SUNDAY CHALLENGE

1 When is World Literacy Day celebrated?

2 What are the seven wonders of the ancient world?

3 What is the name of the whistle-blower who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013?

4 What animated sci-fi sitcom documents the misadventures of a scientist and his grandson?

5 What is the only known animal to carry leprosy, an age-old disease that causes skin and nerve damage?

6 Which abstract expressionist was known for using the “drip technique” in his work?

7 What movement in psychology rejected behaviourism and psychoanalysis as being too deterministic and instead advocated treating the person as a free individual able to direct their own behaviour?

8 With more than 21, who holds the record for most Oscar nominations?

9 Which main character in Homer’s Iliad, son of the sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War?

10 Which Egyptian god was often represented as a falcon, or as a man with the head of a falcon?

11 What animal’s fingerprints are almost identical to that of humans?

12 What is the name of the coffee shop where the characters in the TV series Friends hang out?

13 In Apocalypse Now, actor Robert Duvall says, “I love the smell of _____ in the morning”.

14 South Africa accounts for 80% of the world’s production of which precious metal? 15 What goes by slowly in “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers?

16 Who created the formula for the popular soft drink Coca-cola?

17 Do apples, peaches, apricots and raspberries all belong to the rose family. True or false?

18 Where is the famous “Pig Beach”, where it’s common to see swimming pigs, located? 19 While the Easter Bunny brings children eggs in SA, what sort of critter delivers the goods in Westphalia, Germany?

20 Whakapohane, in the Maori culture, is a physical gesture of disapproval or contempt. By what name in Western culture is this action generally known by?