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: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

(e.g., This novel’s subtitle is The Autobiography of a Horse. Answer: Black Beauty.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. This country star’s autobiography is titled Man in Black.

2. Her 1956 autobiography is titled Lady Sings the Blues.

3. W.C. Handy’s 1941 autobiography is titled Father of the ____.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Game show host Bob Barker’s autobiography is titled ____ Memories.

5. Whose 1955 autobiography is titled The Four-Minute Mile?

6. What woman’s 2003 autobiography is titled Living History?

PHD LEVEL

7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and St Augustine wrote autobiographies with this one-word title.

8. Which US president’s autobiography is titled A Time to Heal?

9. His autobiography is titled A Black Explorer at the North Pole.

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, JULY 9:

1. Trumpet. 2. Ear trumpet. 3. Trump Tower. 4. Seven no trump.

5. Trumped up. 6. Trumpeted.

7. Strumpet. 8. Trumpery.

9. Trumpeter swan.

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?