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: TRANSPORTATION (e.g., Which animal was essential to transportation in the 1700s? Answer: Horse.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. What shape is a stop sign in North America?

2. Supermarkets supply these vehicles to carry goods to be purchased.

3. What type of vehicle is associated with the name Evel Knievel? 4. In which year did the Wright brothers make their first flight? 5. Vehicles used in warehouses to raise and carry merchandise.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. What type of vehicle is associated with the name Sikorsky? 7. What type of ship was the German Bismarck of World War II? 8. These vehicles were nicknamed ‘prairie schooners.’ 9. In England it is called a ‘lift.’ 10. The Concorde was an SST. For what do the letters stand? PHD LEVEL

11. Maglev is a system of ____ transportation.

12. What is the ISS?

13. Term for a railroad with cars that are pulled up a steep slope by a cable.

14. What is the common term for an ACV (air-cushion vehicle)? 15. What type of vehicle is the Chinese Flying Pigeon?

ANSWERS FOR FRI, MARCH 15:

1. United States. 2. Italy. 3. Chile. 4. Indonesia. 5. France. 6. Japan. 7. Spain. 8. Greece. 9. Mexico.

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?