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 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?

William McKinley

Abraham Lincoln

James A. Garfield

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

Greece

Turkey

Italy

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

Irving Berlin

Aaron Copland

Leonard Bernstein

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

Hinny

Ninny

Donkey

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

Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda