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: AMERICAN SCIENTISTS

(e.g., Invented the first practical sewing machine. Answer: Elias Howe.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton. 2. Developed the Kodak camera. 3. Developed new flowers, including the Burbank rose and the Shasta daisy.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. First to develop a profitable, practical steamship. 5. Invented the first machine gun. 6. ‘The Father of Modern Rocketry.’

PHD LEVEL

7. Invented condensed milk and a variety of juice concentrates. 8. Invented the vulcanized rubber process. 9. Developed the oral vaccine for polio.

ANSWERS FOR THURS, SEPT 14:

1. Green. 2. Yellow. 3. White. 4. Red. 5. Violet. 6. Red. 7. White. 8. Amber (orange). 9. Orange (usually).

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?