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: MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
(e.g., A doctor who treats people with mental illnesses. Answer: Psychiatrist.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. A doctor who deals with children and the medical treatment of their illnesses.
2. A specialist in care of the feet.
3. A doctor who specialises in the physiology and pathology of the skin.
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. A specialist in the structure, function and disorders of the heart.
5. A person who studies old age.
6. A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it.
PHD LEVEL
7. A doctor concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and study of cancer.
8. A specialist concerned with the care, development and diseases of newborn infants.
9. A physician who specialises in the ear and its diseases.
ANSWERS FOR WED, DECEMBER 18:
1. Dr Jekyll. 2. Dr Watson.
3. Doctor Dolittle. 4. Hannibal Lecter. 5. Dr Strangelove. 6. Dr Frasier Crane. 7. Doctor Zhivago. 8. Dr Kildare. 9. Abraham Van Helsing.
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?