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

The Scullian diamond

The Cullinan 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 funnel spy

A peep hole

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

Pharaoh

Ka'mun

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

Oxford and Birmingham

Bristol and Bath

Oxford and Cambridge

8. What is the capital of Peru?

Cuzco

Lima

Callao

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

The Panama

The Rio Grande

The Alamo

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

Flagular

Morse

Semaphore