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Brain test

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1. Name John Lennon’s second wife with whom he collaborat­ed on many albums, such as “Double Fantasy”, “The Wedding Album” and “Two Virgins”. 2. Name the largest known planet in the solar system. 3. Which superhero’s alter ego is Bruce Banner? 4. Which country has Flemish, Walloon and German as official languages? 5. What is the Mexican name for a blanket with a hole in the centre which is used as a cloak? 6. What colour was the bottom horizontal band in the old South African flag? 7. According to the Anglo-Saxon legend, who rode naked through the streets of Coventry on her horse? 8. With what sport would you associate the names Vladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather and Voyani Bungu? 9. Which company produces the X-Box series of gaming consoles? 10. Who sculpted The Kiss in 1886? 11. He produced “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. Like him, his father was an actor and he married a Welsh Oscar-winning actress. Who is he? 12. Name the musical feature film that includes the songs: “Knock on Wood”, “It Had To Be You”, and “As Time Goes By”. 13. The poker hand with a combinatio­n of aces and eights is known by what name? A) A Monkey’s Biscuit; B) Bullets and Rifles; C) Dead man’s hand; D) The German Virgins 14. Of which theatrical art was Marcel Marceau a leading exponent? 15. What is the title of the song that begins with the words “In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep”? 16. What metal is extracted from bauxite? A) Lead B) Gold C) Aluminium D) Tungsten 17. The Mazanares flows through which European capital city? A) Lisbon; B) Madrid; C) Luxembourg; D) Belgrade 18. Name Dingaan’s half-brother who organised a revolt, along with the Andries Pretorius Burghers, against Dingaan. 19. What word takes its name from the old practice that money lenders, if they became insolvent, traditiona­lly had their money lending bench broken? 20. James Naismith invented which sport in 1892? A) Basketball, B) Squash; C) Baseball; D) Rugby

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