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

The Wizard of Oz

A Star is Born

Meet Me in St Louis

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

Charles Parnell

Michael Collins

Roger Casement

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

Henry VIII

Henry V

George II

4. What is the metric area of a hectare?

10,000 m2

100,000 m2

1000 m2

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

Operation Market Garden

Operation Jackal

Operation Sea Lion

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

Navy

Air force

Land Army

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

Paul

Saul

Jacob

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

Damon Hill

Michael Schumacher

David Coulthard

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

Martin Scorsese

Howard Hawks