124 | August• 2017- Midas. 2. Portugal. 3. A fly. 4. Snow, which usually falls only on some of Hawaii’s highest peaksANSWERS:
.8.ItisaBirdman several times a year. 5. They committed suicide. 6. The USA–Canadian border at 8891 km. 7.type of spread from Provence made from olives, capers, anchovies and oil. 9. You would work as a guide, mostprobably at an art gallery or museum. 10. Jazz. 11. Liverpool FC. 12. The ballpoint pen, in 1938. 13. Sulphuriccompounds. 14. Cartilaginous fishes, which include sharks. 15. Three.7.Name the 2015 Oscar
winner for Best Picture.
1 point
8.What kind of food is a
tapenade and what are
its main ingredients?
2 points
9.If you worked as a docent,
what would you do?2 points
10.New Orleans is known
as the birthplace of what
genre of music?1 point
11.Which English Premier
League football club supporters
traditionally sing the song
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
before each match?1 point
12.Laszlo Biro invented what
commonly used device?1 point
13.What is it in onions that makes us
shed tears when we cut them?1 point
14.What kind of vertebrates have
a skeleton made of cartilage
instead of bone?1 point1.In Greek mythology, who
turned all that he touched
into gold?1 point
2.Which seafaring
country has a
navigational instrument
(armillary sphere) on its
green and red flag?2 points
3.Animal rights organisation
PETA disapproved of Barack
Obama’s ‘execution’ of what
creature during a 2009
TV interview?1 point
4.The Hawaiian deity Poli’ahu
is associated with a weather
phenomenon that occurs in Hawaii
infrequently. Which one?1 point
5.These six Biblical figures
(Abimelech, Samson, Saul,
Ahithophel, Zimri and Judas) all died
in the same way. How?1point
6.What’s the longest international
border between two countries in
the world?2 points16-20 Gold medal 11-15 Silver medal 6-10 Bronze medal 0-5 Wooden spoonTEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGETrivia
BRAIN POWER
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heartsdoes an
octopus have?
2 points