Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz!

[Tom Houlihan]

Me mum-in-law pulled this out of today’s newspaper. No googling, take it clean and honest! I’m pleased to say that I scored 17!

ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ
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.

Subject: WARS AND BATTLES
(e.g., What 1800s fleet was called “The Invincible Fleet”? Answer: The Spanish Armada

FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Name Napoleon’s last battle?
2. What was the first city in history subjected to nuclear war?
3. Which countries were involved in the Cod Wars? (this was the one I missed.)

GRADUATE LEVEL
4. What new weapon was used at the Battle of the Somme?
5. What general surrendered at Yorktown in 1781?
6. Name any of the three U.S. aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway?

PH.D. LEVEL
7. The aim of this 1900 uprising was to rid China of foreign influence?
8. What famous battle took place on Oct. 14, 1066?
9. What war started on the Jewish Day of Atonement in 1973?

ANSWERS:
Well, they go here, but I’m not gonna post ‘em just yet!

SCORING:
18 points – congratulations, Doctor!
15-17 points – honors graduate
10-14 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind
4-9 points – you really should hit the books harder
1-3 points – enroll in remedial courses immediately
0 points – who reads the questions to you?

[Jim O]

Tom,

Can you link to the answers somewhere so we can grade ourselves and post scores? On the honor system of course.

[Tom Houlihan]

Oh, alright... If you insist! With the other three forums I posted this on (thank Heavens for copy/paste!), I was starting to feel like a history teacher at test time!

1. The Battle of Waterloo
2. Hiroshima
3. The U.K. and Iceland (isn't that rather low, fighting over smelly fish???)
4. The tank
5. General Cornwallis
6. Enterprise, Hornet, or Yorktown
7. The Boxer Rebellion
8. The Battle of Hastings
9. The Yom Kippur War

[Klaus]

Boy! I almost screwed that one up. I got 15 points. Most emberassing: I got the "Yorktown" question wrong ( ). After I read the answer I sudenly felt the desire to hide in a dark place and be ashamed of myself at least three times. On the other hand: I am not American. I am not that familiar with the history of the US. See? I allready got an excuse for my mistake.