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

China

Indonesia

Japan

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

Sussex

Essex

Surrey

3. What sort of creature is a lemon sole?

A dog

A fish

A reptile

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?

James A. Garfield

Abraham Lincoln

William McKinley

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

Greece

Italy

Turkey

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?

Hinny

Donkey

Ninny

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?

Antigua and Barbuda

Jamaica

Barbados