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: MUSICAL TERMS

(e.g., What is the symbol called? ? Answer: Sharp.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Term for a group of four singers.

2. The staff consists of a set of how many lines?

3. What is this symbol called: ??

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The text of an opera is known by this term.

5. A device that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick.

6. What does a cappella singing lack?

PHD LEVEL

7. A symbol at the left end of a staff indicating the pitch.

8. What is meant by ‘poco a poco’?

9. What does the upper figure of the time signature indicate?

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 31:

1. Tom Sawyer. 2. Tom Joad.

3. Thomas Magnum. 4. Tom Robinson. 5. Tom Swift. 6. Tom Jones. 7. Tom Ripley. 8. Tom Buchanan. 9. Tom Bertram.

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?