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: SECRET CODES

Can you decipher the code? Each answer is one or two words. (eg, LNV DZB. Answer: ONE WAY. Reverse the alphabet. Z=A, Y=B.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. EVAH NUF

2. EB DOOG

3. KHVARVBE KFAUCN

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. BBBOHJ ADMONORG

5. 2514

6. LFT TRN

PHD LEVEL

7. LEAVE ONE VASE EMPTY

8. OP FYJU

9. SCEERT

ANSWERS, MONDAY, JANUARY 30:

1. Pots, stop. 2. Tips, spit. 3. Bats, stab 4. Rats, Star 5. Devil, lived. 6. Trams, smart 7. Warts, straw. 8. Reviled, deliver. 9. Diaper, repaid.

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 – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 point – who reads the questions to you?