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: COUNTRIES

Each answer is the name of a country. (e.g. Its motto is “A Mari Usque Ad Mare” (From Sea to Sea). Answer: Canada.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. This country is also known as “Nippon.” Answer________

2. Its Soyuz rockets were once the only provider of transport for astronauts to the International Space Station. Answer________

3. Conglomerates Samsung, Hyundai and LG Electronics are based here.

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” was shot in this country. Answer________

5. It is the only NATO member with no standing army. Answer________

6. This country seceded from Colombia in 1903.

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. Along with its overseas territories it has the greatest number of time zones. Answer________

8. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange found asylum in this country’s London embassy for seven years. Answer________

9. The wheel in the center of this country’s flag represents the dynamism of peaceful change.

Answer________

SCORING:

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors 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 — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?