ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: SOUNDS LIKE FURNITURE

Each answer is a word that can also mean a piece of furniture. (e.g., A meal where people serve themselves. Answer: Buffet.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The ground at the bottom of a river.

2. To delay dealing with something until a future time.

3. To preside over a meeting.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A body of advisers to the US president.

5. The upper front part of your body.

6. A group of persons who administer justice.

PHD LEVEL

7. To try to make someone feel better.

8. To formulate in a particular style of language.

9. An administrative unit of government.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, MAR 3:

1. Wine. 2. Adam. 3. Abel. 4. Saul.

5. Peter. 6. Mark. 7. Delilah. 8. Sodom and Gomorrah. 9. River Jordan.

10. Jacob and Esau. 11. Hagar.

12. Absalom. 13. The Passover.

14. Queen of Sheba. 15. Benjamin.

SCORING:

24 to 30 points – congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points – honours graduate; 13 to 17 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?