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: RACKET SPORTS

Identify the racket sport. (e.g., This sport is derived from tennis and is often called “paddle.” Answer: Platform tennis.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Zero points is called ‘love’ and one point is called ‘15.’

2. Players hit a shuttlecock across a net.

3. It is also known as Ping-Pong.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. It is played in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball, and points can be won regardless of who is serving.

5. Players use solid paddles to hit a ball similar to a Wiffle ball over a net.

6. It is played on a handball court with short-handled rackets and a hollow rubber ball.

PHD LEVEL

7. People of this country often refer to Matkot as their national beach sport.

8. This Basque or Spanish game is played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.

9. This game combines elements of tennis and volleyball and is played on a beach.

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, MAY 25:

1. Charles Darwin. 2. Sigmund Freud. 3. Alexander Graham Bell. 4. Gregor Mendel. 5. Euclid.

6. Albert Einstein. 7. J. Robert Oppenheimer. 8. Alessandro Volta. 9. John Logie Baird.

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?