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: FAIRY TALES

Name the fairy tale. (e.g., Also known as The Little Glass Slipper. Answer: Cinderella.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A boy sells a cow for some beans.

2. A little girl falls asleep in a bed that is ‘just right.’

3. The moral teaches us to be satisfied with what we have and not be greedy.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. In the United States it is more commonly called Chicken Little.

5. The 2017 film version starred Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.

6. It is about a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret of a thieves’ den.

PHD LEVEL

7. This tales was written by Italian Carlo Collodi.

8. This poor young ne’er-do-well lived in “one of the cities of China.”

9. A tale written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

1. Margaret Thatcher. 2. William Wallace. 3. Jake LaMotta. 4. James J. Braddock. 5. Don Quixote. 6. Joseph (John) Merrick.

7. Thomas More. 8. Andy Kaufman. 9. Robert Stroud.

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?