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

The Bullian diamond

The Scullian 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 periscope

A peep hole

A funnel spy

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?

Ka'mun

Amenhotep

Pharaoh

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?

Lima

Cuzco

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?

Semaphore

Flagular

Morse