Test your knowledge

1 Who was the author of The Art of War?

2 The quagga is an extinct subspecies of which animal?

3 Proverbially, what is mightier than the sword?

4 In which century did Rococo art and architecture develop?

5 In which organ of the body is insulin produced?

6 Loki is the trickster god of what mythology?

7 To publicly declare one’s approval or support is to what?

8 What are the two official languages of East Timor?

9 Isinglass is a form of what?

10 Which musician composed The Microsoft-Sound?

11 What is the Scots word for the celebration of New Year?

12 The escudo is the currency of which former Portuguese colony?

13 In which country is the Khwae Yai located?

14 On which island are the Dominican Republic and Haiti located?

15 Who was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water? 16 What is the approximate length of the Pacific Highway in Australia? 17 What is the name of the pigment that makes leaves green?

18 What creature does a lepidopterist study and/or collect?

19 What instrument did jazz legend Jean “Django” Reinhardt play?

20 What is coriander called in the US? 21 How many time zones does Russia span?

22 In what sea are the Spratly Islands? 23 Where is the only place in Europe where you would find monkeys living in the wild?

24 The River Shannon flows through which country?

25 According to folklore, what vegetable is used to repel vampires? 26 A yurt is a portable dwelling structure with a cover traditionally made from what?

27 What is the name of the basketball team that represents Chicago in the NBA?

28 What colour is a female blackbird? 29 Which Oscar-winning director began his career playing Richie Cunningham in the US TV series Happy-Days?

30 Which 19th- century landscape painter is purported to have tied himself to the mast of a ship in order to experience a storm at sea? Answers, this page