SUPER QUIZ

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

SOUND

(e.g., What is the study of human speech sounds called? Answer: Phonetics.)

Freshman level

1. What is the repetition of a sound due to reflection of waves from a surface? 2. What game are you playing if you tug your ear to indicate “sounds like”? 3. To do this, “you just put your lips together and ... blow.”

Graduate level

4. Term for the repetition of beginning sounds as in “Fickle finger of fate.” 5. What word typically describes the sound that a donkey makes? 6. What does an anechoic chamber NOT produce?

PH.D. level

7. Term for sounds with frequencies above 20,000 hertz. 8. Animal named for its habitat and warning call, which sounds like a dog’s bark. 9. Term for the study of the pattern of sounds of a language.

answers:

1. Echo. 2. Charades. 3. Whistle. 4. Alliteration. 5. Bray. 6. Echoes. 7. Ultrasonic. 8. Prairie dog. 9. Phonology.

SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors 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 — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?