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: LAST WORDS

Identify the speaker. Some are apocryphal. Hints are provided. (e.g., “Die ... that’s the last thing I shall do!” British statesman. Answer: Lord Palmerston.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “Et tu, Brute?” Roman general and statesman. 2. “Kiss me, Hardy.” British admiral aboard the Victory. 3. “I’m bored with it all.” British prime minister.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “All my possessions for a moment of time.” Queen of England. 5. “I have not told half of what I saw.” Venetian traveller. 6. “Too kind, too kind.” British nurse when given the Order of Merit.

PHD LEVEL

7. “I am just going outside and may be some time.” Antarctic explorer. 8. “Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius.” Athenian philosopher. 9. “Either that wallpaper goes or I do.” Irish-born British dramatist.

ANSWERS FOR THURS, SEPT 7:

1. Thumb. 2. Thug. 3. Thump. 4. Thunder. 5. Thud. 6. Thumper. 7. Thule. 8. Thucydides. 9. Thus.

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?