Brain test

1. In which modern-day country was Leonardo da Vinci born? A) Greece, B) Italy, C) Germany, D) Switzerland 2. Name the lyricist who teamed up with Andrew Lloyd Webber to write lyrics in musicals such as “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat”. 3. In the Christopher Nolandirected “Batman” trilogy, who plays the role of Batman? 4. Alongside which body of water would you be if you were at the lowest point on land? 5. What three-letter word is the common collective noun to describe a group of dolphins? 6. What colour is tanzanite? 7. Name the battle in 1815 in which the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon. 8. What word beginning with “epi” is an injection into the area around the spinal cord? 9. Who wrote “Of Mice and Men” and “The Grapes of Wrath”? 10. The lack of which vitamin causes scurvy? 11. With which sport would one associate the name Nadia Comaneci? 12. I am the late leader and revolutionary who was born Nguyen. I once worked as a pastry chef in London and then lived in the USSR, US and France. I resemble a fast-food chicken colonel. Who am I? 13. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain famously all died at the same age. How old were they? 14. Some say it was written about Mick Jagger, some Warren Beatty others James Taylor — however, who wrote and first performed the song “You’re so Vain”? 15. The River Clyde flows through which European city? 16. What became known during the Second World War as a “Mae West”? A) Air-raid siren, B) On field radio; C) First aid kit; D) Inflatable life jacket 17. Which Shakespeare play contains the lines “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”? 18. What letter is normally used to denote the square-root of -1 in mathematics? 19. Name the German who was the first person to win the soccer World Cup as both captain and then head coach. 20. On which TV show did Johnny Depp rise to fame?

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