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: MOUSE AND MICE

Each answer contains ‘mouse’ or ‘mice.’ (e.g., Mickey Mouse’s female companion. Answer: Minnie Mouse.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Finish the line: “When the cat’s away ...”

2. They had their tails cut off with a carving knife.

3. Provide the next line: “Hickory dickory, dock.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Title of a popular murder mystery play by Agatha Christie.

5. He said, “Here I come to save the day!”

6. Complete the phrase: “The best laid plans ...”

PHD LEVEL

7. This 1959 film starred Peter Sellers in three roles.

8. Tchaikovsky turned this original story into the ballet ‘The Nutcracker.’

9. Provide a line from “A Visit from St. Nicholas” that contains “mouse.”

ANSWERS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4:

1. Surplus. 2. Surgery. 3. Surface.

4. Surpass. 5. Survive. 6. Surveys.

7. Surmise. 8. Surfeit. 9. Surreal.

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?