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: THUNDER

Each answer contains ‘thunder.’ (e.g., A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior. Answer: Thunder Bay.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A classic car model of Ford.

2. Extremely surprised or shocked.

3. Phrase meaning violence or exaggerated melodrama.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The projecting part of a cumulus cloud portending a thunderstorm.

5. Title of a 1965 James Bond film.

6. What is the literal meaning of the dinosaur name ‘brontosaurus’?

PHD LEVEL

7. Name of an NBA team.

8. Marvel comic book villain also known as Red Hulk.

9. Phrase meaning to pre-empt the use of someone else’s words or ideas.

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 13:

1. Mockingbird. 2. Mice. 3. Cat.

4. Flies. 5. Sheep. 6. Gorillas. 7. Goats. 8. Seagull. 9. Elephants.

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