ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

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: MINERALS

(e.g., A red-brown metal used for making wire or pipes. Answer: Copper.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The hardest naturally occurring mineral. 2. It’s commonly known as ‘quicksilver’. 3. A soft black substance used in pencils.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Fool’s gold. 5. The national gemstone of Australia. 6. Used to coat other metals. Its symbol is Sn.

PHD LEVEL

7. The most abundant metal in Earth’s crust. 8. A naturally occurring volcanic glass. 9. It’s the main constituent in many forms of plaster and in blackboard chalk.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, MAR 4:

1. Ebenezer Scrooge. 2. Julius Caesar. 3. John F. Kennedy. 4. Rhett Butler. 5. Martin Luther King Jr. 6. Louis XIV. 7. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart). 8. Dorothy (Gale). 9. Buzz Lightyear. 10. Neil Armstrong. 11. Neville Chamberlain. 12. Ed McMahon. 13. Jack Benny. 14. Hamlet. 15. Barack Obama.

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?