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ISAAC ASIMOV'S SUPER QUIZ
Barricade Books ^
| 4/9/2005
| Ken Fisher
Posted on 04/08/2005 4:55:58 AM PDT by pageonetoo
Take this Isaac Asimov's 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: asimov; science
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This is quoted from the book, not the MN..
Subject: PUZZLERS
(e.g., What gets bigger when you take more away? Answer: A hole.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2. What is located in the middle of Paris?
3. What is made darker by more light?
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. It starts with ``T,'' ends with ``T'' and has ``T'' in it.
5. This five-letter word becomes shorter when two letters are added to it.
6. Ken's mother had four children named Ron, Don, John and ------.
PH.D. LEVEL
7. When you subtract one letter from this six-letter word you are left with 12.
8. What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law?
9. Tom Brown was born on Dec. 25, yet his birthday is always in the summer. Explain.
To: pageonetoo
...so you want the answers?
ANSWERS: 1. A towel. 2. The letter ``r.'' 3. A shadow. 4. Teapot. 5. Short. 6. Ken. 7. Dozens. 8. Mother (mom). 9. He lives in the Southern Hemisphere.
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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posted on
04/08/2005 4:56:49 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: pageonetoo
17 here...brain fart on #2...and I'm claiming a correct answer for #3 when I said "skin" (as in suntan). I disagree with the answer "shadow"...it doesn't get any darker with more light...it gets relatively darker with respect to the light area.
3
posted on
04/08/2005 5:04:41 AM PDT
by
Fredgoblu
To: pageonetoo
Question for you:
Everybody knows that if Christmas falls on a Sunday, then New Year's Day, being a week later, will also be on a Sunday.
But in 2039, Christmas will be on a Sunday, but New Year's Day is on Saturday!
Why?
4
posted on
04/08/2005 5:05:54 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: pageonetoo
shoot, at best I am a poopscooper
5
posted on
04/08/2005 5:12:09 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: pageonetoo
Someones tryin' to give me a brain cramp. :P
6
posted on
04/08/2005 5:12:27 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Izzy Dunne
7
posted on
04/08/2005 5:14:06 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Izzy Dunne
Not according to my calender..
8
posted on
04/08/2005 5:15:28 AM PDT
by
ReeWalker
(HELP!! I need a tagline!)
To: Echo Talon
leap year? Leap days don't come between Dec. 25 and the next Jan. 1...
9
posted on
04/08/2005 5:16:37 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: ReeWalker
Check your calendar again...
10
posted on
04/08/2005 5:17:28 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Fredgoblu
I guessed photographic film and I intend to claim a correct answer as well
11
posted on
04/08/2005 5:18:30 AM PDT
by
Armigerous
( Non permitte illegitimi te carborundum- "Don't let the bastards grind you down")
To: Fredgoblu; pageonetoo
I too am claiming a correct answer to #3 with photographic film.
12
posted on
04/08/2005 5:19:48 AM PDT
by
stremba
To: pageonetoo
Let's see how stupid I am:.. ( honest, no peeking...will probably be obvious..)
1. Chamois
2. the letter "r"
3. shadows
4. T
5. short (er)
6. Ken
7. Dozen (s)
8. Mom
9. Born (lives) in the Southern Hemisphere.
13
posted on
04/08/2005 5:20:39 AM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: Izzy Dunne
Leap days don't come between Dec. 25 and the next Jan. 1... Told ya I was givin a brain cramp.
14
posted on
04/08/2005 5:20:41 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Izzy Dunne
Because 1/1/2039 is 358 days -before- 12/25/2039, not 7 days after.
Qwinn
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:23:36 AM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: Fredgoblu
I disagree with the answer "shadow"...it doesn't get any darker with more light...it gets relatively darker with respect to the light area.Photographic film.
To: pageonetoo
I am claiming shenanigans...
#1.. towel, chamois, sponge, any absorbent material..
#4.. A teapot has "tea" in it, not "T"..
I claim a full point on #1, and at least 1/2 point on #4..
score: 17.5
( I feel so.. . violated...)
17
posted on
04/08/2005 5:30:30 AM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: Drammach
I guess we'll take your word for it.
18
posted on
04/08/2005 5:31:46 AM PDT
by
Williams
To: Qwinn
Guess I had a brain fart..
19
posted on
04/08/2005 5:31:51 AM PDT
by
ReeWalker
(HELP!! I need a tagline!)
To: pageonetoo
#3. Evil
Would somebody explain #6 to me?
20
posted on
04/08/2005 5:34:52 AM PDT
by
Ladysmith
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