MINI QUIZ

1. In which county is the horse racing town of Newmarket?

2. Which reedlike plant was used by the ancient Egyptians to make paper?

3. The hull of which Tudor warship was raised and placed in dry dock in Portsmouth in 1982?

4. What are the four fundamental operations of arithmetic?

5. On which of the Channel Islands did Gerald Durrell found a zoo in 1959?

6. Which Greek philosopher was tutor to Alexander the Great?

7. In which principality is the resort of Monte Carlo?

8. In which 1805 battle was Admiral Nelson mortally wounded?

9. What name is given to the group of chalk rocks off the west coast of the Isle of Wight?

10. Who were the parents of Cain and Abel?