Brain test

1. What sport features in the movie “Bend it like Beckham”? 2. Which Eastern Cape city is known as the “City of Saints”? 3. What is the boiling point of water? 4. What is the name of Leonardo di Caprio’s character in the film Titanic? 5. What is the capital of Swaziland? 6. Which leader was successful at the Battle of Hastings? 7. What word links the part of a fish to a nationality? 8. Which Shakespearean character is known as the Prince of Denmark? 9. Complete the next two words to these lyrics, “There is a house in New Orleans, it’s called the …” 10. With which game would one associate Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky? 11. Who painted the Birth of Venus? A) Rodin; B) Renoir; C) Vermeer; D) Botticelli 12. Name the Boer leader who grew up in Graaff-Reinet and who avenged the death of Piet Retief. 13. Across which river is the Hoover Dam built? 14. Which of the following is INCORRECT about Michael Jackson? A) He is a Nobel peace prize nominee; B) He was burnt by fireworks in a Pepsi commercial; C) There is a lunar crater named after him; D) He paid for the building of a mosque in Bahrain 15. What game is played on broomsticks in the Harry Potter books? 16. In which city is the medical drama ER set? 17. Who commanded the Natal army which finally relieved Ladysmith after several unsuccessful attempts during the Anglo-Boer War of 1900? 18. The U2 song “Angel of Harlem” was a tribute to which legendary jazz singer? 19. The Heinkel 178, built in 1938, was the first of its kind — what was it? 20. Which lock played for the Springboks in 1984 and then again in 1993 — a lapse of nine years?

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