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: BORROWED WORDS: JAPANESE

Identify the word borrowed into English from Japanese. (e.g., Animated comics. Answer: Anime.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Singing pop songs to a recorded musical backing.

2. A loose, light robe worn chiefly by women.

3. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A rich and powerful person.

5. The Japanese art of folding pieces of paper to make models.

6. The Japanese word for ‘goodbye.’

PHD LEVEL

7. A poem of 17 syllables in three lines of 5, 7 and 5.

8. The art of growing dwarfed ornamental trees.

9. A straw mat.

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12:

1. Humps.

2. Fat.

3. Ships.

4. (a) Dromedary (b) Bactrian.

5. Llama, alpaca, guanaco and vicuna.

6. Nostrils.

7. A hoofed mammal.

8. Bedouins.

9. Muhammad.

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?