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: GENERAL SCIENCE

(e.g., What do we call the layers of gas surrounding Earth? Answer: Atmosphere.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Plants convert light energy into chemical energy by this process. Answer________

2. What is the word for the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth? Answer________

3. How many teeth does an adult human have? Answer________

4. What does an omnivore eat? Answer________

5. What do bees collect to make honey?

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Answer________

7. What tissues connect the muscles to the bones? Answer________

8. There are 118 of these listed in the Periodic Table. Answer________

9. What is the tallest type of grass? Answer________

10. What was the most famous invention of Alfred Nobel?

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

11. What is the rarest of the eight main blood types? Answer________

12. What is the claim to fame of a sheep named Dolly? Answer________

13. What is the claim to fame of a dog named Laika? Answer________

14. What is the term for the branch of physics that deals with light and vision? Answer________

15. What part of the body is affected by Bright’s disease?

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?