BRAIN test

1. An aircraft and ship’s speed is typically measured in what unit of speed?

2. Name the actress common to the films “Dangerous Game”, “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Evita”.

3. In the Southern Hemisphere it’s the tropic of Capricorn, what is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

4. What best describes a cartologist? A) Heart surgeon, B) Map creator, C) Wagon builder, D) Spoon collector

5. Which musician has had number ones with “I Just Called to Say I

Love You”, “Superstition” and “You are the Sunshine of My Life”?

6. Which group had number one hits with “Message in a Bottle”, “Every Breath You Take” and “Roxanne”?

7. Since 2009 the Dakar Rally has taken place on which continent?

8. The Red Sox play out of which US city?

9. Which comedian has released the stand-up TV specials “Son of Patricia”, “Pay Back the Funny” and “It’s My Culture”?

10. Who painted “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”? A) Hokusai, B) Kanaoka, C) Yoshitoshi, D) Hiroshige

11. Who directed the following films? “The Graduate”, “Postcards from the Edge” and “The Birdcage”? A) Mike Nesbitt, B) Mike Nichols, C) Mike Powell, D) Mike Curtiz

12. Which is the world’s longest river that does not have a single bridge crossing it? A) Nile,

B) Congo, C) Yangtze, D) Amazon 13. What are a monkeyfist, a Stevedore and an Eskimo bowline? 14. What “B” is the alter ego of comic superhero T’Challa?

15. Kim Campbell became the first female Prime Minister of which country in 1993? 16. Which country asked Albert Einstein to become its president? He declined the offer.

17. As dogs were not allowed, what did the poet Lord Byron keep as a pet at university? A) Wolf, B) Bear, C) Parrot, D) Goat

18. Who wrote the science-fiction set of short stories called “The Martian Chronicles”? A) Isaac Asimov, B) Arthur C Clark,

C) Ray Bradbury, D) Gene Roddenberry

19. Roughly how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth from the surface of the sun? A) Eight seconds, B) Eight minutes, C) Eight hours, D) Eight days

20. What “S” is a monkey found in South Africa also known as the Sykes or white-throated monkey? It’s named after a town in the Ivory Coast.

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