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BRAIN TEASER<br />
40-QUESTION QUIZ<br />
1<br />
Robert Downey Jr, Chris<br />
Hemsworth and Scarlett<br />
Johansson star in which<br />
super-hero action film?<br />
2. What is the name of the<br />
sweet soy sauce used in<br />
Indonesian cuisine?<br />
3. Which team in the AFL is coached by<br />
Kevin Sheedy?<br />
4. What does an MMR vaccine<br />
protect against?<br />
5. Which enduring artist’s latest album<br />
is called Kisses On The Bottom?<br />
6. Which event, in 1975, marked the<br />
end of the Vietnam War?<br />
7. By which name is Siddhartha<br />
Gautama more commonly known?<br />
8. Which car manufacturer has a<br />
name that means “I Roll” in Latin?<br />
9. Which country was formally known<br />
as Persia?<br />
10. Who is the premier of Queensland?<br />
11. Which Greek letter is used to<br />
represent the ratio of a circle’s<br />
circumference to its diameter?<br />
12. The government of which country<br />
is based in Putrajaya?<br />
13. What was the name of the fi rst<br />
cloned mammal?<br />
14. Which author wrote The Dark Tower<br />
series of novels?<br />
074<br />
15. What is used to<br />
fl avour the Greek<br />
wine retsina?<br />
16. Which part of the<br />
body is affected by<br />
carpal tunnel syndrome?<br />
17. Born To Die is the<br />
debut album of which<br />
American singer?<br />
18. Which river runs<br />
through the<br />
Grand Canyon?<br />
19. Which pseudoscience<br />
involves the study of<br />
lumps and bumps on a<br />
person’s skull?<br />
20. Shin Bet is the internal<br />
security service of<br />
which country?<br />
21. Flying Jetstar Asia,<br />
where would<br />
you be visiting<br />
if you landed at<br />
Ninoy Aquino<br />
International<br />
Airport?<br />
22. Which stringed<br />
instrument has a<br />
name in Hawaiian<br />
that translates as<br />
“jumping fl ea”?<br />
23. What is the name<br />
of Madonna’s<br />
latest album?<br />
24. Aussie sportsman James<br />
Magnussen is the current world<br />
champion in which event?<br />
25. Who performed the fi rst successful<br />
human heart transplant?<br />
26. Birds from which family produce the<br />
nests used for bird’s nest soup?<br />
27. Which American author wrote the<br />
novel Gravity’s Rainbow?<br />
28. Who is the chairman and CEO of<br />
News Corporation?<br />
29. Triathlon comprises which<br />
three sports?<br />
30. What is the name of the Julia<br />
Roberts movie based on the story<br />
of Snow White?<br />
31. What is an autodidact?<br />
32. The Vans footwear company is<br />
primarily associated with which sport?<br />
33. What type of animal can be<br />
described as a bellwether?<br />
34. What is the currency of Vietnam?<br />
35. What is the name of Bugs Bunny’s<br />
alien adversary in the Looney<br />
Tunes cartoons?<br />
36<br />
Which US painter of the<br />
abstract expressionist<br />
movement is famous<br />
for his drip paintings?<br />
37. What type of animal is the<br />
videogame character called Sonic?<br />
38. What puts the pink into a Pink<br />
Gin cocktail?<br />
39. What is the offi cial language<br />
of Brazil?<br />
40. Folic acid is a type of<br />
which vitamin?<br />
(SOLUTIONS) 1. The Avengers 2. Kecap manis 3. Greater Western Sydney Giants 4. Measles, mumps and rubella 5. Paul McCartney<br />
6. Fall of Saigon 7. Buddha 8. Volvo 9. Iran 10. Campbell Newman 11. Pi 12. Malaysia 13. Dolly (sheep) 14. Stephen King 15. Pine<br />
resin 16. Hands 17. Lana Del Rey 18. Colorado River 19. Phrenology 20. Israel 21. Manila, Philippines 22. Ukulele 23. MDNA<br />
24. 100m freestyle swimming 25. Christiaan Barnard 26. Swift 27. Thomas Pynchon 28. Rupert Murdoch 29. Swimming, cycling,<br />
running 30. Mirror Mirror 31. Self-taught person 32. Skateboarding 33. Male sheep 34. Dông 35. Marvin the Martian<br />
36. Jackson Pollock 37. Hedgehog 38. Angostura bitters 39. Portuguese 40. Vitamin B<br />
PHOTO: ALAMY (BOTTOM)
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