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1. Where was the operatic tenor Enrico Caruso born?
A Spain
B Italy
C Argentina
D Tunisia
2. Who wrote the series of stories about New York life collected in Guys and Dolls?
A Damon Ross
B Damon Runyon
C Damon Rex
D Damon Rogers
3. Which former president of South Africa refused to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
A PW Motha
B PW Botha
C PW Totha
D PW Sotha
4. Whose first novel is A Parliamentary Affair?
A Geoffrey Archer B Edwina Currie C Jonathan Aitken D Virginia Bottomley
5. Which rare heavy metallic element has the symbol Re?
A Rhenium
B Radon
C Radium
D Ruthenium
6. In which new BBC2 show does Sara Cox talk to celebrity panellists about their favourite books?
A Between You and Me B Between the Lines C Between the Sheets D Between the Covers
7. What was Dick Turpin’s horse called?
A Black Beauty B Black Bess C Black Wind D Black Angel
8. Which French monarch was known as the Sun King?
A Louis XIV
B Louis I
C Louis IV
D Louis XIV
9. What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models called?
A Stuffidermy B Taxidermy C Animalermy D Gratidermy
10. What name is given to plants that complete their life cycle within one year?
A Yearlies B Annuals C One timers D Year plants
11. How many yards are there in a furlong? 12. Which bird’s Latin name is Passer domesticus?
A House sparrow B Canary
C Robin D Starling
13. In classical mythology who turned Odysseus’s men into swine?
A Circe
B Demeter
C Persephone
D Medusa
14. In what year did the D-Day landings take place?
A 1944 B 1943 C 1942 D 1945
15. Who wrote the novel Trilby which featured the hypnotist Svengali?
A Thomas Hardy
B William Thackeray C George Du Maurier D William James