1. From which large diamond was the Star of Africa in the Royal Sceptre cut?

The Cullinan diamond

The Scullian diamond

The Bullian diamond

2. Which British writer created the character Noddy in 1949?

J R R Tolkien

Enid Blyton

A A Milne

3. What sort of substances are adrenaline, cortisone, insulin, oestrogens and testosterone?

Hormones

Chromosomes

Lymphocytes

4. Which optical device is used in a submerged submarine to see above the surface of the water?

A peep hole

A funnel spy

A periscope

5. Which English Romantic poet wrote Endymion and The Eve of St Agnes?

John Keats

Rudyard Kipling

W B Yeats

6. What was the title used by ancient Egyptian kings?

Amenhotep

Ka'mun

Pharaoh

7. Which British universities compete in an annual Boat Race on the River Thames?

Oxford and Birmingham

Oxford and Cambridge

Bristol and Bath

8. What is the capital of Peru?

Cuzco

Callao

Lima

9. Which mission fortress at San Antonio in Texas was besieged by Mexican forces in 1836?

The Alamo

The Panama

The Rio Grande

10. What visual method of communication involves the use of two flags?

Morse

Flagular

Semaphore