Brain test
1. Who was the first president of the USA? 2. In which city would you find the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim and the Whitney Museum of American Art? 3. This British-born man has a famous director brother and has narrated hundreds of wildlife documentaries. Who is he? 4. She is a singer, stage and screen actress and daughter of Judy Garland. Who is she? 5. What is the foremost religion in Thailand? 6. Name the beef and sour cream dish that is named after a prominent 19th-century Russian noble family. 7. Complete the Frederick Forsyth book title: The
Day of the A) Fox; B) Jackal; C) Wolf; D) Coyote 8. Which musician and activist’s real name is Paul David Hewson? 9. Girder, cantilever, pontoon and suspension are all types of what? 10. The TV series Smallville revolves around the early life of which superhero? 11. Who played the role of Gandalf the wizard in the Peter Jackson-directed films based on JRR Tolkien’s books? 12. In which country would you find the Qattara Depression? A) Egypt; B) Brazil; C) Pakistan; D) Australia 13. In which country did more than 900 people commit mass suicide under instruction from their leader Jim Jones, in Jonestown? 14. Joan of Arc was known as the maid of which city? 15. From what language does the South African term “shebeen” originate? A) French; B) Gaelic; C) Italian; D) Hindi 16. Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams were all part of which band? 17. Which old English unit of area was derived from the area of land that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day? 18. What name is common to teams in the top football division of both England and Argentina? A) Arsenal; B) Sunderland; C) Crystal Palace; D) Liverpool 19. Name the authoress and member of the Bloomsbury Group who put pebbles in her pockets and drowned herself in the river Ouse? 20. In the 1970s, which South African cricketer became the first player to twice score 100 and take three wickets with consecutive balls (a hat trick) in the same first-class match?
ANSWERS
Proctor Mike 20. Woolf Virginia 19. Arsenal 18. Acre 17. Child Destiny’s 16. Gaelic B) 15. Orleans 14. Guyana 13. Egypt A) 12. McKellen Ian Sir 11. Superman 10. Bridge 9. Bono 8. Jackal B) 7. Stroganoff Beef 6. Buddhism 5. Minnelli Liza 4. Attenborough David 3. York New 2. Washington George 1.