The Saturday quiz

1. In the era of Dutch colonial rule this capital city was called Batavia. What's it called now?

2. The Taj Mahal and the Venus di Milo. What's the connection?

3. Which political party's one and only attempt to win the US presidency came in 1856, with Millard Fillmore as its nominee?

4. What was unusual about Georges Perec's 1969 novel La Disparition?

5. Eurostar trains have how many carriages?

6. Who wrote the opera Prima Donna?

7. Founded in London in 1905 it was nearly called the Martin Chapender club. Then a name was settled on that made appropriate use of his initials. What organisation?

8. Which chemical element has the symbol "au", from aurum, the Latin for "shining dawn"?

9. What happened in November 1935 that, unusually, did not happen again until July 1945?

10. John F Kennedy, Tennessee Williams and Stephen Sondheim have all been awarded what prize?