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: PAPER

(e.g., The word ‘paper’ is derived from the Latin word ____. Answer: Papyrus.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. In which country was papyrus used as an early writing material?

2. Based on circulation, what is the top US newspaper?

3. The paper used for writing music on is called _____ paper.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Term for someone who is outwardly powerful but inwardly weak.

5. How many sheets of paper are in a regular ream?

6. Where would you find endpapers?

PHD LEVEL

7. Father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal starred in this 1973 film.

8. Term for slow-burning paper used for lighting fireworks.

9. What 1973 film was about a first-year student at Harvard Law School?

ANSWERS FOR THURS, AUGUST 22:

1. Rocks. 2. Rain. 3. Mirror. 4. King. 5. Pinches. 6. Perfect. 7. Everything. 8. Witness. 9. Fence.

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?