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

Indonesia

China

Japan

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

Sussex

Surrey

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 astronomic mile

A light year

A flash

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

William McKinley

Abraham Lincoln

James A. Garfield

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

Turkey

Greece

Italy

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

Leonard Bernstein

Aaron Copland

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?

John D Rockefeller

Henry Ford

James D Rockefeller

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

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Jamaica