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

Chernobyl

Lviv

Odessa

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?

Bashkirs

Bedouin

Kurds

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

Ronald

Edward

Robert

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

Sunflowers

Poppies

Roses

6. Which Greek shipowner married Jackie Kennedy in 1968?

Aristotle Onassis

Mikis Theodorakis

Odysseas Elytis

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

Vietnam

Indonesia

Thailand

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

Comets

Meteorites

Stars

9. How many symphonies did Beethoven complete?

Nine

Fifteen

Twelve

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

Cambridge

Ely

Huntingdon