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: SCIENCE

(e.g., Which current transports icebergs south from Greenland? Answer: Labrador Current.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. For what does the ‘L’ stand for in ‘laser’?

2. Diamonds are a form of what chemical element?

3. What color is the head of a male mallard?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What do isobar lines connect?

5. A leveret is the young of what animal?

6. Around what would you find the Titan Ringlet and the G Ring?

PHD LEVEL

7. In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse?

8. Term for the philosophy or science of law.

9. For what do the letters stand in (a) LCD, (b) LED?

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 16

Rock Around the Clock. 2. Cuckoo clock. 3. Grandfather clock. 4. Basketball. 5. To stop the clock. 6. 1984. 7. A Clockwork Orange. 8. One O’Clock Jump. 9. Atomic clocks.

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?