BRAIN test

The theme this week is pairs.

1. Which two elements constitute water?

2. Name the film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends that embark on a road trip. It also featured performances by Brad Pitt and Harvey Keitel.

3. What were the names of the twins in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass”?

4. The song “I Got U Babe” was first sung by which couple?

5. Which of these legendary pairs first recorded the hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

(pictured) ? A) Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, B) Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, C) Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, D) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

6. In England, the Merseyside

Derby is played between which two clubs?

7. Name the British stop-motion clay animation comedy series featuring a cheese-loving inventor and his dog.

8. Which woodwind instruments are classified as “double reeds”? 9. What are the two constituent ingredients in the dish bubble and squeak?

10. The rivalry between which two F1 drivers is documented in the 2013 film “Rush”? A) Mansell/Senna, B) Prost/Senna, C) Hunt/Lauda, D) Clark/Hill

11. Name the two countries in mainland Europe to share a land border with only one other country (not including city states).

12. In the casino game craps, what two numbers are “natural numbers”?

13. Which two men were prime minister of SA during the 1930s? 14. The word sophomore (meaning second year at university) comes from two Greek words (sophos and moros) that are actually opposites. What do these words mean? A) Think and act, B) Wise and foolish, C) Begin and end, D) Give and take

15. Which two metals together form brass? A) Copper and zinc, B) Copper and nickel, C) Copper and tin, D) Copper and aluminium 16. Which SA pair have the record for the most hundred partnerships in Test cricket? A) Smith/Amla, B) Kallis/De Villiers, C) Gibbs/Kirsten,

D) Smith/De Villiers

17. Which two US states’ largest cities are called Portland?

18. Which famous duo composed the opera “HMS Pinafore”?

19. Who were the parents of Thabo and Moeletsi Mbeki?

20. Name either of the lookalike twins separated in a ship wreck in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”. Answers on this page