BRAIN test

This week it’s a gentle quiz

1. In which month is Hallowe’en? 2. What food links the words bonnet, jasmine and basmati?

3. With which of the arts would you associate the terms “lindy-hop”, “Pasodoble” and “kizomba”?

4. Which TV-game character was played by Angelina Jolie in 2001 and 2003 and was reprised by Alicia Vikander in 2018?

5. What links the death of the following film stars: James Dean, Paul Walker, Grace Kelly and Jayne Mansfield?

6. Which animal is shown on both the flags of Wales and Bhutan? A) Sheep, B) Snake, C) Dragon, D) Wolf

7. Which river flows along the southern border of Namibia? A) Kalahari River, B) Kunene River, C) Zambezi River, D) Orange River

8. What word links the surname of the singer of the 1966 hit “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, the home of “The Simpsons” and the same name given to towns in 25 US states?

9. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser was responsible for the nationalisation of which canal?

10. Where in the Ukraine did a nuclear reactor explode in 1986?

11. Complete the title of the

John le Carré novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier …”

12. In the story “Cinderella” into what was the pumpkin turned?

13. Which singer had his first number one with “Livin’ La Vida Loca?” A) Ricky Martin, B) Enrique Iglesias, C) Pitbull, D) Marc Anthony

14. Which girl band had hits with “Independent Women”, “Survivor” and “Say My Name”?

15. What is the opposite of the term “diurnal”?

16. Coal is made of what atom? A) Carbon, B) Potassium, C) Manganese, D) Lithium

17. With which country would you associate golfer Nick Price?

18. How many numbers are there on a dartboard?

19. The TV show “Young Sheldon” is a spin-off of which sitcom?

20. What is the most common scenario when a German-speaking person might say to another, “Gesundheit!?”

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