1. What famous musician hails from Cornwall and is best known as part of a rock and roll band? Mick Fleetwood Roger Taylor Bruce Foxton Andrew Ridgeley

2. In the sporting arena, Cornwall can boast the first boxer to be a three-division world champion! Who was he? Robert James Fitzsimmons John Lawrence Sullivan Tommy Farr Jo Bugner

3. Which Cornish comedian and scriptwriter has had success in stand-up and on television? Lenny Henry Russ Abbott Rory McGrath Dawn French

4. In the field of Astronomy, which Cornish mathematician and astronomer proved the existence and position of the planet Neptune? Sir Isaac Newton George Atwood Edwin Hubble John Couch Adams

5. Name the seafarer born at Tinten Manor, St. Tudy on September 9, 1754, who fought under Admiral Nelson, sailed with Captain Cook, and rose to vice-admiral? William Bligh Edward Boscawen Thomas Masterman Hardy George Dixon

6. Richard Lander was a Cornish explorer born in 1804. He named one of his discoveries 'Truro Island' after his town of birth. In what continent were these expeditions? North America Africa South America Australasia

7. Sir Humphry Davy was a chemist and physicist born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1778. What was his major invention that was very pertinent to Cornish life? Steam locomotive Electrical safety fuse Miners safety lamp China clay

8. Who is generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall and of tin-miners? Saint Petroc Mark of Cornwall King Arthur Saint Piran

9. Maria Branwell, mother of the novelists Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, was born in Cornwall? Yes No

10. What Cornishman was hanged, drawn and quartered for his role in the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 against king Henry VII? Sir Richard Grenville Thomas Flamank Admiral Edward Boscawen Richard the Lionheart