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: NURSERY RHYMES

The first line is given. Provide the second line. (e.g., Bye, baby Bunting. Answer: Daddy’s gone a-hunting.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “As I was going to St Ives.”

2. “Cock a doodle do!”

3. “Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “A-tisket a-tasket.”

5. “Bobby Shafto’s gone to sea.”

6. “Little Tommy Tucker.”

PHD LEVEL

7. “Lucy Locket lost her pocket.”

8. “Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.”

9. “Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross.” 1. Chief executive officer. 2. Research and development. 3. Human resources. 4. Return on investment. 5. Year to date. 6. Point of sale. 7. Invitation to tender. 8. Fiscal year. 9. Customer service adviser.

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?