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: TRANSPORTATION

(eg, What kind of ‘stick’ provides transportation for a witch? Answer: Broomstick.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the meaning of the transportation abbreviation ETA? 2. ‘Chopper’ is an informal term used for this type of transportation. 3. Who would be transported in a stroller?

4. This mode of transport was once called an ‘iron horse’?

5. What type of transportation has been called the‘ship of the desert’?

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. This tunnel has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world.

7. The nickname for London’s subway system is ‘The _____’. 8. What type of transportation is mentioned in the song Jingle Bells?

9. This vehicle is capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air. 10. What is the term for the basket suspended from a hot-air balloon?

PHD LEVEL

11. What mode of transportation was Robert Fulton’s Clermont? 12. When riding one of these, you might sit in a howdah.

13. A _____ is a railroad with cars that are pulled up a steep slope by a cable.

14. What type of vehicle were Challenger, Atlantis and Columbia? 15. What is the meaning of the abbreviation ATV?

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5:

1. US and Canada. 2. England (UK) and France. 3. Italy and Greece. 4. Turkey and Iran. 5. Lebanon and Israel. 6. Egypt and Spain. 7. Thailand and Vietnam. 8. Malaysia andTaiwan. 9. Saudi Arabia and India.

SCORING:

24 to 30 points – congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points – honours graduate; 13 to 17 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?