Brain test
1. Which of these football teams wear red for their home games? A) Chelsea; B) Real Madrid; C) Barcelona; D) Liverpool 2. The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean to which sea? 3. In which film did Sean Connery play a Russian submarine captain who is trying to defect to the US during the Cold War? 4. In US east coast gang culture, if the blues are the ‘‘Crips”, then who are ‘‘the Reds”? 5. What type of creature is a red admiral? 6. In the film ‘‘Moulin Rouge”, named after the area of Paris, what does ‘‘moulin’’ mean? 7. Colloquially known as ‘‘The Little Red Book’’, it is also one of the top three books ever printed by number. Who wrote it? 8. How many red balloons did the German 1980s singer Nena sing about? 9. Identify the song by the lyrics, ‘‘I’ve never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight, I’ve never seen you shine so bright”. 10. On which planet in the solar system would you find the giant red spot? 11. The Reds Super Rugby franchise play their home games in which city? A) Sydney; B) Wellington, C) Melbourne; D) Brisbane 12. Famous explorer Erik the Red (about 1 000AD) was born in which modern-day country? 13. In F1, what does a red flag signify? A) You’re about to be lapped; B) A suspended race; C) Disqualification; D) The safety car has been deployed 14. Name the award-winning British science-fiction comedy show that ran over 10 seasons. It takes its name from a celestial object. 15. Which Italian Baroque composer was ordained and gained the nickname Il Prete Rosso (or the Red Priest)? A) Vivaldi, B) Verdi, C) Puccini; D) Rossini 16. What word is used as both the name of a South American capital and a red spice? 17. What ‘‘red” was the name of the Italian terrorist organisation active during the 1970s who bombed Milan and Rome? 18. Name the Kenya-born author, famous for her historical novels ‘‘The Other Boleyn Girl” and ‘‘The Red Queen’’? 19. What is the common term used to describe the discolouration of sea water caused by dinoflagellate blooms? 20. Which Hollywood star married Josephine Dillon and starred in ‘‘Red Dust” and ‘‘Strange Interlude”?
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