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: LITERATURE

(e.g., What fictional bear is named after a train station? Answer: Paddington Bear.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. John Irving title: The Cider House ____ 2. George Eliot title: The Mill on the ____ 3. Whose love interest is named Becky Thatcher? 4. By what name is Theodor Seuss Geisel better known? 5. The ancient mariner’s shipmates hang this around his neck.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. For what novel is Mary Shelley best known? 7. Laura Ingalls Wilder title: Little House in the ____ 8. What novel chronicles events in the course of the day June 16, 1904? 9. Alice is asked this question: Why is a raven like a _____? 10. What was the first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming?

PHD LEVEL

11. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a _____.” 12. What Douglas Adams work is a fictional guide book for hitchhikers? 13. In what play does Prospero say, “Now my charms are all o’erthrown”? 14. Virginia Woolf and EM Forster were members of the _____ Group. 15. In Jurassic Park, what does Dr Grant always carry in his pocket?

ANSWERS FOR FRI, DEC 2:

1. Uncle Sam. 2. Brothers Grimm. 3. Lot’s wife. 4. Marx Brothers. 5. Mamma Mia! 6. Father Time. 7. Granny Smith. 8. Sugar daddy. 9. Coal Miner’s Daughter.

SCORING:

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