1. Which classic film starring Judy Garland was based on a novel by L Frank Baum?

Meet Me in St Louis

A Star is Born

The Wizard of Oz

2. Which British consular official and Irish nationalist was hanged for treason in 1916?

Charles Parnell

Roger Casement

Michael Collins

3. Which English king met Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

Henry V

Henry VIII

George II

4. What is the metric area of a hectare?

1000 m2

100,000 m2

10,000 m2

5. What was the military codename for the battle commonly perceived as "A bridge too far"?

Operation Sea Lion

Operation Jackal

Operation Market Garden

6. With which branch of the German armed forces was Alfred von Tirpitz associated?

Air force

Navy

Land Army

7. In the Old Testament who was the father of David's friend Jonathan?

Paul

Saul

Jacob

8. Which racing driver went out of the 1997 European Grand Prix after driving into Jacques Villeneuve?

David Coulthard

Michael Schumacher

Damon Hill

9. Which British novelist wrote The Go-Between?

L P Hartley

David Hartley

J R Hartley

10. Who directed the classic 1946 film version of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep?

Howard Hawks

Nicholas Ray

Martin Scorsese