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

Japan

China

Indonesia

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

Surrey

Sussex

Essex

3. What sort of creature is a lemon sole?

A dog

A reptile

A fish

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

A light year

A astronomic mile

A flash

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

Abraham Lincoln

James A. Garfield

William McKinley

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

Irving Berlin

Leonard Bernstein

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?

John D Rockefeller

Henry Ford

James D Rockefeller

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

Jamaica

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados