BRAIN test

The theme this week is Vocabulary. 1. What “P” is the storyline in a film?

2. What “G”, meaning scribbling in Italian, is street word-art normally representing the artist or a community?

3. What “B” refers to (normally) unintentional mistakes made by actors or crew members in a film? They are sometimes included as bonus material in the closing credits.

4. What “P” is a term for a stamp collector?

5. What “U” is a term that was used to describe the mainly European immigrants who struggled with Kruger’s government that eventually led to the Jameson Raid and the Second Anglo-Boer War? 6. What “E” means “composed of elements drawn from various sources”? A) Eccentric, B) Endemic, C) Esoteric, D) Eclectic

7. What “L” is a five-lined humorous poem named after a city in Ireland? 8. What “P”, meaning small, is a half-sized flute?

9. What “S” is any liquid into which something can be dissolved?

10. What “A” is a cricketing term meaning to ask the umpire whether the batsman is out?

11. What “S” is a term that refers to the consuming of multimedia directly on demand (for example Internet Radio, Netflix, YouTube)? 12. What “C” describes an unusual condition existing at birth?

13. What “E” is the term for the point on the earth’s surface directly above the origin of an earthquake? 14. What “R” describes a mixture of (typically) butter and flour used as a base for making a sauce? 15. What “A” is a type of poem where the first letter of each line spells out a hidden message? A) Acronism, B) Acrostic, C) Antimony, D) Adumbration

16. What “F” is a musical term referring to singing in a register higher than one’s usual register? 17. What “D” is another name for the small intestine?

18. What “P” refers to the main group of riders in cycling (it comes from the French for platoon)?

19. What “W” is an Arabic term for a dry riverbed?

20. What “P” (literally meaning “restructuring" in Russian) was a Soviet policy in the 1980s and 1990s as part of Gorbachev’s glasnost (openness) reform? Answers on this page