1. Which dramatic and dangerous horse race is run in July and August in the Tuscan city of Siena?

The Palio

The Malio

The Dalio

2. Which planet is approximately 150 million kilometres from the sun?

Venus

Earth

Mars

3. Who designed and flew the first British jet aircraft?

Sir Frank Whittle

Barnes Wallace

Stanley Hooker

4. Which pop group had a hit single with Suicide Blonde?

INXS

Depeche Mode

Duran Duran

5. Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a bronze statue at the entrance to a harbour?

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Statue of Zeus

The Colossus of Rhodes

6. What is a comic old woman in pantomime usually played by a man called?

A dime

A dame

A dome

7. Which Irish missionary and abbot set up a monastery on Iona?

St Columba

St Mungo

St Patrick

8. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

Cole Porter

Irving Berlin

Bing Crosby

9. Which 7th century BC Athenian lawgiver was famous for his severe code of laws?

Pericles

Solon

Draco

10. In which U.S. state is Mount Palomar a site of a famous astronomical observatory?

Hawaii

Oregon

California