The How Well Do You Know Isaac Asimov? quiz: 10 questions by Mary JL

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A general quiz about the well known science-fiction---and science writer---Isaac Asimov.

Isaac Asimov and his family immigrated from

Poland
Hungary
Russia
Finland

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What business did the Asimov's own?

a print shop
a candy store
a small restaurant
a tailor shop

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In what year was Asimov's first professional sale made?

1944
1932
1947
1939

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Isaac Asimov is known for "The Three Laws of___________"

genetics
robotics
astrophysics
linguistics

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Isaac Asimov did have a degree in science, and taught before he began writing full time. What science?

biochemistry
astronomy
mathematics
physics

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Isaac Asimov worked with many in the SF field. Which editor did he regard as his particular mentor?

Frederik Pohl
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Ben Bova
Anthony Boucher

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In "The Caves of Steel" and "The Naked Sun",and other books of course, Asimov had a character--R. Daneel Olivaw. What did the "R" stand for?

Resident
Researcher
Richard
Robot

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In "The Caves of Steel" and "The Naked Sun", what was the name of Olivaw's partner?

Edwin Bailey
Elijah Bailey
Edward Bradley
Ethan Brindley

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In his juvenile series about "Lucky" Starr, Asimov originally used a pseudonym. What was it? (Later reprints were under Asimov's own name,btw.)

William Irish
Robert English
Paul Anderson
Paul French

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Which of these statements is true?

Asimov hated speaking in public
Asimov always had some else answer his phone
Asimov would not fly in an airplaine
Asimov wrote all his manscripts in longhand

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