BRAINtest

1. What “I” is an American picturesharing platform which reached 1-billion users in 2019?

2. In what year was the film “Pretty Woman” released? A) 1976, B) 1982, C) 1985, D) 1990

3. What type of meat would one get if one ordered ceviche?

4. What are the first eight words of the sonnet which contains the words: “Thou art more lovely and more temperate”?

5. What is the name of Dr Jekyll’s alter ego in the Robert Louis Stevenson book?

6. Of what is the parsec a measure? A) Distance, B) Time, C) Light intensity, D) Strength

7. For what psychological theory is the psychologist Abraham Maslow most noted?

8. In cricket, when the ball goes between slip and gully and is fielded on the boundary, what is this position called?

9. In which century was the first European opera written?

10. Which of these is not a type of joint in wood work? A) Rabbet, B) Half lap, C) John Hickory, D) Dove tail

11. Which of these films was not directed by Steven Spielberg? A) “Always”, B) “Conan the Barbarian”, C) “Catch Me If You Can”, D) “Minority Report”

12. Name the capital city that is situated on the river Spree. A) Stockholm, B) Berlin, C) The Hague, D) Warsaw

13. Which country is made up of the islands St Brandon, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands as well as the island from which the nation takes its name? A) Puerto Rico, B) Mauritius, C) Maldives, D) Sri Lanka

14. What does the Q stand for in the acronym Nasdaq?

15. With which conflict would one associate the efforts of Florence Nightingale?

16. Name the Natal University lecturer, a friend of Steve Biko and a leading figure in student politics of the 1970s, who was assassinated through the window of his Durban home on January 8 1978. A) Michael Epstein, B) Ruth First, C) Richard Turner, D) Neil Aggett

17. What is the closest meaning of diaphanous? A) Delicate, B) Transparent, C) Two-flavoured, D) Living in the water and on land

18. Complete the title of the boy band: 5 seconds of … A) Glory, B) Mania, C) Summer, D) Pleasure

19. Which young musician sometimes goes by the name “Angelo Mysterioso”? A) Ed Sheeran, B) Nick Jonas, C) Justin Bieber, D) Shawn Mendes

20. With which sport would you associate the terms spike, pancake and joust?

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