BRAINtest

This week it’s a gentle quiz.

1. By land and population which is the largest of the world’s seven continents?

2. In what language was the Koran originally written?

3. According to the novel, in how many days did Phileas Fogg need to circumnavigate the earth to win a bet?

4. Bangkok is the capital of which Asian country?

5. Fidel Castro was once ruler of which country?

6. The Beatles are from which city in the UK? A) Glasgow, B) Manchester, C) Bristol, D) Liverpool

How many members were there in the band the Righteous Brothers?

Name the romantic comedy star who has acted in the films “Sleepless in Seattle”, “You’ve Got Mail” and “When Harry Met Sally …”. Her name is an anagram of “Germany”.

9. She is the youngest of five girls and has a famous sister who shares her name with a planet. She’s won 39 Grand Slam tennis titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). She has a daughter named Alexis Olympia. Who is she?

10. The 2018 film “First Man” is a biopic about who? A) Neil Armstrong, B) Sir Edmund Hillary, C) Roger Bannister, D) Christiaan Barnard

11. The running of what is held every July in Pamplona, Spain?

12. What “T” is a type of pottery that literally means “baked earth” in Italian?

13. What links the international cricketers Ian Healey, Quinton de Kock, Kumar Sangakarra and Andy Flower?

14. What “S” is a metal alloy made from iron and carbon?

15. What is the surname of ANC and anti-apartheid figures Walter and Albertina?

16. Where do Premiership team Baroka FC play their home games? A) Pietermaritzburg,

B) East London, C) Polokwane, D) Rustenburg

17. Which company owns the video chat software Skype? A) Microsoft, B) Facebook, C) Google, D) Apple 18. Which of these is not an Nguni language? A) Zulu, B) Xhosa, C) Ndebele, D) Tswana

19. Which planet lies between Venus and Mars?

20. Who wrote the play “The Merry Wives of Windsor”?

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