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: MEDICAL SPECIALISTS

(e.g., A doctor who treats people with mental illnesses. Answer: Psychiatrist.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A doctor who deals with children and the medical treatment of their illnesses.

2. A specialist in care of the feet.

3. A doctor who specialises in the physiology and pathology of the skin.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A specialist in the structure, function and disorders of the heart.

5. A person who studies old age.

6. A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it.

PHD LEVEL

7. A doctor concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and study of cancer.

8. A specialist concerned with the care, development and diseases of newborn infants.

9. A physician who specialises in the ear and its diseases.

ANSWERS FOR WED, DECEMBER 18:

1. Dr Jekyll. 2. Dr Watson.

3. Doctor Dolittle. 4. Hannibal Lecter. 5. Dr Strangelove. 6. Dr Frasier Crane. 7. Doctor Zhivago. 8. Dr Kildare. 9. Abraham Van Helsing.

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?