BRAIN test
This week’s theme is alphabet soup. 1. What “A” in opera is the name of a long composition for solo voice and instrumental accompaniment?
2. What “B” are flageolet and cannellini?
3. What “C” is an American rapper who has had number 1 hits in 2017/2018 with “Bodak Yellow”, “I Like It” and “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5? A) Charli XCX, B) Carli B, C) Ciara, D) Chanel West Coast
4. What “E” is a country that Margaret Thatcher’s son, Mark Thatcher, pleaded guilty to organising a coup in?
5. What “F” won an Oscar for playing the musician Ray Charles in the biopic “Ray”?
6. What “G” are grown by viticulturists?
7. What “H” is a Dutch artist who painted the “Laughing Cavalier”?
8. What “I” is a Beatles song with the opening line: “Oh yeah I, tell you something, I think you’ll understand”?
9. What “J” has played Nick Fury in “Marvel Cinematic Universe” since 2008?
10. What “K” captained the English football team at the 2018 Fifa World Cup?
11. What “L” is a city that hosted the 1984 Olympic Games?
12. What “M” is the British ship that was transporting South African (mainly black) troops in 1917 when it was rammed by a large cargo ship and sank, killing 646 troops?
13. What “N” is a TV drama series following the lives of country music singers in Tennessee? It stars Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere and Clare Bowen. A) “Nugent”, B) “Nebraska”, C) “Nashville”, D) “Ninety-Nine”
14. What “O” is a John Steinbeck novel revolving around the characters Lenny and George?
15. What “P” is a novel by Jane Austen featuring the Bennet family?
16. What “R” was the one-drop test, the brown paper bag test and the pencil test used for historically?
17. What “S” are Pitman and Gregg two types of?
18. What “T” is a US State where you’d find the cities of Austin, Dallas and Houston?
19. What “U” is the name given to the shadow of the earth on the moon?
20. What “W” is the name for the phenomenon of ghostly light seen over marshes (also known as jacko’-lantern) thought to be caused by oxidising methane and phosphine? Answers on this page