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: WHERE ARE YOU?

In which city are you when you see the given site? (e.g., The Lincoln Memorial. Answer: Washington, D.C.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Notre Dame Cathedral

2. Golden Gate Bridge

3. Christ the Redeemer (statue)

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. The Alhambra

5. St Peter’s Basilica

6. Taj Mahal

PHD LEVEL

7. Faneuil Hall Marketplace

8. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

9. Tate Modern

ANSWERS FOR SAT, NOV 3:

1. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. 2. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. 3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 5. 1984 by George Orwell. 6. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. 7. Show Boat by Edna Ferber. 8. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. 9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. 10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. 11. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 12. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. 13. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. 14. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. 15. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

SCORING:

24 to 30 points – congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points – honours graduate; 13 to 17 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?