brain test

1. Which of the 12 signs of the zodiac is best described by the word “balance”? 2. Which US reality TV show is presented by Jeff Probst and revolves around a group of individuals stranded in the wilderness competing for cash and prizes? 3. Who played the voice of Woody in the Toy Story films? 4. Which celebrity has been married to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes? 5. Name the man who, together with Steve Wozniak, founded Apple Computers? 6. In which year did the Rivonia treason trial take place? 7. Which country was the former colonial power in Madagascar? 8. Name the William Golding novel about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island. 9. How many strings are there on a standard acoustic guitar? 10. With which planet in the solar system would you associate a giant red spot? 11. What Yiddish word beginning with “k” literally means “wooden beam”, but colloquially means “clumsy person”? 12. Michael Keaton was born with the same name as another famous actor. Which one? A) Michael Douglas; B) Michael Caine; C) Michael Barrymore; D) Michael J Fox. 13. Which of the four main compass points does not feature in any of the United States’ names? 14. This flowering plant is known as paardebloem in Afrikaans, and its French name translates as “lion’s tooth”. What is it in English? 15. Which Billy Joel hit was written for his lover Christie Brinkley and later covered by Westlife? 16. What is the name of Joburg’s Sir Herbert Bakerdesigned Anglican cathedral? 17. Which golfer, winner of the British Open in 2002 and 2012, has the appropriate initials of TEE? 18. Which South African football player was nicknamed “Codesa”? 19. Which impressionist artist famously painted with a brush strapped to his hand (his work includes Sailor Boy)? 20. Name the South African treason trial defendant, eventual exile and protest author, who wrote the novel A Walk in the Night .