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

The Malio

The Dalio

The Palio

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

Earth

Mars

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?

INXS

Depeche Mode

Duran Duran

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

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Statue of Zeus

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 Columba

St Patrick

8. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

Irving Berlin

Cole Porter

Bing Crosby

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

Draco

Pericles

Solon

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

Oregon

California

Hawaii