1. Which Spanish city is the capital of Catalonia?

Barcelona

Madrid

Cataluna

2. In which royal fortress on the Thames were Lady Jane Grey and Anne Boleyn imprisoned?

Fotheringhay Castle

The Tower of London

Windsor Castle

3. According to Greek legend a centaur was a cross between a human and which other animal?

Bull

Goat

Horse

4. What is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?

One hundred degrees

Zero degrees

One thousand degrees

5. What was a pennyfarthing?

A sweet

A coin

A bicycle

6. In which city can the Arc de Triomphe be found?

Nantes

Paris

Rennes

7. Which German filmmaker directed Fitzcarraldo?

Fritz Lang

Dziga Vertov

Werner Herzog

8. What sort of creature is a sanderling?

A bird

A rodent

A frog

9. In which country can the Great Slave Lake be found?

USA

Mexico

Canada

10. Of which country was Richard Seddon prime minister from 1893 to 1906?

Britain

Australia

New Zealand