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: HISTORY

(e.g., He led expeditions that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Answer: Hernan Cortes.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Which battleship was not raised after being sunk at Pearl Harbor? 2. Adolf Hitler was born a citizen of _____. 3. He was proclaimed ‘El Libertador’.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Who was the most famous prisoner held at Devil’s Island? 5. When first elected prime minister, whom did Winston Churchill replace? 6. What was the date “... which will live in infamy”?

PHD LEVEL

7. Name the first company to issue stock. 8. This captain sailed 4,000 miles in a small boat to reach safety on the island of Timor. 9. His predecessor was Sun Yat-sen.

ANSWERS FOR TUES, AUG 9:

1. Giant panda. 2. Mare. 3. Gorilla. 4. Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (Cl). 5. Red. 6. Metamorphic rock. 7. Radio waves. 8. Fungi. 9. It always travels faster than the speed of light.

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?