BRAINtest

This week’s theme is “Alphabet Soup”.

1. What “A” is a historic figure who formed a triumvirate with Augustus and Lepidus and ruled Gaul? He married Fulvia, but had twins with a sorcerer queen. He committed suicide after losing at the Battle of Actium.

2. What “B” is a film where Mel Gibson played historical figure William Wallace?

3. What “C” is a creature known in Spanish as “la cucaracha”?

4. What “D” is a famous author who wrote under the pseudonym “Boz”? 5. What “E” was the name of Captain Kirk’s star ship in the “Star Trek” series?

6. What “F” is the quantity of an object that is measured in hertz? 7. What “G” is a country with the capital city of Conakry?

8. What “H” is a New Zealand cricketer who became the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets.

9. What “I” is a band from Las Vegas with lead singer Dan Reynolds that has had hits with “Radioactive”, “Demons” and “Believer”?

10. What “J” won the 1988 Olympic 100m final in Seoul only to be stripped of the title after testing positive for steroids?

11. What “K” is the SI unit for temperature?

12. What “M” is the first book of the New Testament in the Bible?

13. What “N” is a French province of which William the Conqueror was once duke?

14. What “O” had a hit in 1964 with “Oh, Pretty Woman”?

15. What “P” is the name of Prokovief’s symphonic fairytale?

16. What “R” is the name for a type of pasta in the form of little cases of dough containing a savoury filling?

17. What “S” would your hobby be if you bought a “first-day cover”? 18. What “T” is the nickname for a British soldier — used by the British, the French and Germans during World War 1, but having been used as far back as the 18th century?

19. What “V” is a country — home to the Orinoco River and the world’s tallest waterfall?

20. What “W” is the lead actor in the “Die Hard” films?

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