BRAIN test

The theme is Alphabet Soup.

1. What “A” is an actress who played the role of Rachel Green in the TV series “Friends”?

2. What “C” is the famous actress married to Javier Bardem?

3. What “D” completes the title of the Charles Dickens novel “The Mystery of Edwin …”.

4. What “E” was an English queen who famously defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?

5. What “F” was the name of RnB singer Lauryn Hill’s band that she sang in before going solo?

6. What “G” was the first player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket? (Clue: he’s Indian.)

7. What “H” was a South African activist and politician who was assassinated in 1993, a year before the country’s first democratic elections?

8. What “I” has the capital Jakarta (pictured)?

9. What “J” wrote “The Portrait of a Lady”?

10. What “K” is an actor who has starred in the following films: “Beetlejuice”, “Batman” and “Birdman”?

11. What “L” is an English Premiership football team whose nickname is “The Reds”?

12. What “M” is the name of the strait, a natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, that separates mainland South America and Tierra del Fuego?

13. What “N” is the unit of measurement for force?

14. What “O” composed the classical anthem “O Fortuna” from his cantata “Carmina Burana”?

15. What “P” is a band that released the album “The Dark Side of the Moon” in 1973?

16. What “S” is the name of the Greek dish made with spinach and feta cheese wrapped in phyllo pastry?

17. What “T” is the medical term for the wind-pipe?

18. What “W” is an actor who played the role of Alonzo Harris, a corrupt LAPD detective who takes a rookie cop under his wing in the 2001 film “Training Day”? He won an Oscar for this role.

19. What “Y” is the currency of Japan?

20. What “Z” is a word that means “spirit or mood of a particular period of time”? It comes from the German words for “time” and “spirit”.

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