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.
Subject: FULL OF HOLES Each answer is one or two words with the last letters “hole.” (e.g., One of several small openings on a shirt. Answer: Buttonhole.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire. Answer________ 2. A depression or hollow in a road surface. Answer________ 3. An opening in a whale’s head through which it breathes.
Answer________
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. A depression in the land formed from the collapse of the underlying soil. Answer________ 5. Term for the bar in a clubhouse, as reached after a standard round of golf. Answer________ 6. A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star.
Answer________
PH.D. LEVEL
7. An exploratory oil well that produces no oil. Answer________ 8. A hypothetical link between widely separated regions of space and time. Answer________ 9. An ambiguity that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation.
Answer________
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?
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