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: ALL ABOUT ERRORS (e.g., What sport keeps a record of errors made by players? Answer: Baseball.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. Shakespeare title containing Errors. Answer________ 2. Alexander Pope: “To err is human, to ____ divine.” Answer________ 3. What three-word phrase means to experiment until a solution is found?

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. To locate and correct errors in a computer program. (five letters) Answer________ 5. “The cat drank it’s milk.” What is the error in this sentence? Answer________ 6. What nine-letter adjective means wrong or incorrect?

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. Compound word meaning to gloss over failings and errors. Answer________ 8. For what do the letters stand in E&O insurance? Answer________ 9. What is meant by an “erratum”? 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?