HIST: Assessment

1. Who was the British professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree better known as?
a. Masambula
b. Kendo Nagasaki
c. Giant Haystacks
d. !Big Daddy
2. Which country will host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
a. Germany
b. !Japan
c. Australia
d. China
3. Which soccer team won the Copa Ameacute;rica Centenario 2016?
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Colombia
d. !Chile
4. What is the oldest team in Major League Baseball?
a. !Atlanta Braves
b. Chicago Cubs
c. Cincinnati Reds
d. St. Louis Cardinals
5. Which of the following Grand Slam tennis tournaments occurs LAST?
a. !US Open
b. Wimbledon
c. Australian Open
d. French Open
6. In Rugby League, performing a quot;4020quot; is punished by a free kick for the
opposing team.
a. True
b. !False
7. Who won the quot;Champions Leaguequot; in 1999?
a. !Manchester United
b. Bayern Munich
c. Liverpool
d. Barcelona
8. When was the first official international game played?
a. 1863
b. 1865
c. 1880
d. !1872
9. Which year did Jenson Button won his first ever Formula One World Drivers039;
Championship?
a. !2009
b. 2006
c. 2007
d. 2010
10. What country hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics?
a. Canada

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b. !Russia
c. United States
d. Germany
1. Which state of the United States is the smallest?
a. !Rhode Island
b. Massachusetts
c. Vermont
d. Maine
2. Which of these is NOT a city in India?
a. !Islamabad
b. Ghaziabad
c. Hyderabad
d. Ahmedabad
3. The prefix Sino As in SinoAmerican is used to refer to what nationality?
a. Russian
b. Japanese
c. !Chinese
d. Indian
4. What is the official language of Costa Rica?
a. !Spanish
b. English
c. Creole
d. Portuguese
5. The Hunua Ranges is located in...
a. Nepal
b. China
c. !New Zealand
d. Mexico
6. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. !Anatolia
b. Ottoma
c. Ismuth of Anatolia
d. Ismuth of Ottoma
7. What is the highest mountain in the world?
a. Mount Godwin Austen
b. Kangchenjunga
c. Annapurna
d. !Mt. Everest
8. Hungary is the only country in the world beginning with H.
a. True
b. !False
9. What is the capital of Lithuania?
a. Riga
b. Helsinki
c. !Vilnius
d. Tallinn
10. Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state?
a. Montenegro
b. !Niue

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c. Tuvalu
d. South Sudan
1. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by one or
more landlocked countries?
a. !Uzbekistan
b. Switzerland
c. Bolivia
d. Ethiopia
2. How many federal states does Germany have?
a. 25
b. !16
c. 32
d. 13
3. Which of the following countries banned the use of personal genetic ancestry tests?
a. Sweden
b. !Germany
c. Canada
d. Austria
4. What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States?
a. Washington D.C.
b. Yukon
c. Seattle
d. !Olympia
5. Which of these cities has a 4deg; East longitude.
a. Hong Kong
b. Rio de Janero
c. !Amsterdam
d. Toronto
6. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
a. Christchurch
b. Auckland
c. !Wellington
d. Melbourne
7. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in South East Asia are controlled by which country?
a. Thailand
b. !India
c. Vietnam
d. Indonesia
8. How many countries share a land border with Luxembourg?
a. !3
b. 5
c. 2
d. 4
9. How many provinces are in the Netherlands?
a. 10
b. 14
c. !12
d. 13
10. The formerly EastPrussian city of Kouml;nigsberg is known as which Russian City

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today?
a. !Kaliningrad
b. Kursk
c. Krasnodar
d. Kazan

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