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: LITERATURE QUOTES

Provide the author’s word. The first letter is provided. (e.g., Jane Austen: It is very difficult for the prosperous to be h_____. Answer: Humble)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Bram Stoker: We learn great things by little e_____. 2. Dr Seuss: It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can b____. 3. Anne Frank: No one has ever become poor by g_____.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Charles Dickens: Trifles make the sum of l____. 5. Jane Austen: It was a delightful visit; perfect in being much too s____. 6. Henry David Thoreau: Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me t____.

PHD LEVEL

7. Emily Bronte: It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to f_____. 8. Louisa May Alcott: Conceit spoils the finest g_____. 9. Mario Puzo: Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served c_____.

ANSWERS FOR THURS, MAR 9:

1. Mealtime, meantime. 2. Template, teammate, terabyte. 3. Stardust, stocklist. 4. Neckline, neoprene. 5. Sheepish, shrewish, shortish. 6. Leasable, lendable. 7. Alluvial, allodial. 8. Seahorse. 9. Educated.

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?