1. Who wrote The Call of the Wild and White Fang?

Herman Melville

Robert Louis Stevenson

Jack London

2. In which county is the market town of Kidderminster?

Warwickshire

Worcester

Staffordshire

3. Which French mathematician is famous for his last theorem?

Blaise Pascal

Pierre de Fermat

Joseph Fourier

4. What is the name of the alphabet used for writing modern Slavic languages such as Russian?

Georgian alphabet

Cyrillic alphabet

Runes

5. What is the repitition of a word at the start of consecutive sentences called?

Alliteration

Anaphora

Assonance

6. What is the SI unit of work or energy named after a British physicist?

Joule

Watt

Volt

7. Which famous South African game reserve is on the border with Mozambique?

Serengeti National Park

Maasai Mara

Kruger National Park

8. Which rose is the main source of the fragrant essential oil attar of roses?

Rosa Peace

Damask rose

Dog-rose

9. Which famous mountain pass connects the Afghan capital Kabul with the city of Peshawar in Pakistan?

The Khunjerab Pass

The Khyber Pass

The Bolan Pass

10. What sort of creature is a painted lady?

A shark

A spider

A butterfly