Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Subject: POLITICS AND HISTORY

(e.g., Which country has the Sinn Fein party? Answer: Ireland.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What Axis country declared war on Japan in 1945?

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2. What tragedy befell both Coventry and Dresden?

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3. He was a close collaborator with Karl Marx.

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Name of the U.S. aid program to Europe after World War II.

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5. Who caused a shoe-banging incident at a 1960 U.N. meeting?

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6. Turkey is accused of the genocide of these people.

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. Why did Jean-Paul Marat spend so much time in his bathtub?

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8. What was the first country to have a woman as prime minister?

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9. What was the popular name for the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists?

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ANSWERS: 1. Italy. 2. Both heavily bombed during World War II. 3. Friedrich Engels. 4. Marshall Plan. 5. Nikita Khrushchev. 6. Armenians. 7. Skin disease. 8. Sri Lanka. 9. Boxers (Boxer Rebellion).

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?