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: AMERICANA ‘W’

Each answer starts with ‘W.’ (e.g., A book by Henry David Thoreau. Answer: Walden.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Surname of the first US president.

2. Beads that have been stereotyped as Native American money.

3. The street where the New York Stock Exchange is located.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He hosts CNN’s ‘The Situation Room.’

5. The opening words of the preamble to the US Constitution.

6. Site of the US Military Academy in New York.

PHD LEVEL

7. Three word comment by General William T. Sherman. 8. Pit viper also known as a cottonmouth.

9. “The Breakfast of Champions.”

ANSWERS FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23:

1. The Tonight Show. 2. The Flintstones. 3. The Apprentice.

4. Survivor. 5. The Price Is Right. 6. Fantasy Island. 7. Hawaii Five-O. 8. Mission: Impossible. 9. The Brady Bunch. 10. Good Times. 11. The Incredible Hulk. 12. Sanford and Son. 13. Kojak. 14. Mork & Mindy. 15. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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?