Art and Literature

1. Dickens wrote one novel with a female narrative. Which one was it?

2. Name

a) the heroine of Mansfield Park ..

b) the children in Turn of the Screw ..

c) Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ husband? ..

3. Which children’s writer married Trotsky’s secretary? ..

4. In ancient Greek mythology, who is:

a) the god of dreams ..

b) the god of sleep ..

c) the god of fertility ..

5. What was writer Charles Dodgson's pseudonym?

6. Which hero killed the Gorgon, Medusa? .

7. Who painted ‘Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe’ .

8. Who was Sir Percy Blakeney?

9. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? .

10. What was the forename of Madame Bovary?

Geography and History

1. Between which two cities did the original Orient Express travel on its first non-stop route in 1889?

2. With which four countries does Pakistan share a border?

3. Into which ocean does the Zambezi river flow?

4. The Cayman Islands are a territory of which country?

5. Not including Taiwan, how many provinces comprise China?

6. Which peninsular does Denmark share Germany?

7. Which Emperor was crowned on Christmas Day 800?

8. What great battle did the English win in 1066?

9. Who declared war on Britain and France in June 1940 ?

10. Which two English Kings were never crowned?