ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. 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: ‘S’ IN SCIENCE

Each answer starts with the letter ‘S.’ (e.g., Popular name for a meteor. Answer: Shooting star.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Unwanted email.

2. The sixth planet out from the sun.

3. A flowering plant’s unit of production.

4. A homogeneous mixture of two or more liquids.

5. One of the basic states of matter.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Able to dissolve in a liquid and become part of the liquid.

7. Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments.

8. The part of a flower that produces pollen.

9. A group of organisms able to interbreed. Homo Sapiens, for example.

10. A small surgical knife.

PHD LEVEL

11. The care and cultivation of forest trees.

12. The process in which a substance is changed from a solid directly into a gas.

13. For what does the ‘S’ stand in the acronym SETI?

14. He piloted America’s first manned space mission.

15. Term for the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit around the sun.

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28:

1. Jerry Maguire. 2. Run. 3. Yen.

4. Miss Moneypenny. 5. The Color of Money. 6. Bankrupt. 7. Shylock. 8. Moneyball. 9. Usury.

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?