Sunday, October 11, 2009

It's a "Bor"

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Subject: IT'S A "BOR"
Each answer is a word that begins with "bor." (e.g., A wine from a district of southwest France. Answer: Bordeaux.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. To get something on loan.
Answer________

2. A boundary between two countries.
Answer________

3. A person who is wearingly dull.
Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Term for a brothel.
Answer________

5. The world's third-largest island.
Answer________

6. A Russian soup.
Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. A tall, fast-moving breed of dog.
Answer________

8. Toward or located in the north.
Answer________

9. One of the administrative divisions of a large city.
Answer________

ANSWERS:
1. Borrow.
2. Border.
3. Bore.
4. Bordello.
5. Borneo.
6. Borscht (borsch).
7. Borzoi.
8. Boreal.
9. Borough.

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