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

Werner Herzog

Wim Wenders

5. Who wrote Finnegans Wake?

Seamus Heaney

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

6. In which sea does Dogger Bank lie?

North Sea

Irish Sea

Black Sea

7. Which popular rock singer and pianist was born Reginald Dwight?

David Bowie

Elton John

Billy Joel

8. In morse code, which letter is represented by three dashes?

S

O

E

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

A straight

A flush

A tight

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

Cartography

Lithography

Calligraphy