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

China

Japan

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 reptile

A fish

A dog

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

A flash

A astronomic mile

A light year

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

Abraham Lincoln

William McKinley

James A. Garfield

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?

Ninny

Hinny

Donkey

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

James D Rockefeller

Henry Ford

John D Rockefeller

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

Jamaica

Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda