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: SMALL

Each answer is two words, and the first word is ‘small. (eg, Of, relating to, or being a firearm of small calibre. Answer: Small bore.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Light, informal conversation for social occasions.

2. A young person of either sex.

3. Coins of little value.

4. Good things come in these.

5. Guns that are light and easy to carry.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Machines used on tabletops such as toasters and coffeemakers.

7. Someone or something that is not important or impressive. 8. Television.

9. Winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge.

10. A special court established for the simplified litigation of legal claims below a certain amount.

PHD LEVEL

11. The longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed.

12. The simplest method of tying a necktie.

13. Used to say that something is not surprising.

14. Relating to relatively small companies that have little equity.

15. A shorter than usual, versatile attacking basketball player.

ANSWERS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 6:

1. Rainbow. 2. A geyser. 3. Stratosphere. 4. Sinkhole. 5. The hardness of rock. 6. Earth’s circumference. 7. Mantle. 8. Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic. 9. Neap tide.

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?