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: ROSE

Each answer contains the letter combination ‘rose.’ (e.g., This garden borders the Oval Office. Answer: White House Rose Garden.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The signature song of Edith Piaf.

2. What word does Citizen Kane utter on his deathbed?

3. The stone that proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He hosted an interview show on PBS for over 20 years.

5. Complete the album title: Parsley, Sage, ...

6. She played Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

PHD LEVEL

7. Fairy tale about two little girls living with their mother, a poor widow.

8. Slim Whitman sang, ‘I’m always dreaming of you” about this woman.’

9. Name given to female Japanese propaganda broadcasters during World War II.

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 5:

Pearl Harbor. 2. Port of Miami.

3. Boston Harbor. 4. Port of Shanghai. 5. Port of Dover.

6. Liverpool, England. 7. Port of Piraeus. 8. Port of Singapore.

9. Rome.

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?