ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: THE AEGEAN SEA (e.g., The Aegean Sea is an embayment of what larger sea? Answer: Mediterranean Sea.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. The sea is located between the mainland of which two countries? 2. What is the largest island bordering on the sea’s southern periphery? 3. The vast majority of the Aegean Islands belong to what country?

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. The sea is connected to the ____ Sea and ____ Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. 5. The sea was once known as Archipelago, but this word now means any _____. 6. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was on an Aegean island?

PHD LEVEL 7. On this island, visitors can see the cave where John received his revelation. 8. This, one of the smallest of the Cyclades Islands, was considered sacred to Apollo. 9. This island, officially named Thira, claims to be Greece’s most popular tourist island.

ANSWERS FOR MON, AUG 17: 1. Morgan. 2. Lawrence. 3. Lang. 4. Wells. 5. Milne. 6. Barnum. 7. Fields. 8. Eliot. 9. Griffith.

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 points — who reads the questions to you?