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: CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES

Name the toy or game. (e.g., A fantasy tabletop role-playing game abbreviated as ‘D&D’.

Answer: Dungeons & Dragons) FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Get Out of Jail Free and Free Parking.

2. This construction toy consists of variously colored interlocking plastic bricks.

3. This mechanical drawing toy has a gray screen in a red plastic frame.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The rules stated “You start out on Life’s highway, just out of high school ...”

5. This simple card game was created as a twist on the game of Crazy Eights.

6. This toy is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck.

PHD LEVEL

7. This electronic device creates a series of tones and lights and requires a user to repeat the sequence.

8. This spring device travels down a flight of steps end over end.

9. This two-player toy and game features two dueling robot boxers.

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, NOV 24:

1. Turtleneck sweater. 2. The Mock Turtle. 3. A hare. 4. Pecan. 5. Soup (Mock Turtle Soup). 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 7. Turtle Wax. 8. A bird (turtledove). 9. Dr Seuss.

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?