Name the poet

Which Victorian poet was the author, among other works, of the classically-inspired long poems Atalanta in Calydon and Erechtheus?

A) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
B) Algernon Charles Swinburne
C) Gerard Manley Hopkins
D) Robert Browning

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Know your scaphoid

Where in your body would you find the scaphoid bone?

A) Face
B) Foot
C) Neck
D) Wrist

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The road to Carthage

Between 264 and 146 BC, the rival empires of Carthage and Rome met in the three “Punic wars”. In which modern country was the city of Carthage located?

A) Lebanon
B) Spain
C) Tunisia
D) Turkey

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Darwin’s daily doings

Charles Darwin, the great evolutionary theorist, was a man of fixed habits. For much of his adult life, his daily routine always included:

A) A gallop across the downs on his horse, Nelson
B) Making detailed sketches of specimens from his insect collection
C) Smoking a pipe while solving the crossword in The Times
D) Two games of backgammon with his wife, Emma

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National composer

Who is known by the title of “Ireland’s national composer”?

A) John Field
B) Michael William Balfe
C) Turlough O’Carolan
D) William Vincent Wallace

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The oldest republic

Which country is the oldest surviving republic in the world?

A) Denmark
B) Greece
C) San Marino
D) Switzerland

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Fancy footwork?

In which of the following pairs of words can both words refer to the same object?

A) Boot, trunk
B) Clog, drain
C) Shoe, thimble
D) Slipper, pencil

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The deep south

What is the southernmost U.S. state?

A) Florida
B) Hawaii
C) Puerto Rico
D) Texas

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The size of a kilobyte

How many bytes are there in a kilobyte?

A) 1,000
B) 1,024
C) 1,080
D) It depends on your computer’s operating system

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Cow of the frigid sea

In 1741, an unknown marine mammal nearly as big as a killer whale was discovered by Georg Wilhelm Steller, sailing with Captain Bering on a North Pacific voyage. Steller’s sea cow, as the creature came to be called, was:

A) A dolphin-whale hybrid
B) Hunted to extinction within 27 years
C) Never seen again
D) Too tough and sinewy to hunt profitably

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