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: LEGENDARY PLACES

(eg, Where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation. Answer:

Garden of Eden.) FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. An island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake.

2. A mountain peak believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods.

3. In Norse mythology, the hall in which Odin received the souls of slain heroes.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The imaginary land in the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton.

5. A paradise to which King Arthur was carried after his death. 6. An imaginary place of great wealth sought in South America by 16th-century explorers.

PH.D. LEVEL

7. The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers.

8. The city of King Priam that was besieged for 10 years by the Greeks.

9. In Buddhism, it is a state in which the mind transcends all suffering and attains peace.

ANSWERS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 13:

1. Foe. 2. Tax. 3. Ace. 4. Oar. 5. Sod. 6. Vow. 7. Opt. 8. Roe. 9. Orb.

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?