STAT310: Exercise

1. What is the capital of Indonesia?

a. Bandung
b. Palembang
c. Medan
d. !Jakarta
2. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by one or
more landlocked countries?
a. Ethiopia
b. !Uzbekistan
c. Switzerland
d. Bolivia
3. Which of these countries is NOT located in Africa?
a. Algeria
b. Mozambique
c. !Suriname
d. Burkina Faso
4. Which US state has the highest population?
a. Florida
b. !California
c. Texas
d. New York
5. How many time zones does China have?
a. !1
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
6. Japan has lefthand side traffic.
a. !True
b. False
7. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. Ottoma
b. Ismuth of Anatolia
c. Ismuth of Ottoma
d. !Anatolia
8. What is the capital of India?
a. !New Delhi
b. Tithi
c. Bejing
d. Montreal
9. What is the capital of Scotland?
a. Dundee
b. Glasgow
c. !Edinburgh
d. London
10. Which is not a country in Africa?
a. Somalia
b. !Guyana

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c. Senegal
d. Liberia
1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
b. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
c. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
2. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Odysseus
c. Castor
d. Daedalus
3. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. !True
b. False
4. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Daedalus
c. Hercules
d. !Orpheus
6. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. Loki
c. Snotra
d. !Jens
7. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. !Norse
b. Egyptian
c. Greek
d. Hindu
8. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Mut
b. Menu
c. Meret
d. !Min
9. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. !039;Oro
b. Kohara
c. Hina
d. Mui
10. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. !Eris
b. Artemis
c. Ares

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d. Hades
1. Which of these is NOT a province in China?
a. Sichuan
b. Guangdong
c. !Yangtze
d. Fujian
2. What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States?
a. Washington D.C.
b. !Olympia
c. Yukon
d. Seattle
3. Which German city is located on the River Isar?
a. Hamburg
b. Dortmund
c. Berlin
d. !Munich
4. Where are the Nazca Lines located?
a. !Peru
b. Colombia
c. Brazil
d. Ecuador
5. What is the area of Vatican City?
a. 0.10km2
b. 0.86km2
c. 12.00km2
d. !0.44km2
6. What tiny principality lies between Spain and France?
a. Monaco
b. San Marino
c. Liechtenstein
d. !Andorra
7. Broome is a town in which state of Australia?
a. !Western Australia
b. Tasmania
c. South Australia
d. Northern Territory
8. The two largest ethnic groups of Belgium are Flemish and Walloon.
a. False
b. !True
9. Where would you find the quot;Spanish Stepsquot;?
a. Berlin, Germany
b. London, England
c. Barcelona, Spain
d. !Rome, Italy
10. Where is Hadrian039;s Wall located?
a. !Carlisle, England
b. Alexandria, Egypt
c. Dublin, Ireland
d. Rome, Italy

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