1. Which Venetian painter of the Renaissance gave his name to a shade of red?

Auburno

Carmine

Titian

2. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?

Hogmanay

Hegemony

Hagminny

3. Which French novelist wrote Contes a Ninon?

Victor Hugo

Honore de Balzac

Emile Zola

4. Which Spanish city holds an annual fiesta in which bulls are driven through the streets?

Pamplona

Zaragoza

Bilbao

5. Which Scottish poet wrote Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?

C. Montgomery Burns

Peter Burns

Robert Burns

6. What is the chemical process by which a substance combines with oxygen to produce heat and light called?

Precipitation

Decomposition

Combustion

7. Diplopia is the technical name for which medical disorder?

Colour-blindness

Double vision

Short-sightedness

8. What is the name of the French national theatre which was founded in 1680?

Palais Garnier

Comedie Francaise

Theatre du Vieux-Colombier

9. Which Nobel prize-winning American novelist wrote The Good Earth?

Doris Lessing

Toni Morrison

Pearl S Buck

10. What name is given to nonflowering plants of a division that comprises mosses and liverworts?

Cryophytes

Dryophytes

Bryophytes