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: THE ? OF ?

Each answer is of the form: ‘The ___ of ____.’ (e.g., Adam Smith’s famous treatise. Answer: The Wealth of Nations.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The original home of Adam and Eve.

2. A musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp.

3. A sculpture in New York harbour.

4. A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck.

5. A 1939 musical fantasy film starring Judy Garland.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Play by Shakespeare in which Shylock appears.

7. A title given to the first son of the British monarch.

8. The organisation that preceded the United Nations.

9. The lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

10. A period in French history that ended with the fall of Robespierre.

PHD LEVEL

11. Juan Ponce de Leon is said to have been seeking this spring in Florida.

12. This ancient wonder was built on the island of Pharos in Egypt.

13. A 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson as Daryl Van Horne.

14. Title held by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi until 1979.

15. Minnehaha appears in this poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8:

Battle of the Alamo. 3. Nine. 4. All. 5. Abortions. 6. Roald Amundsen. 7. The Axis Powers. 8. Battle of Balaclava. 9. Fulgencio Batista.

SCORING:

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?