SuperQuiz!

Answer: Superior

The five Great Lakes are, in order of size: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie. Lake Superior is not only the largest of the Great Lakes, but the largest freshwater lake in the world, surface wise. The coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, its drainage basin totals 49,300 square miles.

Answer: superego

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud postulated the theory that the human personality is comprised of three parts: the ego, or "self", the main section; the id, the primitive unconscious drives; and the superego, which attempts to control the other parts.

Answer: supercilious

The word "supercilious", from the Latin for "eyebrows" (as in raised), usually refers to someone who is snobby or superior in some way.

Answer: Hershey Park

Hershey Park, a traditional amusement park in the quaint town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, boasts the SooperDooperLooper, which is noted for being the first looping roller coaster in the eastern US. It was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf of Germany, who also designed the Revolution at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain, which debuted in 1976 as the first modern looping coaster.

Answer: supernova

A supernova is "a phenomenon involving the explosion of most of the material in a star, resulting in an extremely bright, short-lived object that emits vast amounts of energy"- in other words, the demise of the star. The birth of a star is a "nova", from the Latin for "new". (from American Heritage Dictionary)

Answer: skiing

A "super G", or "super giant slalom", is a downhill skiing race that has fewer gates set farther apart than in the regular giant slalom.

Answer: superintendent

A superintendent, defined as someone with authority, is usually the director of a school or school district or the head of an apartment building. The latter is usually referred to as "the super".

Answer: supersonic

Something described as "supersonic" means literally "above sound", or faster than the speed of sound. American pilot Chuck Yeager was the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947 when he attained a speed of 670 mph (1,079 kph) in "Glamorous Glennis", a plane named for his wife.

Answer: superstition

A superstition is defined as an irrational belief, practice, or rite. Examples include the beliefs that black cats are bad luck and that it's bad luck to walk under a ladder. There is a mountain range in central Arizona called the Superstition Mountains, famous as the locale of the mythical Lost Dutchman Mine.

Answer: Mary Poppins

This Disney musical classic about an English nanny, played by Julie Andrews, was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including Best Song- no, it wasn't "Supercalif...", but the equally annoying and nonsensical "Chim Chim Cheree".