Further to the first round of our quiz, we are back with round two.  As before, email your answers to Iwan Emanuel to be in with a chance to win a bottle of bubbly - and play each week for a chance to win a second bottle as overall quiz champion!

Other History

1. Which French Monarch was known as The Sun King?

2. Offa’s Dyke runs along the border between England and Wales, of which kingdom was Offa the ruler?

3. Wellington’s army at Waterloo contained troops from 3 nations – the U.K., Germany (or rather the Western German states as Germany was not then a unified country) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (which then included Belgium) – which of these nations provided the second-largest contingent of troops in Wellington’s army?

4. The Battle of Warsaw in 1920 took place between which two protagonists?

5. Three military orders of knights were established in the 11th and 12th centuries to protect Christian travellers to the Holy Land – the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Knights – which is the only one that no longer exists?

6. Queen Elizabeth II referred to 1992 as her “annus horribilis” but her predecessor Charles II had three of those in a row – in 1665 London suffered an outbreak of the plague, in 1666 much of the city burned down, but what happened in 1667?

7. Which Italian patriot, who played a key role in the reunification of Italy in 1861, has a biscuit named after him?

8. In 1803, the USA bought 828,000 square miles of territory from Napoleon’s France for $15m, what was the bargain called?

9. Which Spanish monarch became the King of England in 1554?

10. Which Russian Tsar worked as a shipwright in Deptford?

11. The Tower of London has seen many executions in its history – which century saw the most?

12. Between AD142 and AD162 the Romans built a defensive wall North of Hadrian’s wall between the Forth and the Clyde – what was it called?

13. Which English King was known as “Longshanks”?

14. Which Chinese Admiral led seven expeditionary fleets to S.E.Asia, India, East Africa and Arabia in the early 15th century?

15. Which English physician popularised the practice of vaccination?

Music and the Arts

1. Which artist painted “The Fighting Temeraire”?

2. Which composer is alleged to have caused Mozart’s death by poisoning him?

3. Which composer wrote the “Music for the Royal Fireworks”?

4. Which famous 19th century artist sold only one painting in his lifetime?

5. Which British rapper wrote a song about Brazilian footballer Thiago Silva?

6. Which artist painted “The Raft of the Medusa”?

7. Which French singer adopted as her stage name a slang word for “sparrow”?

8. Which modern British composer wrote the choral work “The Lamb”?

9. Which author wrote “The Mayor of Casterbridge”?

10. Which painter was born in Malaga in 1881?

11. Which 16th century artist painted “The Ambassadors”?

12. Which two giants of European literature were reported as dying on the same day - April 23 1616?

13. Who is currently the highest selling hip-hop artist of all time?

14. Who wrote the opera “Tosca”?

15. Which 18th century British painter was famous for his equine portraits?