ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: BIG THINGS

Each answer is two words; the first word is ‘big’. (eg, A nickname for New York City. Answer: ‘Big Apple’.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The largest and innermost digit of the human foot.

2. Slang for a penitentiary.

3. A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The cosmic explosion that is said to have marked the origin of the universe.

5. The large bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London.

6. A large German cannon used in World War I.

PHD LEVEL

7. The head of state in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

8. A nickname for the New York Stock Exchange.

9. A character in the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

ANSWERS, THURSDAY, MAY 12:

1. Great Wall of China. 2. Berlin Wall. 3. Donald Trump. 4. Hadrian’s Wall. 5. Wailing Wall. 6. Battle of Jericho. 7. ‘Mending Wall’. 8. Wall Street. 9. Pink Floyd.

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 point – who reads the questions to you?