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: REFERENCES IN QUOTATIONS

To what, where or who does the quote refer? And who is the speaker/author? (e.g., “I will build a great wall.” Where? Answer: USMexico border. Donald Trump.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “Tear down this wall!” What wall?

2. “I shall return.” Return to where?

3. “That’s one small step for man.” Where was the step?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” Who were the few?

5. “The buck stops here.” Stops where?

6. “And yet it moves.” What moves?

PHD LEVEL

7. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Conquered what?

8. “Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” To what is the reference?

9. “It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe.” What is “it”?

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?