Jamaica Gleaner

ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

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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: GIRL FILMS

Complete the film title that contains the word ‘Girl’. (e.g., There’s a Girl in ____ ____: 1970 film starring Goldie Hawn and Peter Sellers. Answer: There’s a Girl in My Soup.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. ____ Girl: 1988 film starring Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill. 2. The ____ Girl: 1977 film in which Richard Dreyfuss portrays Elliot Garfield 3. The Girl With the ____ ____: 2011 psychologi­cal thriller. 4. The ____ ____ Girl: 2008 film with Natalie Portman in the title role. 5. ____ Girl: 1968 film loosely based on life of Fanny Brice.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Girl, ____: 1999 film chroniclin­g a stay at a mental institutio­n. 7. Girl with a ____ ____: 2003 film with Scarlett Johansson in the title role. 8.His Girl ____: 1940 film starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. 9. Girl ____: 1943 film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 10. ____ Girl: 1983 film loosely based on Shakespear­e’s Romeo and Juliet.

PHD LEVEL

11. Earth Girls ____ ____: 1988 film in which Geena Davis is one of the stars. 12. What a Girl _____: 2003 film in which the title is the same as that of a Christina Aguilera song. 13. The Girl ____ ____: 2007 film loosely based on a 1965 murder. 14. Poor ___ ____ Girl: 1936 film in which a girl is neglected by her rich and busy father. 15. ___ and the _____ Girl: 1964 film starring Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood.

ANSWERS FOR FRI, OCT 27:

1. Father of the Bride. 2. Father Knows Best.3. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. 4. Bachelor Father. 5. Father Goose. 6. Father Brown. 7. In the Name of the Father. 8. I Never Sang for My Father. 9. Blood Father.

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?

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