Sunday Times

BRAIN test

- By Trivia Tom

1. “For fashion and parties she was rather well known;

This European princess who was young to the throne;

But popular she wasn’t in the simmering nation;

Never has cake caused such consternat­ion;

Eventually in death she was placed in a casket;

Just after her head had rolled into a basket.”

Who was she?

2. What John starred in the film “Grease”?

3. Which Gregory won an Oscar for his starring role in “To Kill a Mockingbir­d”?

4. Gorgonzola cheese originates in which country? A) Switzerlan­d, B) Italy, C) France, D) Greece

5. A nepotist favours what sort of people?

6. What book in the Bible is known in French as “l’Armageddon”? 7. Who had a hit at the end of 1968 with “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”?

8. Which part of a plant can be tap or fibrous?

9. Zn is the chemical symbol for what element?

10. In which century was Leonardo da Vinci born?

11. Which is the only city mentioned in the book of Genesis that is still in existence; it is the world’s oldest continuall­y inhabited city? A) Baghdad, B) Heliopolis, C) Jericho, D) Damascus

12. A “wadi” is a North African and Arabian term for what geographic feature? A) Cave; B) Riverbed; C) Rock face; D) Area of moving dunes

13. How many of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?

14. The word “craic” (pronounced “crack”) means “good fun” in which language? A) Hindi, B) Swedish, C) Gaelic, D) Arabic

15. Who wrote the novel “The Invisible Man”? A) Ernest Hemingway, B) Jules Verne, C) Robert Louis Stevenson,

D) HG Wells

16. What note is written just below the top line of the treble clef stave? 17. What is the nationalit­y of the following footballer­s: Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban and Luka Modric? 18. How many players in a water polo team? A) Seven, B) Nine, C) Ten, D) Eleven

19. Name the 16th-century English author of the book “Utopia” who was beheaded for refusing to accept his king’s break from the Catholic Church?

20. Captain Frank Furillo was the lead character in which TV cop series?

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