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: OPENING SONG LYRICS

Identify the song by its opening lyrics. (e.g., Follow the yellow brick road ... Answer: We’re off to See the Wizard.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. I took one look at you, that’s all I meant to do ...

2. You’re the end of the rainbow, my pot of gold ...

3. Well, since my baby left me, Well, I found a new place to dwell ...

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Somewhere there’s music, how faint the tune ...

5. Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve played the silver ball ...

6. Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again ...

PHD LEVEL

7. The French are glad to die for love, They delight in fighting duels ...

8. Strange dear, but true dear, when I’m close to you, dear ...

9. Tall and tan and young and lovely ...

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6:

1. Length (distance). 2. Pollen. 3. Fish. 4. Anthropology. 5. Mount Everest. 6. Aircraft (hybrid airship). 7. A dwarf planet. 8. Polluted. 9. Seeds (Svalbard Global Seed Vault).

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?