Beyond the answers - interesting background to this quiz

A comedy that scandalised Paris

Molière's Tartuffe caused outrage when it was first performed in the 1660s. The play mocks religious hypocrisy through the character of Tartuffe, a fraud who poses as a pious man while scheming to take over a wealthy family's household. Church authorities were offended enough that performances were banned for a time, and Molière had to fight to get the play back on stage. It later became one of the cornerstones of French comic theatre.

The capital on the steppe

Ulaanbaatar is one of the coldest capital cities in the world, with winter temperatures that regularly drop far below freezing. It sits in a valley on the Tuul River and is home to roughly half of Mongolia's entire population. The city's name means "red hero" in Mongolian, a reference to the revolutionary leader Sukhbaatar.

Vienna and its working river

Vienna grew up on the Danube, which flows through ten countries and has long served as a major trade route across Central Europe. Interestingly, the Danube has been straightened and regulated so heavily over the centuries that in Vienna it no longer runs directly through the historic centre as it once did.

One novel, lasting fame

Emily Brontë wrote just one novel, Wuthering Heights, published in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. She died the following year at the age of 30, so she never saw the book become the classic it is today. Her sister Charlotte, who wrote Jane Eyre, outlived her and later edited Wuthering Heights for a second edition.

Two ranges, one country

The Rocky Mountains stretch from Alaska down through western Canada and into the United States, while the Appalachians run along the eastern side of North America. Both ranges lie within the United States, which is why the country can claim two of the continent's most distinctive mountain systems.