1. According to Greek legend which war was precipitated when King Menelaus's wife Helen fled Sparta with Paris?

The Trojan War

First Messenian War

Cylonian Affair

2. Which German-born US diplomat was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War?

Richard Nixon

Henry Kissinger

Spiro Agnew

3. What sort of creature is a parakeet?

A rodent

A bird

A lizard

4. Which branch of mathematics uses symbols to represent unknown quantities?

Addition

Algebra

Geometry

5. Which Latin expression indicating a sudden and improbable resolution literally means 'god from the machinery'?

Eureka

Carpe Diem

Deus ex machina

6. Which US film actor starred in the classic westerns Red River and Rio Bravo?

Gary Cooper

Ronald Reagan

John Wayne

7. Of which Middle Eastern country is Alexandria the second largest city?

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

8. Which German composer wrote the opera Orfeo ed Euridice?

Johannes Brahms

Christoph Gluck

Richard Strauss

9. What sort of creature is a John Dory?

A fish

A primate

An insect

10. Which Roman emperor murdered his wife Octavia in order to marry Poppaea?

Caligula

Nero

Claudius