1. Which Ukrainian town was the scene of a nuclear reactor explosion in 1986?

Lviv

Odessa

Chernobyl

2. Which founder of an acting dynasty starred in the films The Browning Version and The Go-Between?

Sir Michael Redgrave

Sir Henry Redgrave

Sir Steven Redgrave

3. What name is given to the nomadic peoples of the Syrian and Arabian deserts?

Bedouin

Kurds

Bashkirs

4. What was the first name of American jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington?

Edward

Ronald

Robert

5. What sort of flowers could be classified as hybrid teas or floribundas?

Poppies

Roses

Sunflowers

6. Which Greek shipowner married Jackie Kennedy in 1968?

Odysseas Elytis

Mikis Theodorakis

Aristotle Onassis

7. Of which country is the Baht the monetary unit?

Indonesia

Vietnam

Thailand

8. Which astronomical phenomena are found in millions in the Oort cloud beyond Pluto?

Comets

Stars

Meteorites

9. How many symphonies did Beethoven complete?

Nine

Twelve

Fifteen

10. Which city in Cambridgeshire was the stronghold of the Anglo-Saxon rebel Hereward the Wake?

Ely

Cambridge

Huntingdon