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: NURSERY RHYMES: WHO?

Name the nursery rhyme character. (e.g., He kissed the girls and made them cry. Answer: Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. He could eat no fat.

2. He had a wife but couldn’t keep her.

3. He picked a peck of pickled peppers.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He was a merry old soul.

5. He sat in the corner.

6. He met a pieman.

PHD LEVEL

7. He had a farm.

8. He sings for his supper.

9. He has gone to sea.

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 26:

1. Hop. 2. Dance of death. 3.

Dancingcheektocheek. 4. Esmeralda. 5. Mr. Bojangles. 6. Saturday Night Fever or Staying Alive. 7. Bee Gees. 8. Tango. 9. Pavlova (Anna Pavlova).

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?