1 In the Disney film Lady and the Tramp, what breed is Lady?
2 Which element was called “dephlogisticated muriatic acid air” on its discovery in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele?
3 The archaeological site of Augusta Raurica, the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine, is in which country?
4 Which Dynasty actor voiced the unseen Charles Townsend in the TV show Charlie’s Angels?
5 The term “gibbous moon” describes which lunar phase?
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6 In 2015, Yuri and Julia Milner founded the Breakthrough Initiatives in order to seek scientific evidence of what?
7 Which female artist was made professor of drawing at the Royal Academy in December 2011?
8 Which wife of Edward II was the youngest surviving child of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre?
9 Which Canadian singer sold more than 33 million units of her third album Jagged Little Pill (1995)?
10 Which French composer first published his Treatise on Instrumentation in 1844?
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11 In 2011, which Wiltshire town was granted “Royal” status in recognition of its role in military funeral repatriations?
12 Which supereon is the earliest period of Earth’s history, making up roughly seven-eighths of it?
13 The Mexican economist, José Ángel Gurría, is the secretary-general of which intergovernmental organisation?
14 Which England footballer won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1990?
15 Which French actress (1928-2017) is pictured?
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Answers
1 American cocker spaniel
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2 Chlorine
3 Switzerland
4 John Forsythe
5 When its illuminated part is greater than a semicircle and less than a circle
6 Life beyond Earth or extraterrestrial intelligence
7 Tracey Emin
8 Isabella of France
9 Alanis Morissette
10 Hector Berlioz
11 Royal Wootton Bassett
12 The Precambrian
13 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
14 Paul Gascoigne
15 Jeanne Moreau