1. Which dramatic and dangerous horse race is run in July and August in the Tuscan city of Siena?

The Palio

The Malio

The Dalio

2. Which planet is approximately 150 million kilometres from the sun?

Mars

Earth

Venus

3. Who designed and flew the first British jet aircraft?

Sir Frank Whittle

Stanley Hooker

Barnes Wallace

4. Which pop group had a hit single with Suicide Blonde?

Depeche Mode

Duran Duran

INXS

5. Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a bronze statue at the entrance to a harbour?

The Statue of Zeus

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Colossus of Rhodes

6. What is a comic old woman in pantomime usually played by a man called?

A dome

A dime

A dame

7. Which Irish missionary and abbot set up a monastery on Iona?

St Mungo

St Patrick

St Columba

8. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

Cole Porter

Irving Berlin

Bing Crosby

9. Which 7th century BC Athenian lawgiver was famous for his severe code of laws?

Pericles

Draco

Solon

10. In which U.S. state is Mount Palomar a site of a famous astronomical observatory?

Hawaii

California

Oregon