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: ISLE(S)

(e.g., In which city is there an Isle of Dogs? Answer: London.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Poetic name for Ireland.

2. Arguably the best-known group of islands.

3. A tailless breed of cat is believed to have originated here.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The largest and second-most populous island in England.

5. Song lyrics: “‘Twas on the Isle of ____ that I found her.”

6. What is the subject of: “This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle.”

PHD LEVEL

7. Title of a poem by W.B. Yeats: The Lake Isle of ____.

8. The largest of the islands in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.

9. The Isles of Scilly are the southernmost location of which country?

1. Kangaroo. 2. Igloo. 3. Waterloo.

4. Cuckoo or cockatoo. 5. Bamboo. 6. Shampoo. 7. Kazoo. 8. Tattoo. 9. Voodoo (Vodou).

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?