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

Uffizi

Louvre

Guggenheim

2. What sort of creature is an ibis?

A bear

A bird

A lizard

3. What is the capital of Uruguay?

Montevideo

Paramaribo

Asuncion

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

Fritz Lang

Wim Wenders

Werner Herzog

5. Who wrote Finnegans Wake?

James Joyce

Seamus Heaney

Samuel Beckett

6. In which sea does Dogger Bank lie?

Irish Sea

North 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?

S

E

O

9. Which poker hand consists of cards all in the same suit, irrespective of denomination?

A flush

A straight

A tight

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

Lithography

Calligraphy

Cartography