BRAIN test

1. SABC (in television) stands for what?

2. What is the surname of the man who, together with Steve Wozniak, founded Apple Computers?

3. What “A” is a Japanese form of cartoon also known as manga?

4. The Cwenqgcwe or Buffalo River flows through which SA city?

5. A kimono is a traditional garment from which country?

6. Arabica and robusta are the two main types of what commodity?

7. In text messaging, what does the acronym “OMG” typically stand?

8. Which former SA president’s autobiography is titled “The Last Trek … A New Beginning”?

9. Which ’80s band had a hit with “We’re not Going to Take it”? A) Twisted Sister, B) Van Halen, C) Judas Priest, D) Alice Cooper

10. Apart from South Africa, what other country did Zola Budd Pietersen represent?

11. In which country was the classical composer Felix Mendelssohn born?

12. In the Bond film “A View to a Kill” which famous actor played billionaire industrialist, Max Zorin? A) Telly Savalas, B) Christopher Lee, C) Christopher Walken, D) Michael Lonsdale

13. Which desert is considered the world’s oldest? A) Kalahari, B) Atacama, C) Sonora, D) Namib 14. Nicolae Ceausescu was executed together with his wife live on television in 1989. Of which country was Ceausescu the president? A) Ukraine, B) Romania, C) Hungary, D) Lithuania

15. Valentine and Proteus are characters in which Shakespeare play? A) “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, B) “All’s Well that Ends Well”, C) “Much Ado About Nothing”, D) “Romeo and Juliet”

16. In what year did the track “Waterloo” by ABBA emerge as the winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest? A) 1966, B) 1974, C) 1979, D) 1983

17. How is the scientist Marja Sklodowska better known?

18. From which plant do we obtain linseed oil?

19. Which former cricketer was known as the Rawalpindi Express? A) Wasim Akram, B) Waqar Younis, C) Fazal Mahmood, D) Shoaib Akhtar

20. What was the name of the 1852 convention which led to the independence of the Transvaal? Answers on this page