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: BAD OMENS

Alternate answers may be possible. (e.g., What day of the year is considered to be unlucky? Answer: Friday the 13.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. If this animal crosses your path it is unlucky.

2. Breaking one of these results in seven years of bad luck.

3. Walking under one of these is also bad luck.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. If this happens, throw some of it over your left shoulder.

5. It is not a good idea to open one of these indoors.

6. It’s bad luck to have “three on a ___.”

PHD LEVEL

7. Seeing or hearing this bird during the day is not a good thing.

8. Bad luck awaits if you leave one of these on a bed.

9. Putting new, unused ____ on a table could result in a death.

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 12:

1. Planters. 2. The president of the US. 3. Programmed background music piped into businesses and public places. 4. Opossum.

5. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. 6. Walter Mitty. 7. Aaron. 8. The Statue of Liberty. 9. Golden Gate Bridge.

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?