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: THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR

(e.g., Why is the month of November so named? Answer:

Novem (Latin for ‘nine’, the ninth month of Romulus))

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. How many days are there in a regular year? 2. Most years that are exactly divisible by 4 are ____ years. 3. What calendar did the Gregorian calendar replace?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. By what other name is the Gregorian calendar known? 5. Provide the next line of the verse: “Thirty days hath September ...”

6. What Christian holiday influenced the change to the Gregorian calendar?

PHD LEVEL

7. After whom is the month named? (a) July (b) August (c) March 8. After whom is the Gregorian calendar named? 9. After whom is the month of June named?

ANSWERS FOR THURS, MAY 11:

1. The whites of their eyes. 2. Private eye. 3. Snake eyes. 4. The eye of the beholder. 5. Red-eye. 6. Hawkeye. 7. Rapid eye movement. 8. GoldenEye or For Your Eyes Only. 9. Eye of the Tiger.

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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