1. Of which country did Hirohito become emperor in 1926?

Indonesia

China

Japan

2. In which English county is the town of Guildford situated?

Essex

Sussex

Surrey

3. What sort of creature is a lemon sole?

A reptile

A fish

A dog

4. Which unit used in astronomy is equal to the distance travelled by light in one year?

A astronomic mile

A light year

A flash

5. Which US president was assassinated in a theatre in 1865?

William McKinley

James A. Garfield

Abraham Lincoln

6. Of which European country is Piraeus the main port?

Italy

Turkey

Greece

7. Which Russian-born US composer wrote the music for Annie Get Your Gun?

Aaron Copland

Leonard Bernstein

Irving Berlin

8. What is the name for the sterile offspring of a female ass and a male horse?

Donkey

Ninny

Hinny

9. Which US industrialist founded the oil-refining company Standard Oil in 1870?

Henry Ford

James D Rockefeller

John D Rockefeller

10. Of which Caribbean country is Saint John's the capital?

Barbados

Jamaica

Antigua and Barbuda