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: ‘ONER’

Each answer is a word ending with ‘oner’. (e.g., A person without noble rank or title. Answer: Commoner.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.

2. A person who is confined and has little freedom.

3. A substance used in a printer to develop an image.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. An official who investigates violent, sudden or suspicious deaths.

5. Someone who is certain to die very soon.

6. Earlier than expected.

PHD LEVEL

7. Bing Crosby, for example.

8. A sailing ship with at least two masts.

9. Slang: One who habitually uses marijuana or other drugs.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, OCT 20

1. Hamlet 2. Clyde Barrow

3. Oliver Hardy 4. Mobile

5. Clarinet 6. Mark Twain

7. Thomas Jefferson 8. Dance

9. (My darling) Clementine

10. ‘Camptown Racetrack’

11. Elmer Gantry 12. Carnegie Hall 13. Leonard Bernstein

14. Blue Tail Fly 15. Margaret Mead.