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: BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

(e.g., What is Tower of David in Israel and Maple Leaf in Canada? Answer: Gold bullion coins)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the most famous product of Anheuser-Busch? 2. For what do the letters stand in CNN? 3. Fill in the iconic ad line: “I dreamed I went shopping in my ____.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Where is the firm Sterling Cooper in the TV series Mad Men located? 5. Who wrote An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations? 6. BRICS is an acronym for which five countries?

PHD LEVEL

7. The Glock gun is an export of what country? 8. What is the name of the ornament on the hood of Rolls Royce cars? 9. These three final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore were used in ads.

ANSWERS FOR TUES, APR 25:

1. Vatican City. 2. Seychelles. 3. El Salvador. 4. Lebanon. 5. Maldives. 6. Monaco. 7. Nauru. 8. Tuvalu. 9. Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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?