1. Which classic film starring Judy Garland was based on a novel by L Frank Baum?

A Star is Born

Meet Me in St Louis

The Wizard of Oz

2. Which British consular official and Irish nationalist was hanged for treason in 1916?

Michael Collins

Charles Parnell

Roger Casement

3. Which English king met Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Henry V

George II

Henry VIII

4. What is the metric area of a hectare?

10,000 m2

1000 m2

100,000 m2

5. What was the military codename for the battle commonly perceived as "A bridge too far"?

Operation Jackal

Operation Sea Lion

Operation Market Garden

6. With which branch of the German armed forces was Alfred von Tirpitz associated?

Air force

Land Army

Navy

7. In the Old Testament who was the father of David's friend Jonathan?

Saul

Paul

Jacob

8. Which racing driver went out of the 1997 European Grand Prix after driving into Jacques Villeneuve?

David Coulthard

Michael Schumacher

Damon Hill

9. Which British novelist wrote The Go-Between?

J R Hartley

L P Hartley

David Hartley

10. Who directed the classic 1946 film version of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep?

Nicholas Ray

Howard Hawks

Martin Scorsese