Find The Element

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Subject: FIND THE ELEMENT
Answer the question, then use the person's initials to identify the element. (e.g., Her films include "The Barefoot Contessa" and "Show Boat." Answer: Ava Gardner (AG) silver.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. First man on the moon.
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2. The commander of Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe.
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3. He portrayed Archie Bunker.
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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He succeeded Gamal Abdel Nasser as president of Egypt.
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5. Actress who portrayed the writer Jessica Fletcher on TV.
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6. Author of "Atlas Shrugged."
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PH.D. LEVEL

7. He starred in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939).
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8. Along with Karl Marx, he developed communist theory
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9. The only person to have both a sibling and a child as fellow winners of the Indianapolis 500.
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ANSWERS:
1. Neil Armstrong (NA) sodium.
2. Hermann Goring (HG) mercury.
3. Carroll O'Connor (CO) cobalt.
4. Anwar Sadat (AS) arsenic.
5. Angela Lansbury (AL) aluminum.
6. Ayn Rand (AR) argon.
7. Charles Laughton (CL) chlorine.
8. Friedrich Engels (FE) iron.
9. Al Unser (AU) gold.