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: WHO WAS A WHAT?

Each answer contains ‘was a.’ (e.g., A Merrie Melodies cartoon short: “Mother was a ____.” Answer: Rooster.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Song lyrics: “Jeremiah was a ____.”

2. 1957 film title: I Was a Teenage ____.

3. Broadway musical: Du Barry Was a ____.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Antony in Julius Caesar: “Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a ____.’”

5. Psychedelic soul song: Papa Was a _____.

6. Barry Manilow song title: I Was a ___ (to let you go).

PHD LEVEL

7. A 1945 American musical comedy: ____ Was a Lady.

8. Book and subsequently a stage play and screenplay: ____ Was a Preacher.

9. An influential 1991 televised hoax called ‘Lenin was a _____’

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?