1. Which Venetian painter of the Renaissance gave his name to a shade of red?

Auburno

Carmine

Titian

2. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?

Hegemony

Hagminny

Hogmanay

3. Which French novelist wrote Contes a Ninon?

Victor Hugo

Emile Zola

Honore de Balzac

4. Which Spanish city holds an annual fiesta in which bulls are driven through the streets?

Bilbao

Zaragoza

Pamplona

5. Which Scottish poet wrote Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?

Peter Burns

C. Montgomery Burns

Robert Burns

6. What is the chemical process by which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat and light called?

Decomposition

Combustion

Precipitation

7. Diplopia is the technical name for which medical disorder?

Short-sightedness

Colour-blindness

Double vision

8. What is the name of the French national theatre which was founded in 1680?

Theatre du Vieux-Colombier

Palais Garnier

Comedie Francaise

9. Which Nobel prize-winning American novelist wrote The Good Earth?

Doris Lessing

Pearl S Buck

Toni Morrison

10. What name is given to nonflowering plants of a division that comprises mosses and liverworts?

Cryophytes

Dryophytes

Bryophytes