BRAINtest

1. What is the parent company for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp?

2. In which city is the Islamic site, the Dome of the Rock?

3. If someone is lachrymose, what might one find them doing a lot?

4. Which No 1 hit links

Elvis Presley to UB40?

5. How many reeds does an oboe have?

6. Which creature has types called thresher, carpet and basking?

7. With 139 Test caps, which Australian rugby scrumhalf holds the Australian record for most caps?

8. The TV series “Wednesday” is a spin-off of which film/TV franchise?

9. What was the nationality of composer Frédéric Chopin? A) Polish, B) French, C) Russian, D) Austrian

10. Who directed Mia Farrow in the 1968 film “Rosemary’s Baby”?

11. Who played the character The Tramp in films such as “Kid Auto Races at Venice”, “City Lights” and “Modern Times”?

12. What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights (pictured)?

13. In which city in Spain would you experience the famous “Running of the Bulls” festival?

14. On crossing which river did Julius Caesar famously say, “The die is cast”?

15. What was the reason US president Franklin D Roosevelt had a wheelchair? A) Motor vehicle accident, B) Paralysis from a fall, C) Polio,

D) A birth deformity

16. Which Joseph Heller book describes a “no win” situation?

17. How old was Adrian Mole when he started writing his diary?

18. What metal is typically used for a filament in an incandescent light bulb?

19. Who captained England in cricket’s infamous “Bodyline Series”?

20. Who would have worn a gorget, pauldron, beaver and greave?

21. On which product does Nedbank offer an effective interest rate of up to 12.42% after 60 months?

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