1. In which Paris museum and art gallery is the Mona Lisa housed?

Louvre

Uffizi

Guggenheim

2. What sort of creature is an ibis?

A bear

A bird

A lizard

3. What is the capital of Uruguay?

Asuncion

Montevideo

Paramaribo

4. Which German film-maker directed Metropolis and Dr Mabuse the Gambler?

Werner Herzog

Fritz Lang

Wim Wenders

5. Who wrote Finnegans Wake?

Samuel Beckett

Seamus Heaney

James Joyce

6. In which sea does Dogger Bank lie?

Irish Sea

Black Sea

North Sea

7. Which popular rock singer and pianist was born Reginald Dwight?

David Bowie

Elton John

Billy Joel

8. In morse code, which letter is represented by three dashes?

E

S

O

9. Which poker hand consists of cards all in the same suit, irrespective of denomination?

A straight

A flush

A tight

10. What is the science of map and chart making called?

Cartography

Lithography

Calligraphy