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: A LITTLE QUIZ

Each answer contains the word‘little.’ (e.g., An organization of children’s baseball teams. Answer: Little League.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. She met a wolf on her way to visit her grandmother.

2. One of Robin Hood’s merry men.

3. The site of Custer’s Last Stand.

4. A mouse character created by E.B. White.

5. A 1970 film starring Dustin Hoffman as the title character.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. A large American multinational pizza chain.

7. The signature phrase of this folk tale is I think I can.

8. A coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott.

9.This 1960 horror-comedy is about a florist’s assistant and a man-eating plant. 10. Tutti Frutti was one of his signature songs.

PHD LEVEL

11. This 2006 film is about a family taking a daughter to a beauty pageant.

12. A Hans Christian Andersen tale about a dying child’s dreams and hopes.

13.The bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.

14. The title character in this children’s book visits various planets in space.

15. The capital city of Arkansas.

ANSWERS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16:

1. Nearest and dearest. 2. Hot spot. 3. Brain drain. 4. Meet and greet. 5. Chick flick. 6. Walk the talk. 7. Make or break.

8. Hocus-pocus. 9. Name and shame.

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?