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: DOGS

(e.g., Its name is abbreviated to ‘lab’. Answer: Labrador retriever.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What breed of dog was Lassie?

2. This toy dog has a short name (three letters) and a curled tail.

3. Title of a 1992 film. Characters had colorful aliases – ‘Mr Pink’, for example.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. In the Noel Coward song, they “go out in the midday sun”.

5. Which family has Portuguese water dogs named Bo and Sunny?

6. Quotation: “Cry Havoc! And let slip the _____.”

PHD LEVEL

7. Prairie dogs are not dogs. What are they?

8. It is the largest and most powerful sled dog.

9. What kind of dog is Ren in the TV series Ren and Stimpy?

ANSWERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 4:

1. Vatican City. 2. Romeo and Juliet. 3. Trevi Fountain.

4. Colosseum. 5. Spanish Steps.

6. Underground burial places.

7. Seven. 8. The Circus Maximus.

9. Lazio.

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?