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: ANIMALS: CA

Each answer is the name of an animal that begins with ‘ca’. (e.g., It has nine lives. Answer: Cat.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. It has humps. 2. They elect the new pope. 3. A fish with whiskers.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Cows and bulls kept by farmers for their milk or meat. 5. A large deer. 6. As a verb it means to complain or find fault in a petty way.

PHD LEVEL

7. A hookah-smoking creature in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 8. A large bovine of southern Africa having upward-curving horns. 9. The world’s largest rodent.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, AUG 26:

1. Cuba. 2. Hong Kong. 3. The Scream. 4. O.J. Simpson. 5. Channel Tunnel (Chunnel). 6. Janet Reno. 7. George H.W. Bush. 8. Desert Storm. 9. Kuwait. 10. Dan Quayle. 11. An oil rig. 12. Black Monday. 13. Irangate (IranContra affair). 14. Achille Lauro. 15. Bhopal, India.

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?