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: LITERATURE

(e.g., “O Captain! My Captain!” is about this man’s death. Answer: Abraham Lincoln.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What fictional character fell asleep for at least 20 years?

2. This 1851 novel was first published as The Whale.

3. Play title: The Importance of Being ____.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. For what do the letters stand in Roald Dahl’s The BFG?

5. The Walrus and the Carpenter come upon a bed of ____.

6. In the James Bond series, who is M’s secretary?

PHD LEVEL SCORING:

7. Who wrote the poem The Pied

Piper of Hamelin?

8. For what do the letters ‘ISBN’ stand?

9. What is the protagonist’s profession in The Fountainhead?

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 6

1. Annual rings. 2. Deciduous.

3. Shamrock (or clover). 4. Lotus.

5. Bark. 6. Pistil. 7. Xylem.

8. Venus flytrap. 9. Belladonna. 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?