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?

A A Milne

Enid Blyton

J R R Tolkien

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

Hormones

Lymphocytes

Chromosomes

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

A periscope

A peep hole

A funnel spy

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

Rudyard Kipling

John Keats

W B Yeats

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

Ka'mun

Pharaoh

Amenhotep

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?

Lima

Callao

Cuzco

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

The Alamo

The Rio Grande

The Panama

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

Semaphore

Morse

Flagular