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: FISH

(e.g., A container where people keep fish and other water animals. Answer: Aquarium.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. This biblical character is swallowed by a giant fish.

2. Provide a four-letter word that can mean (a) the lowest male singing voice and (b) a type of fish.

3. Dr. Seuss book title: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, ____ .

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. This Massachusetts resort area is easily recognised on a map by its fishhook shape.

5. The father of this one-time wife of Paul Simon ran off to marry Elizabeth Taylor.

6. The ___ is so named because the feelers near its mouth look like whiskers.

PHD LEVEL

7. Term for the practice of raising fish and other water organisms for food.

8. This French stew of fish and vegetables originated in Marseille.

9. Term for the act of splitting a piece of meat or fish almost in two and spreading it out flat.

ANSWERS FOR MON, SEPTEMBER 30:

1. Medicine. 2. Merchant. 3. Metaphor. 4. Medieval. 5. Memorial.

6. Meridian. 7. Mediocre. 8. Membrane. 9. Metonymy.

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?