Q 01/05

Isaac Asimov was a professor of which subject at Boston University?

A) Astronomy

B) Physics

C) English literature

D) Biochemistry

Answer · why

D) Biochemistry

Biochemistry was his subject at BU's School of Medicine, but writing came to pay more than the university did, so he stepped back from academic work.

Q 02/05

In which country was Asimov born?

A) Poland

B) United States

C) Russia

D) Ukraine

Answer · why

C) Russia

Russia was his birthplace, and with no birth record kept in his village, Asimov picked January 2, 1920, as his birthday and celebrated it.

Q 03/05

What kind of business did Asimov's parents run in Brooklyn?

A) A delicatessen

B) A bakery

C) A tailor's shop

D) A candy store

Answer · why

D) A candy store

A candy store, where his father sold the pulps but banned Isaac from reading them until he argued that science fiction was educational.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many books did science fiction writer Isaac Asimov write or edit?

A) About 50

B) About 150

C) About 500

D) About 1,500

Answer · why

C) About 500

About 500 books came from a man who typed his first drafts at 90 words a minute and kept about 95% of each draft in the final version.

Q 05/05

Asimov's books span every Dewey Decimal class except which one?

A) 200 (Religion)

B) 700 (Arts)

C) 800 (Literature)

D) 100 (Philosophy)

Answer · why

D) 100 (Philosophy)

He covered the other nine, from Bible guides to limericks to the history of the slide rule. His works on religion include the two-volume Asimov's Guid...