The daily quiz

1. Which famous novelist began a tour here on this day in 1872 — Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope?

2. Milan’s La Scala opened on this day in 1778 with an opera by Gluck, Mozart, Salieri?

3. David Seymour’s Epsom majority is more than 5500 — true or false?

4. Which leader did historian Miranda Carter call “a bad-tempered, distractible doofus” — Tsar Nicholas II, Donald Trump, Kaiser Wilhelm II?

5. The Yardbirds went on to become which rock group?

6. The women’s British Open has started at which famous links?

7. The Perigord is mostly famous for claret, cheese, truffles?

8. Which big city has banned Styrofoam from January 1?

9. Misandry is a dislike of animals, men, women?

10. Which Irishman said “If there were only three Irishmen left in the world you’d find two of them in a corner talking about the other”?