ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: AMERICANA

(e.g., What was the name of America’s first grocery chain? A&P.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What were the first names of Abbott and Costello? 2. What award ceremony has the ritualised request “The envelope, please”? 3. What was the profession of Ansel Adams?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Who did Jack McCall murder? 5. ‘Alcatraz’ is the Spanish word for ____. 6. What is the US Navy’s official service song?

PHD LEVEL

7. What was the northern terminus of the Chisholm Trail? 8. Who led Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys? 9. What type of creatures are Archy and Mehitabel?

ANSWERS FOR TUES, SEPT 5:

1. Flying, Jong. 2. Song, Mailer. 3. Shrugged, Rand. 4. Gift, Bellow. 5. Cry, Uris. 6. Complaint, Roth. 7. Bathgate, Doctorow. 8. Summer, Kahn. 9. House, Krauss.

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?