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Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

King Features Syndicate
 
Published Thursday, November 5, 2009

Subject: WANTED

Name the film about fugitives and outlaws. (e.g., Paul Muni's character breaks away from a chain gang twice. Answer: "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang."

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway play real-life bank robbers.

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2. A murdered wife, a one-armed man and Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble.

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3. Two bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird.

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5. Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, try to elude capture.

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6. Witnesses of a Chicago massacre dress up in drag to escape gangsters.

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. Richard Dreyfuss' character is hired to track down a refugee revolutionary

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8. Sailor and Lula run from weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

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9. A couple plan to kidnap their son, who has been placed with foster parents.

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ANSWERS: 1. "Bonnie and Clyde." 2. "The Fugitive." 3. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." 4. "Thelma & Louise." 5. "The Defiant Ones." 6. "Some Like It Hot." 7. "The Big Fix." 8. "Wild at Heart." 9. "The Sugarland Express."

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?

© 2009 Ken Fisher

Reprinted with permission from Barracade Books Inc.

North America Syndicate Inc.

Scoring

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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