ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score two point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level. SUBJECT: SPORTS

(e.g., The Los Angeles Dodgers began in this borough. Answer: Brooklyn, N.Y.) FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. 2. Who was first to break the fourminute mile? 3. Who quarterbacked the Jets to the 1968 Super Bowl victory? GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Which two boxers took part in “The Long Count”? 5. This U.S. swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time. 6. In which city will the 2020 Summer Olympics be held? PH.D. LEVEL

7. By what phrase is poem

“Baseball’s Sad Lexicon” better known? 8. What horse recorded the fastest time ever run in the Kentucky Derby? 9. In which sport did Jean-Claude Killy excel? SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 ANSWERS:

1. Enamel. 2. Nose. 3. Heel. 4. Bald head. 5. Iris. 6. Tibia. 7. Vincent van Gogh. 8. Acupuncture. 9. Goliath. 10. Larynx. 11. Gen. Tom Thumb. 12. A, B, O, AB. 13. William Howard Taft. 14. Adam’s apple. 15. Zika virus. 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 – enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?