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: MAY

Each answer is a word that starts with ‘May.’ (e.g., Perhaps. Answer: Maybe or mayhap.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The head of a city.

2. Indigenous people of the Yucatan Peninsula region.

3. A distress signal.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A sauce of egg yolks, oil and vinegar.

5. A ship of the Pilgrims.

6. Name of a famous medical center: the ____ Clinic.

PHD LEVEL

7. A very confused situation.

8. People danced around it in England.

9. An insect that lives near water and has a very short life.

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY MAY 28:

1. Humphrey Bogart. 2. Bela Lugosi. 3. George Burns.

4. Harry Houdini. 5. Frank Sinatra. 6. Roald Dahl. 7. Walter Raleigh. 8. Leonard Bernstein.

9. Richard Burton.

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?