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BRAIN TEASER<br />
40-QUESTION QUIZ<br />
1. Which luxury car manufacturer’s<br />
logo features the coat of arms<br />
of Stuttgart?<br />
2. Which ingredient, made from the<br />
swim bladders of fi sh, is used to<br />
clarify beer and wine?<br />
3. What does a mycologist study?<br />
4. Twins Cameron and Tyler<br />
Winklevoss are linked to<br />
the creation of which<br />
famous website?<br />
5. In which city are the<br />
headquarters of the<br />
United Nations?<br />
6. Which two boxers fought in the<br />
Rumble in the Jungle?<br />
7. Lyricist Lorenz Hart is best<br />
known for his collaborations with<br />
which composer?<br />
8<br />
9. What type of pastry is used to make<br />
profi teroles and éclairs?<br />
10. Who won the Booker Prize for fi ction<br />
for Vernon God Little?<br />
11. Flying Jetstar Asia, where would you<br />
be visiting if you were in the country<br />
formerly known as Formosa?<br />
12. Who is the president of Puerto Rico?<br />
13. Ascorbic acid is a form of<br />
which nutrient?<br />
14. Which hit TV gangster<br />
show was created by<br />
David Chase?<br />
15. James Watson, Francis Crick and<br />
Maurice Wilkins won a Nobel Prize<br />
for their work on the structure of<br />
which molecule?<br />
16. Which famous 19th-century Polish<br />
068<br />
Which came first, the Iron<br />
Age or the Bronze Age?<br />
21<br />
Right: Isaac Newton<br />
This photo: The<br />
Sopranos<br />
composer is linked with<br />
the piano?<br />
17. Who is attributed with<br />
publishing the fi rst universal<br />
law of gravitation?<br />
18. Which two seas are connected by<br />
the Suez Canal?<br />
19. In Greek mythology, which river<br />
formed the boundary between Earth<br />
and the Underworld?<br />
20. The Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon<br />
made important advances in the<br />
production of which drink?<br />
What is the name of the largest<br />
island in the Philippines?<br />
22. Which fashion designer directed<br />
the movie A Single Man, starring<br />
Colin Firth…?<br />
23. …And who wrote the novel on which<br />
the movie is based?<br />
24. What is Danish<br />
architect Jørn<br />
Utzon’s most<br />
recognisable work?<br />
25. Peter Griffi n is the<br />
central character on which<br />
animated comedy series?<br />
26. Which part of a goose is<br />
used to make foie gras?<br />
27. What is the fi rst threedigit<br />
whole prime number?<br />
28. At which point do the<br />
Fahrenheit and Celsius<br />
temperature scales converge?<br />
29. Which Impressionist painter<br />
is famous for his works depicting<br />
ballet dancers?<br />
30. To whom was Humphrey Bogart<br />
married at the time of his death?<br />
31. In computer terminology, what do<br />
the initials USB stand for?<br />
32. How many teams now compete in<br />
the Super Rugby competition?<br />
33. Who wrote the famous military book<br />
The Art of War?<br />
34. By which name is the cold soup<br />
of leeks, potato and chicken<br />
stock known?<br />
35. What are creole and pidgin?<br />
36. Artist Bill Henson works in<br />
which medium?<br />
37. In which African country is the town<br />
of Timbuktu?<br />
38. Which acclaimed TV show<br />
is set in prohibition-era<br />
Atlantic City and stars<br />
Steve Buscemi?<br />
39. Who was the last offi cial Emperor<br />
of Russia?<br />
40. Which city is hosting the 2016<br />
Summer Olympics?<br />
35. Types of languages 36. Photography 37. Mali 38. Boardwalk Empire 39. Nicolas II 40. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<br />
26. Liver 27. 101 28. -40 29. Edgar Degas 30. Lauren Bacall 31. Universal Serial Bus 32. 15 33. Sun Tzu 34. Vichyssoise<br />
Sea 19. Styx 20. Champagne 21. Luzon 22. Tom Ford 23. Christopher Isherwood 24. Sydney Opera House 25. Family Guy<br />
13. Vitamin C 14. The Sopranos 15. DNA 16. Frédéric Chopin 17. Sir Isaac Newton 18. Mediterranean Sea and the Red<br />
7. Richard Rodgers 8. Bronze Age 9. Choux pastry 10. DBC Pierre (a.k.a Peter Finlay) 11. Taiwan 12. Barack Obama<br />
(SOLUTIONS) 1. Porsche 2. Isinglass 3. Fungi 4. Facebook 5. New York 6. George Foreman and Muhammad Ali
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