ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score onw point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: ‘OF THE’ WHAT?

Provide one word to complete the phrase. Alternative answers may be possible. (e.g., Justice of the ____. Answer: Peace.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “The Lord of the ____”

2. “Pirates of the ____”

3. “The Silence of the ____”

4. Freedom of the ____

5. “The Phantom of the ____”

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. “The Taming of the ___”

7. “Battle Hymn of the ____”

8. The dark side of the ____

9. “Lord of the ___”

10. “Planet of the ____”

PHD LEVEL

11. Ark of the ____

12. “Tess of the _____”

13. “The Passion of the ____”

14. Four horsemen of the ___

15. “The War of the ____”

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7:_

1. 20 years (at least). 2. Excalibur.

3. Suicide (shot himself). 4. Funeral Blues. 5. The Wind in the Willows. 6. T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia). 7. Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit). 8. The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. 9. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights).

24 to 30 points – congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points – honours graduate; 13 to 17 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?