1. What was the artistic profession of Wilhelm Furtwangler who died in 1954?

Conductor

Painter

Concert pianist

2. What is the full moon following the harvest moon called?

Hunter's Moon

Poacher's Moon

Une lune totale

3. With which theatrical genre are Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Adamov associated?

Theatre of the Catastrophic

Theatre of Comedy

Theatre of the Absurd

4. For which county did England cricketer Herbert Sutcliffe open the batting?

Somerset

Lancashire

Yorkshire

5. Which chemical element, symbol Lr, is named after the winner of the 1939 Nobel prize for physics?

Lawrencium

Lawcium

Littlium

6. What title was 3-year-old Ella Cox the last to hold, in 1997?

Miss Bonny

Miss Pears

Little Miss World

7. What was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses?

Battle of Bosworth Field

Battle of Naseby

Battle of Stirling Bridge

8. Which US sociologist wrote The Structure of Social Action?

Talcott Parsons

James Hoffman

Ricki Lake

9. Which disease characterised by stiffness and spasms is popularly called lockjaw?

Sciatica

Foot and mouth disease

Tetanus

10. Which element has the chemical symbol K?

Potassium

Calcium

Kryptonite