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: NURSERY RHYMES

(e.g., Which character is “quite contrary”? Answer: Mary.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Where was the person going when he met a man with seven wives? 2. What made the little dog laugh in Hey Diddle Diddle? 3. Translate the title Frere Jacques.

GRADUATE LEVEL PHD LEVEL

A4. What colour is the basket in Tisket A Tasket? 5. In which rhyme did the old man go to bed and bump his head? 6. Provide the next three words: “If wishes were horses, ____.” 7. What is the reply to “Where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?” 8. What fruit came from the Little Nut Tree? 9. What three-word line ends each stanza in London Bridge is Falling Down?

ANSWERS FOR SAT, DEC 17, 2017:

1. Madding. 2. Cordelia. 3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4. 1776. 5. I came, I saw, I conquered. 6. Be my love. 7. I think, therefore I am. 8. Misdemeanour. 9. Figaro. 10. I don’t care. 11. Betty Friedan. 12. Henry David Thoreau. 13. Xerxes or Darius. 14. Nero. 15. Romeo and Juliet.

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 points — who reads the questions to you?