MED: Problems

1. Which of the following former Yugoslavian states is landlocked?

a. Bosnia and Herzegovina
b. Montenegro
c. !Serbia
d. Croatia
2. The longest place named in the United States is Lake
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, located near Webster, MA.
a. False
b. !True
3. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
a. Bahrain
b. Malta
c. Liechenstein
d. !Monaco
4. What is the nickname for the US state Delaware?
a. !The First State
b. The Sixteenth State
c. The Fiftieth State
d. The Second State
5. Which Canadian province has Charlottetown as its capital?
a. Saskachewan
b. Northwest Terrirories
c. Ontario
d. !Prince Edward Island
6. What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?
a. !Gdask
b. Warsaw
c. Zakopane
d. Pozna
7. Which of these cities has a 4deg; East longitude.
a. !Amsterdam
b. Rio de Janero
c. Toronto
d. Hong Kong
8. What is the capital city of Bermuda?
a. Santo Dominigo
b. !Hamilton
c. San Juan
d. Havana
9. What is the northernmost human settlement with year round inhabitants?
a. Honningsvaring;g, Norway
b. !Alert, Canada
c. Nagurskoye, Russia
d. McMurdo Station, Antarctica
10. How many provinces are in the Netherlands?
a. 14
b. 13

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d. 10
1. Hera is god of...
a. !Marriage
b. Sea
c. War
d. Agriculture
2. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Charon
c. Dysnomia
d. Ceres
3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Alana
b. Athena
c. Ariel
d. !Ariadne
4. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. Loki
c. Snotra
d. !Jens
5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Apollo
b. Hephaestus
c. Demeter
d. !Dionysus
6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. !Greek and Roman
b. Roman and Spanish
c. Greek, Roman and Norse
d. Greek and Chinese
7. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. !Spider
b. Crocodile
c. Wild dog
d. Monkey
8. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Castle
b. Mountain
c. Temple
d. !Tree
10. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?

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a. Power amp; Peace
b. War amp; Learning
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
1. What is the capital of Peru?
a. Buenos Aires
b. Montevideo
c. Santiago
d. !Lima
2. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
3. The Sonoran Desert is located in eastern Africa.
a. True
b. !False
4. You could walk from Norway to North Korea while only passing through Russia.
a. False
b. !True
5. Switzerland has four national languages, English being one of them.
a. !False
b. True
6. How tall is One World Trade Center in New York City?
a. 1,888 ft
b. !1,776 ft
c. 1,960 ft
d. 1,225 ft
7. Broome is a town in which state of Australia?
a. Tasmania
b. !Western Australia
c. South Australia
d. Northern Territory
8. How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. !0
9. What is the capital of Wisconsin, USA?
a. Wisconsin Dells
b. !Madison
c. Milwaukee
d. Green Bay
10. Which of the following is not a megadiverse country one that harbors a high number of
the earth039;s endemic species?
a. South Africa
b. !Thailand
c. Peru
d. Mexico

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