Benjamin Franklin is usually credited with the creation of the first of what items of optical equipment in the early 1760s?

Prior to its independence in 1964, the Mediterranean island of Malta belonged to which country?

Magnetometers, resistance meters, ground-penetrating radar and field walking are tools commonly used in what?

Which of Rudyard Kipling's poems has the shortest title?

Study of fossil bones using isotopes of strontium, boron and nitrogen are likely to be looking for information about what?

What are the principal components of brine?

The Belt, the Three Kings, or the Three Sisters are part of which constellation?

The rafflesia, a parasitic plant which has no leaves or stems but the largest flower in the world, is native to which area?

In what field is John Galliano famous?

Which composer's works include the operas "La Bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly", and the arias "O mio babbino caro", "Che gelida manina", and "Nessun dorma"?

The character "Eliza Doolittle" in "My Fair Lady" was originally created by whom?

Which of these philosophers would come closest to being considered an explorer of solipsism?: Plato; René Descartes; St Augustine