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: THREE COUNTRIES

(e.g., Which three countries have the largest population? Answer: China, India, US)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Which three countries, in addition to England, make up the United Kingdom? 2. Which three countries are members of NAFTA? 3. Which three European countries does the prime meridian pass through?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Which three countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coastline? 5. Which three countries border Mexico? 6. Which three countries are part of the Iberian Peninsula?

PHD LEVEL

7. Which three countries does Paraguay border? 8. Which three countries have not officially adopted the metric system? 9. Which three countries border Luxembourg?

ANSWERS FOR WED, MAY 24:

1. Pride and Prejudice. 2. Jane Eyre. 3. Gone With the Wind. 4. The Count of Monte Cristo. 5. Wuthering Heights. 6. Lady Chatterley’s Lover. 7. A Room With a View. 8. Middlemarch. 9. The Fountainhead.

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?