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 RHYME FEMALES

(e.g., She had a little lamb. Answer: Mary.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. She went up the hill with Jack.

2. She lost her sheep.

3. She was asked, “How does your garden grow?”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. She was told to put the kettle on.

5. She made some tarts.

6. She was frightened by a spider.

PHD LEVEL

7. She found Lucy Locket’s pocket.

8. She did a lot for her poor dog.

9. She had a furry caterpillar.

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 24:

1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

2. Virginia Woolf. 3. J.K. Rowling.

4. Agatha Christie. 5. Harper Lee.

6. Mary Shelley. 7. George Eliot.

8. Jane Austen. 9. Louisa May Alcott.

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?