1. Which Venetian painter of the Renaissance gave his name to a shade of red?

Carmine

Auburno

Titian

2. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?

Hogmanay

Hegemony

Hagminny

3. Which French novelist wrote Contes a Ninon?

Honore de Balzac

Victor Hugo

Emile Zola

4. Which Spanish city holds an annual fiesta in which bulls are driven through the streets?

Bilbao

Pamplona

Zaragoza

5. Which Scottish poet wrote Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?

Peter Burns

C. Montgomery Burns

Robert Burns

6. What is the chemical process by which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat and light called?

Decomposition

Precipitation

Combustion

7. Diplopia is the technical name for which medical disorder?

Double vision

Short-sightedness

Colour-blindness

8. What is the name of the French national theatre which was founded in 1680?

Palais Garnier

Comedie Francaise

Theatre du Vieux-Colombier

9. Which Nobel prize-winning American novelist wrote The Good Earth?

Toni Morrison

Doris Lessing

Pearl S Buck

10. What name is given to nonflowering plants of a division that comprises mosses and liverworts?

Bryophytes

Dryophytes

Cryophytes