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

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Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

Subject: FILMS BASED ON PLAYS

Complete the name of the film that was based on a play. (e.g., “A Raisin in the ____” (1961).

Answer: Sun.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Children of a Lesser ____ (1986)

2. No Time for ____ (1958)

3. I Remember ____ (1948)

GRADUATE LEVEL

4.Lost in ____ (1993)

5. The Man Who Came to ____ (1942)

6. The Chalk ____ (1964)

PHD LEVEL

7. The Children’s ___ (1961)

8. The Major and the ___ (1942)

9. The Man in the Glass ____ (1975)

ANSWERS FOR MON, OCT 10:

1. Respect. 2. Despise. 3. Respond. 4. Despair. 5. Respire. 6. Respite. 7. Despite. 8. Despoil. 9. Vespers.

SCORING:

18 points — congratula­tions, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honours graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enrol in remedial courses immediatel­y; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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