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: GENERAL SCIENCE

(e.g., What do we call the layers of gas surrounding Earth? Answer: Atmosphere.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Plants convert light energy into chemical energy by this process.

2. What is the word for the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth?

3. How many teeth does an adult human have?

4. What does an omnivore eat?

5. What do bees collect to make honey?

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

7. What tissues connect the muscles to the bones?

8. There are 118 of these listed in the Periodic Table.

9. What is the tallest type of grass?

10. What was the most famous invention of Alfred Nobel?

PHD LEVEL

11. What is the rarest of the eight main blood types?

12. What is the claim to fame of a sheep named Dolly?

13. What is the claim to fame of a dog named Laika?

14. What is the term for the branch of physics that deals with light and vision?

15. What part of the body is affected by Bright’s disease?

ANSWERS FOR FRI, JANUARY 19:

1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 3. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. 4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone. 5. The Bourne Identity. 6. The Hunger Games. 7. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 8. The Shining. 9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

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?