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

Uffizi

Guggenheim

Louvre

2. What sort of creature is an ibis?

A bird

A bear

A lizard

3. What is the capital of Uruguay?

Asuncion

Paramaribo

Montevideo

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

Wim Wenders

Werner Herzog

Fritz Lang

5. Who wrote Finnegans Wake?

Seamus Heaney

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

6. In which sea does Dogger Bank lie?

North Sea

Irish Sea

Black Sea

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

Elton John

David Bowie

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 tight

A flush

A straight

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

Cartography

Lithography

Calligraphy