ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: DOUBLE WORDS

Complete each sentence with a word or words made up of repeated letters. (e.g., He did a walk-the-dog trick with his _____. Answer: Yo-yo.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Look at the ____ train!

2. Uh, oh! I made a ____.

3. A lot of jokes start with “____. Who’s there?”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. _____, captain!

5. Cheating on the test is a strict ____.

6. The cheerleaders waved their colorful _____.

PHD LEVEL

7. The ___ said that he saw a live ___, but they’re extinct.

8. He picked up the microphone and began his ____ speech.

9. He can do the rhumba, but he can’t do the ____.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, JULY 28:

1. Robert E. Lee. 2. Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. 3. AfricanAmerican member of the Supreme Court. 4. China. 5. Francisco Franco. 6. Cunard Line. 7. Rome and Carthage. 8. Walter Cronkite.

9. Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. 10. Fort Sumter (S.C.). 11. Caligula. 12. La Salle (Robert de La Salle). 13. Fidel Castro. 14. Henry VII. 15. Thus always to tyrants.

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?