ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the Ph.D. Level.

SUBJECT: THREELETTER WORDS

(e.g., A baby goat. Answer: Kid.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. To provide with weapons.

2. To join in marriage.

3. A poisonous snake.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. To get with great effort or strain. Often used with the word “out.”

5. The leader of an organized crime family.

6. Distant but within sight.

PHD LEVEL

7. A container with a long handle used for carrying bricks.

8. A low point along a ridge, as between two mountain peaks.

9. To irritate, bother or frustrate.

ANSWERS FOR SAT, MARCH 16:

1. Octagonal. 2. Shopping carts. 3. Motorcycle. 4. 1903. 5. Forklifts. 6. Helicopter. 7. Battleship. 8. Covered wagons. 9. Elevator. 10. Supersonic transport. 11. Train. 12. International Space Station. 13. Funicular. 14. Hovercraft. 15. Bicycle.

SCORING:

18 points -- congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points -- honors 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 -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?