Super Quiz

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level. Subject: FOOLS (e.g., What day of the year is April Fools’ Day? Answer: April 1.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Cesar Romero starred as this character in TV’s Batman series. Answer________ 2. Iron pyrite. Answer________ 3. Beatles song title containing the word “fool.” Answer________ 4. This 1965 film concerns an ocean liner bound to Germany from Mexico. Answer________ 5. What is said of a man who is his own lawyer?

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. This court jester’s skull is exhumed in Hamlet. Answer________ 7. Term for a sheet of writing paper measuring about 13 by 16 inches, sometimes 8x13. Answer________ 8. What “fool” word means “foolish or senseless behavior”? Answer________ 9. James Taylor sang “I Was a Fool to ____.” Answer________ 10. He said, “Fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again”?

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL

11. In which of William Shakespeare’s plays is Touchstone a court jester? Answer________ 12. This BBC sitcom with “fools” in the title stars David Jason. Answer________ 13. In medieval Europe this festival was based on the Roman Saturnalia. Answer________ 14. Which English king was called the “Wisest Fool in Christendom”? Answer________ 15. Provide any common nine-letter word that begins with “fool.” Answer________ SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors 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 — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?