ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. 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: MONEY

(e.g., What is money paid to a shareholder called? Answer: Dividend.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. In which 1996 film is the popular quote “Show me the money”?

2. Title of a song by the Steve Miller Band: “Take the Money and ___.”

3. It is a unit of money in Japan and also a yearning for something.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. She is secretary to James Bond’s boss, who is known simply as M.

5. Paul Newman won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in this 1986 film. 6. Provide an eight-letter synonym for ‘insolvent.’

PHD LEVEL

7. Name the moneylender in The Merchant of Venice.

8. The subtitle of this 2003 book is The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.

9. Five-letter term for an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest.

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27:

1. Chrome. 2. Saver. 3. Brown.

4. Sense. 5. Silence. 6. Slew.

7. Ridge. 8. King. 9. Tam.

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?