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: WORD MEANINGS

What word can have either of the two given meanings? (e.g., An animal’s skin or fur ... Conceal from sight. Answer: Hide.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. To make something different than it was ... Money in the form of coins.

2. Sound made by a dog ... The outer part of a tree.

3. Flat pieces of skin on a fish or snake ... To climb up.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A place to buy and drink a beer ... A long narrow piece of metal.

5. To run somewhere quickly ... A small amount added to food to give it flavour.

6. An uninteresting person ...

Make a hole with a pointed power tool.

PHD LEVEL

7. The actors in a film or play ... To throw a fishing net into the water.

8. A short whip used in horseback riding ... A plant grown for food.

9. The long thin part of a plant ... To hunt an animal by following it.

ANSWERS FOR WED, NOVEMBER 13:

1. Elmer Fudd. 2. Porky Pig. 3. Wile E Coyote. 4. Tweety. 5. Pepe Le Pew. 6. Daffy Duck. 7. Foghorn Leghorn. 8. Tasmanian Devil.

9. Yosemite Sam.

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?