BRAIN POWER

1. Which animal is the zodiac symbol for Aries?

2. What is the colour of the top righthand corner of the South African flag?

3. Which computer game features the Angiris Council and the Prime Evils?

4. What are the real names of The Veronicas?

5. Samwell Tarly is one of the main characters in which TV series?

6. True or false? Isaías won the 2016 Joe Marston Medal.

7. Which national capital city is situated along the shores of the Tiber River?

8. How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

9. South Africa became a republic during which decade?

10. La Liga is the national Football League in which country?

11. Gary Sinise (pictured) stars as Jack Garrett in which TV series?

12. How many countries share a border with Venezuela?

13. One Japanese yen is subdivided into 100 what?

14. Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of which classic 1957 novel?

15. Which four planets are known as the ‘inner planets’?

16. Which two African countries share Victoria Falls?

17. In relation to the internet security protocol known as TLS, what does the T stand for?

18. True or false? Dunedin is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand.

19. Which two Australians won stages of the 2018 Tour Down Under road cycling stage race?

20. The two main ingredients of traditional meringue are sugar and what?

21. Which 2001 album was the final studio album by Michael Jackson?

22. The Ellsworth Mountains contain the tallest peak of which continent?

23. In 2018, who became the first Korean men’s tennis player to reach a grand slam semi-final?

24. The 1970 novel QB VII is one of the best-known novels by which author?

25. In 1933 Albert Einstein left which country to take up residence in the US?

26. Who won the second series of The Voice Australia?

27. The orienteering sport known as ‘rogaining’ originated in which country?

28. In the 1960s, Lesotho gained independence from which country?

29. Chickpeas are commonly known by what name starting with G in the United States?

30. True or false? Ang Lee directed the 2005 movie Brokeback Mountain.

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