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: ANIMAL NAMES

Provide the missing animal name or nickname. (e.g., Golfer: ___ Woods. Answer: Tiger.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Nurse: Florence ____. 2. Basketball player: Larry ____. 3. Talk-show host: ____ Leno.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Leader of Buddhism: Dalai 5. Tribal chief: Sitting ____. 6. Hogan’s Heroes star: Bob ____.

PHD LEVEL

7. Baseball pitcher: _____ Hunter. 8. Actor who portrayed Marty McFly: Michael J. ____. 9. English writer: Charles ____.

ANSWERS:

1.Moby-Dick. 2. Nineteen Eighty-Four. 3. The Merchant of Venice. 4. Gone With the Wind. 5. Don Quixote. 6. Slaughterhouse-Five. 7. Pride and Prejudice. 8. Lord of the Flies. 9. Great Expectations. 10. The Call of the Wild. 11. Heart of Darkness. 12. Animal Farm. 13. Ulysses. 14. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 15. The Catcher in the Rye.

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?