STAT310: Exam

1. Which city is the capital of the United States of America?

a. Albany
b. Seattle
c. Los Angeles
d. !Washington D.C
2. What European country is not a part of the EU?
a. !Norway
b. Ireland
c. Lithuania
d. Czechia
3. In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada?
a. Victoria, British Columbia
b. Halifax, Nova Scotia
c. !Sudbury, Ontario
d. Calgary, Alberta
4. There are no roads inout of Juneau, Alaska.
a. False
b. !True
5. What is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
a. Sigma Sigma;
b. Nu Nu;
c. Pi Pi;
d. !Omicron Omicron;
6. What is Canada039;s smallest province?
a. Yukon
b. Nova Scotia
c. New Brunswick
d. !Prince Edward Island
7. Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
a. !Lithuania
b. Norway
c. Netherlands
d. France
8. Rhode Island is actually located on the US mainland, despite its name.
a. !True
b. False
9. What city is the Terracotta Army located in?
a. Hong Kong
b. Shanghai
c. !Xi039;an
d. Beijing
10. Which country claims ownership of the disputed state Kosovo?
a. Croatia
b. Macedonia
c. Albania
d. !Serbia
1. What is the only country in the world with a flag that doesn039;t have four right angles?

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a. Angola
b. Panama
c. !Nepal
d. Egypt
2. The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of what
country?
a. Argentina
b. !The United Kingdom
c. Japan
d. Austrailia
3. Which of these is NOT a city in Saudi Arabia?
a. Medina
b. !Dubai
c. Mecca
d. Riyadh
4. Which of the following Inuit languages was the FIRST to use a unique writing system
not based on the Latin alphabet?
a. Greenlandic
b. !Inuktitut
c. Inupiat
d. Inuinnaqtun
5. In 2012 the Germanspeaking microstate quot;Liechtensteinquot; in Central Europe had
a population of how many inhabitants?
a. 323,400
b. !36,600
c. 2,400
d. 90,000
6. How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?
a. 6
b. 3
c. 1
d. !4
7. What is the largest Muslim country in the world?
a. !Indonesia
b. Pakistan
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Iran
8. The Alps are a mountain range on which continent?
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. !Europe
d. North America
9. The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border of which two countries?
a. Italy and Switzerland
b. Russia and Ukraine
c. Norway and Sweden
d. !France and Spain
10. What island in the Canary Islands was the scene of one of the worst air disasters in
history with the collision of two jumbo jets?
a. !Tenerife

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b. Gran Canaria
c. Maui
d. Fuerteventura
1. Which German sportswear company039;s logo is the 039;Formstripe039;?
a. Adidas
b. Reebok
c. Nike
d. !Puma
2. Who was the British professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree better known as?
a. Masambula
b. Kendo Nagasaki
c. Giant Haystacks
d. !Big Daddy
3. What is the nickname of Northampton town039;s rugby union club?
a. Wasps
b. Harlequins
c. Saracens
d. !Saints
4. A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface?
a. !Golf Putting Green
b. Football Pitch
c. Pinball Table
d. Cricket Outfield
5. Roger Federer is a famous soccer player.
a. True
b. !False
6. Who won the premier league title in the 20152016 season following a fairy tale run?
a. !Leicester City
b. Stoke City
c. Watford
d. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Which country will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
a. !Qatar
b. Switzerland
c. Japan
d. USA
8. Which of these Russian cities did NOT contain a stadium that was used in the 2018
FIFA World Cup?
a. !Vladivostok
b. RostovonDon
c. Yekaterinburg
d. Kaliningrad
9. Who won the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix?
a. Kimi Raikkonen
b. !Daniel Ricciardo
c. Sebastian Vettel
d. Lewis Hamilton
10. The AHL affiliate team of the Boston Bruins is named what?
a. !Providence Bruins

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b. Hartford Bruins
c. New Haven Bruins
d. Cambridge Bruins

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