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

Carmine

Titian

Auburno

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

Hogmanay

Hagminny

Hegemony

3.Which French novelist wrote Contes a Ninon?

Honore de Balzac

Emile Zola

Victor Hugo

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

Pamplona

Zaragoza

Bilbao

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

C. Montgomery Burns

Peter Burns

Robert Burns

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

Combustion

Decomposition

Precipitation

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

Short-sightedness

Double vision

Colour-blindness

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

Comedie Francaise

Palais Garnier

Theatre du Vieux-Colombier

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

Pearl S Buck

Doris Lessing

Toni Morrison

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

Bryophytes

Cryophytes

Dryophytes