1. Astronomy: What is the single largest star in size (but not necessarily brightness) that human beings can see with their naked eye? Canopus Rigel Sirius Betelgeuse

2. Language: What English word can be spelled with the following sequence of Greek letters: phi, iota, lambda, omicron, sigma, omicron, phi, iota, alpha? Answer: (English spelling please, not Greek!)

3. Writers: Which famous playwright hung a picture of his ‘mortal enemy’, August Strindberg, above his writing desk? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Henrik Ibsen Leo Tolstoy Hans Christian Andersen

4. Archaeological finds: The famous archaeologist Henrich Schliemann, who discovered the ruins of Troy, located a gold 'death-mask' during his excavation of the Mycenaean civilization. Which ancient Greek hero did he assign as the wearer of this mask? Odysseus Agamemnon Achilles Ajax

5. Chemical elements: Which chemical element was once called Columbium, and still alternatively so by some diehards? Niobium Fermium Actinium Molybdenum

6. Fun with language: Using some rudimentary knowledge of Latin and ancient Greek I have cobbled together the name of an imaginary beast, namely: Rubernaris Sophoselaphus. How would this beast's name translate into English? Narrow-brained happy ant Hairy-knuckled jumping hippo Gigantic-toed messy elephant Red-nostriled wise deer

7. Cities: Floating along a canal in a boat built for two is certainly the fantasy of many a romantic. Which of these cities is not one in which a canal cruise would be feasible? Barcelona Venice Amsterdam St. Petersburg

8. Islands: Canada has a number of very large islands off its northern coast. Of these rather large islands, which is the northernmost? Banks Ellesmere Victoria Baffin

9. Strange place names: Assenisipia, Metropotamia and Miochigania were all names proposed for which of the following? Cities in Canada Newly formed South American countries New U.S. states Caribbean islands

10. Organizations: Turkey is the only member of NATO that is not fully located on the European continent, true or false? True False