Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz
King Features Syndicate
Published Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Subject: QUOTATIONS
Provide the final word of the quotation. (e.g., Napoleon: "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is ___." Answer: Forever.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Napoleon: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a ___."
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2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses ___."
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3. Jimi Hendrix: "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom ___."
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GRADUATE LEVEL
4. Winston Churchill: "If you are going through hell, keep ___."
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5. Vince Lombardi: "We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of ___
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6. Thomas Edison: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't ___."
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PH.D. LEVEL
7. Aldous Huxley: "Maybe this world is another planet's ___."
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8. Xenocrates: "I have often regretted my speech, never my ___."
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9. John F. Kennedy: "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their ___."
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1 comment:
ANSWERS: 1. Mistake. 2. Both. 3. Listens. 4. Going. 5. Time. 6. Work. 7. Hell. 8. Silence. 9. Names.
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?
© 2010 Ken Fisher
Reprinted with permission from Barracade Books Inc.
North America Syndicate Inc.
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