ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: AMERICANA

(eg, The first minimum wage, instituted in 1938, was ____ per hour. Answer: 25 cents.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the only substance that can kill Superman?

2. What is the female equivalent of John Doe?

3. In 1609, he sailed the Half Moon up the Hudson River as far as Albany.

4. What state did Joe Biden represent as senator from 1973 to 2009?

5. Which president’s White House was nicknamed Camelot?

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Who was the villain in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

7.There was a famous feud between the Hatfields and what other family?

8. The lower section of this bridge is informally known as Martha.

9. This 1990-1991 war is one of the briefest wars in American history. 10. What was invented by Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton?

PHD LEVEL

11.Who was the first American-born child of English settlers?

12. Alfred Porter Southwick is credited with inventing this type of chair in the 1880s.

13. For what did the WIN buttons stand during Gerald Ford’s presidency?

14. Lions International was founded in 1917. For what is “Lions” an acronym?

15.The name of what soft drink used to refer to corn liquor or moonshine?

ANSWERS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2:

1. Batman. 2. Superman. 3. The Joker. 4. Spider-Man. 5. Catwoman.

6. Abraham Lincoln. 7. Cleopatra.

8. Napoleon Bonaparte. 9. Tarzan.

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 point – who reads the questions to you?