Practicing!

[richvh]

Disclaimer: I think I have the same book ("13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese"), but was at work and didn't have a chance to look in it (and still haven't looked). I'll let others have a go at these before chiming in (and try to resist the temptation to peek, I think I remember the answers to #2 and 3).

[tkbits]

3) Hmmm. Didn't know ペスト was the plague. Budapest - ブタペスト