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 NAME FORD

(e.g., American president. Answer: Gerald Ford.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. He founded the Ford Motor Company. 2. One of his hits was Sixteen Tons. 3. He killed Jesse James.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He played Indiana Jones. 5. An ill-fated car was named after this son of the Ford company’s founder. 6. Yankee pitcher nicknamed ‘The Chairman of the Board’.

PHD LEVEL

7. He played a teacher in the film Blackboard Jungle. 8. This film director/producer received his middle name in honour of Henry Ford. 9. She was half of a husband-andwife musical team with Les Paul.

ANSWERS FOR WED, AUG 16:

1. Earlobe. 2. Earmuff, earflap. 3. Earlier. 4. Earmark. 5. Earshot. 6. Earning. 7. Earache. 8. Earnest. 9. Eardrum.

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?