SUNDAY CHALLENGE
Which Cape Town-based musical impresarios won critical international acclaim with the musicals District Six: The Musical, Fairyland, Poison, and Kat And The Kings?
What is the height of the basket in basketball?
Which Italian-born actress and sex symbol once said, “If you haven’t cried, your eyes can’t be beautiful”?
They’re perhaps best known by Wagner’s tumultuous piece The Ride of the Valkyries, but who in Norse mythology are the Valkyries?
Which was Shakespeare’s last play? Which Steven Spielberg movie, released in 1982 and starring 10-yearold Henry Thomas, did Variety magazine describe as “the best Disney film ever made”?
Bob Marley had his Wailers, what was the name of the group that accompanied his eldest son Ziggy Marley?
What wonder drug was developed by US chemist Perry Julian in 1948 as an injection to relieve arthritis? It is used today for anything from sinus and eczema to sports injuries.
In 1947 scientists claimed that an Israeli psychic had a miniature radio implanted in his teeth allowing him to bend metal spoons and fix watches, a claim he flatly denied with a trip to the dentist? He was also sued by a Swedish woman who claimed he made her contraceptive loop ineffective. Who is he?
Who was the first woman to reach the No 1 spot on the UK charts in April 1953 with How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Which English painter, who was in fact more popular in his time in France than England, being highly influential on Delacroix, is remembered for his landscapes View On The Stour and The Haywain?
Which American novelist created the incorruptible private detective character Philip Marlowe, his best remembered novel being Farewell My Lovely?
Which Renaissance artist, sculptor and architect designed the 135m-high dome of St Peter’s Cathedral in Rome?
Who are the only two women to have won tennis’s grand slam without dropping a set in any of the four finals – they were both Americans (one naturalised), the first in 1953 and the second in 1983/84?
For which two movies has Liz Taylor won Oscars for Best Actress in 1961 and 1967?
What famous cocktail, containing vodka and tomato juice, was invented by a bartender at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in 1920?
What book published by Australian-born actress Pamela Travers in 1934 was made into a film for which Julie Andrews won an Oscar in 1965?
In Britain’s pre-decimal currency system, how much was a half-crown? And a crown?
Which South African actor played the role of Shaka in the television series Shaka Zulu?
Which island, situated in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland, has as its capital the town of Douglas? Across
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