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: WOMEN OF THE BIBLE

(e.g., She was created from a rib.

Answer: Eve.) FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Samson loved her. 2. She was present at the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. 3. Her foolishness led to John the Baptist’s death.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. She was the mother of the prophet Ishmael. 5. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king. 6. She was the favourite of Jacob’s two wives as well as the mother of Joseph

and Benjamin.

PHD LEVEL

7. She went to glean in the fields, where she met Boaz. 8. She was Ruth’s mother-in-law. 9. She was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.

ANSWERS FOR MON, APR 11:

1. Nightingale. 2. Bird. 3. Jay. 4. Lama. 5. Bull. 6. Crane. 7. Catfish. 8. Fox. 9. Lamb. 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?

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