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: WINTER

(e.g., Title of a play by Shakespeare. Answer: A Winter’s Tale.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. This Jonathan played Mearth, the child of Mork and Mindy.

2. Which emperors used the Winter Palace as their official residence?

3. The 1980 autobiography of this actress is titled simply Shelley.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4.Term for the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year.

5. What play begins, “Now is the winter of our discontent”?

6. Winter Is Coming is the first episode of the first season of this TV series.

PHD LEVEL

7. This 1966 play depicts the conflicts of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

8. This Florida city 51 miles east of Tampa is the home of Legoland, Florida.

9. Complete the question posed by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “If winter comes ...?”

ANSWERS FOR WED, NOVEMBER 20:

1. Spring chicken. 2. Springfield.

3. Australia. 4. Bath. 5. ‘Silent Spring’. 6. Carnival. 7. Bruce Springsteen. 8. Tel Aviv. 9. The Rite of Spring.

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?