BRAINtest

This week’s theme is “Alphabet Soup”

1. What “A” was a Turkish general, known as the founder of modern Turkey, who established a provisional government in 1920?

2. What “B” is a 007 actor who starred in the TV series “Remington Steele”?

3. What “C” is collected by a numismatist?

4. What “D” played the title role in the film “Edward Scissorhands”?

5. What “E” was the Australian rugby captain when Australia won the World Cup in 1999?

6. What “F” is credited as discovering the anti-bacterial effects of penicillin; for this he was awarded a Nobel prize in 1945?

7. What “G” is an actor who, along with Ewan McGregor, has played the character Obi-Wan Kenobi in the “Star Wars” films? 8. What “H” is a country with the capital city Port-au-Prince?

9. What “I” is a figure of speech where something is subtly insinuated about something or somebody (often with negative implications)?

10. What “J” is a country that is known to the locals as “Nippon”?

11. What “K” is a band with which you would associate the members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley? 12. What “L” is a Shakespearean play featuring the characters Boyet, Ferdinand, Longueville, Dumain and Costard?

13. What “M” is the outer layer of the dish Baked Alaska?

14. What “O” is a South African premier league football team with the nickname “Buccaneers”?

15. What “P” is the derived SI unit of pressure which is the equivalent to one Newton per square metre? 16. 17. What “S” is the name of the style of art that originated in France in the 1920s which, in the words of its main theorist (André Breton), aims to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality?

18. What “T” wrote the rock opera “Tommy”?

19. What “V” wrote the novel “Around the World in 80 Days”?

20. What “W” founded the Methodist Church?

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