Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz

Article by: KEN FISHER , North America Syndicate Inc.
Updated: September 9, 2011 - 10:52 AM

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.

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Sat May 11 2013

Subject: SCIENCE

(e.g., What is the fifth-largest satellite in the solar system? Answer: The moon.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What machine consists of a rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge?

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2. All arachnids have eight of these.

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3. What makes up the corolla of a flower?

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4. Something that is saline contains ____.

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5. What is the "sunshine vitamin"?

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GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Where is the new home of the Space Shuttle Atlantis?

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7. In what American city was a project known as "The Big Dig"?

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8. What is the primary organ of taste?

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9. What branch of physics deals with matter at the atomic level?

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10. Which teeth are also called or dogteeth?

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PH.D. LEVEL

11. What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's famous research ship?

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12. In medieval science, this material filled all the space beyond Earth.

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13. For what is the medical tool called a speculum used?

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14. Where is your philtrum?

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15. In mathematics, if geometry is the study of shape, what is the study of change?

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ANSWERS: 1. Lever. 2. Legs. 3. Petals. 4. Salt. 5. Vitamin D. 6. The Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla. 7. Boston. 8. The tongue. 9. Quantum mechanics. 10. Canine teeth. 11. Calypso. 12. Aether. 13. For investigating body cavities. 14. Between nose and upper lip. 15. Calculus.

SCORING:

24 to 30 points - congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points - honors 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 - enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points - who reads the questions to you?

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