General knowledge quiz: Hard

The full answer key for this quiz, question by question.

In Greek mythology, which Titan accepted Pandora despite his brother's warning?

EpimetheusHis name means roughly the one who thinks after the event

Which strait links the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara?

The BosphorusIstanbul spreads over both its banks, in Europe and in Asia

Which Venetian composer, a priest teaching at the Ospedale della Pietà, wrote "The Four Seasons"?

Antonio VivaldiHis red hair earned him the nickname of the red priest

Which city is the constitutional capital of Bolivia?

SucreThe seat of government sits nevertheless in another, much higher city

Which three scripts are carved on the Rosetta Stone?

Hieroglyphic, demotic and GreekThe text is a decree issued at Memphis under Ptolemy V

The eruption of which Indonesian volcano caused the "year without a summer" in 1816?

Mount TamboraFrozen harvests in Europe and North America brought severe famines

Who wrote the Italian epic poem "Orlando Furioso"?

Ludovico AriostoThe work continues an unfinished poem about the same Carolingian hero

Which philosopher set out his doctrine of simple substances in the "Monadology"?

Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizHe also devised, independently of Newton, a notation for infinitesimal calculus

In which naval battle of 1571 did Cervantes lose the use of his left hand?

The Battle of LepantoThe Holy League fought the Ottoman fleet with galleys in the Gulf of Patras

Which chemical element takes its name from the Latin name of Copenhagen?

HafniumIt was identified in 1923 in the laboratories of Niels Bohr

Which Netherlandish painter created the triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?

Hieronymus BoschThe work is kept at the Prado Museum in Madrid

What is the smallest bone in the human body?

The stapesIt transmits vibrations to the oval window of the inner ear