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., Elon Musk founded this aerospace manufacturer. Answer: SpaceX.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A light-year is a unit of ____. 2. This fine powder is produced in the anther of plants. 3. What are groupers?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Term for the study of human societies, customs and beliefs. 5. Where is or was the Hillary Step? 6. The HAV Airlander 10 is the world’s largest _____.

PHD LEVEL

7. What is (225088) 2007 OR10?

8. Henderson Island (South Pacific) is noted as one of Earth’s most ____ places. 9. What is contained in the “vault” on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen?

ANSWERS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5:

1. Paris. 2. San Francisco. 3. Rio de Janeiro. 4. Granada, Spain. 5. Vatican City. 6. Agra, India. 7. Boston. 8. St. Petersburg, Russia. 9. London.

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?