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

The Scullian diamond

The Bullian diamond

The Cullinan 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?

Chromosomes

Lymphocytes

Hormones

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

A funnel spy

A periscope

A peep hole

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

W B Yeats

John Keats

Rudyard Kipling

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

Oxford and Cambridge

Bristol and Bath

8.What is the capital of Peru?

Callao

Lima

Cuzco

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?

Semaphore

Flagular

Morse