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: CONFUSING ANIMAL NAMES

(e.g., The horned frog is not a frog but a ____. Answer: Lizard.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. It may “fly away home,” but it’s a beetle, not a bug. 2. This large lizard is not really a dragon. 3. The titmouse is not a mouse but a ____.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Named a “horse” only because its head and neck are suggestive of a horse. 5. The firefly is not a fly but a ____. 6. This marsupial only looks like a bear.

PHD LEVEL

7. Despite its name, this mammal is more closely related to dogs than cats. 8. Its name includes “hog” only because of its piglike snout. 9. If it were a wolf, its main diet would not be termites and insect larvae.

NOV 18, ANSWERS:

1. O! (say can you see ...). 2. Our (Father who ...). 3. I (pledge allegiance to ...). 4. In (the beginning ...). 5. Should (old acquaintance be forgot ...). 6. Four (score and seven years ago ...). 7. Once (upon a midnight dreary ...). 8. In (a hole in the ground ...). 9. It (was the best of times ...). 10. Call (me Ishmael). 11. All (children, except one, grow up). 12. Marley (was dead ...). 13. Whose (woods these are ...). 14. Now (is the winter of ...). 15. When (shall we three meet ...).

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?