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: ALL ABOUT BELLS

(e.g., This type of bell is used in weight training. Answer: Dumbbell.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. It is an iconic symbol of American independence.

2. The nickname for the big bell in the tower of the Palace of Westminster.

3. This song was published under the title One Horse Open Sleigh.

4. What was the job of Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

5. In which nursery rhyme is: “Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes”?

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. What did Christopher Walken want more of in a famous SNL sketch?

7. What is another name for the style of trousers called ‘flares’?

8. What is a campanile?

9. What song contains the lyrics: “There were bells on the hill but I never heard them ringing”? 10. Title of a 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway.

PHD LEVEL

11. To be a true ____, one must be born within the hearing of Bow Bells.

12. Title of the first album by musician Mike Oldfield.

13. What act involved condemnation with “bell, book and candle”?

14. This instrument consists of at least 23 cup-shaped bells.

15. Term for a graph of normal distribution.

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 6:

1. Hyundai. 2. Batteries.

3. Pontiac. 4. Lexus. 5. Alternator.

6. Bavarian Motor Works.

7. Mercedes. 8. Cam. 9. Gran Turismo (Grand Tourer).

SCORING:

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points – honours graduate; 13 to 17 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?