MED: Report

1. What country is the second largest in the world by area?

a. China
b. Russia
c. United States of America
d. !Canada
2. The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of what
country?
a. Argentina
b. Austrailia
c. Japan
d. !The United Kingdom
3. What is the name of the capital of Turkey?
a. Istanbul
b. !Ankara
c. Izmir
d. Bursa
4. What name was historically used for the Turkish city currently known as Istanbul?
a. Huuml;davendigar
b. !Constantinople
c. Adrianople
d. Souml;uuml;t
5. How many time zones does China have?
a. 3
b. 4
c. !1
d. 2
6. Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
a. Norway
b. Netherlands
c. France
d. !Lithuania
7. How many stars are featured on New Zealand039;s flag?
a. !4
b. 2
c. 5
d. 0
8. What is the most common climbing route for the second highest mountain in the world,
K2?
a. Magic Line
b. !Abruzzi Spur
c. Cesen Route
d. Polish Line
9. The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains
below what symbol?
a. !Crown
b. Sickle
c. Bird

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d. Tree
10. What is the name of the only remaining Grand Duchy in the world ?
a. Montenegro
b. !Luxembourg
c. Liechtenstein
d. Andorra
1. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with the front
half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. !A Horse
b. A Dragon
c. A Tiger
d. A Lion
2. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. !Apollo
b. Aphrodite
c. Athena
d. Artemis
3. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Hercules
c. !Orpheus
d. Daedalus
4. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
a. True
b. !False
5. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. !Set
b. Horus
c. Anhur
d. Ra
6. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. !Centaur
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. Gorgon
7. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. !Harpies
b. Mermaids
c. Lilith
d. Nymph
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Nasu
b. Soba
c. Kabocha
d. !Cucumbers
9. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?

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a. Pig
b. !Bull
c. Ox
d. Horse
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. !Aristaeus
c. Cephisso
d. Carme
1. What is the capital of Peru?
a. Santiago
b. Buenos Aires
c. Montevideo
d. !Lima
2. Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Asian continent?
a. Singapore
b. Georgia
c. Russia
d. !Suriname
3. Which of these island countries is located in the Caribbean?
a. Seychelles
b. Fiji
c. Maldives
d. !Barbados
4. Which country has three capital cities?
a. United Kingdom
b. Somalia
c. !South Africa
d. China
5. Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain?
a. San Marino
b. Lichtenstein
c. !Andorra
d. Vatican City
6. The Maluku islands informally known as the Spice Islands belong to which country?
a. Chile
b. Fiji
c. !Indonesia
d. New Zealand
7. Which of these cities is NOT in England?
a. !Edinburgh
b. Southampton
c. Manchester
d. Oxford
8. Lake Titicaca is located between which two nations?
a. Kenya and Uganda
b. India and Bangladesh
c. Mexico and the United States

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d. !Peru and Bolivia
9. Bir Tawil, an uninhabited track of land claimed by no country, is located along the border
of which two countries?
a. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
b. Chad and Libya
c. Israel and Jordan
d. !Egypt and Sudan
10. Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state?
a. Montenegro
b. Tuvalu
c. !Niue
d. South Sudan

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