URBN: Practice

1. The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of what

country?
a. Japan
b. Argentina
c. !The United Kingdom
d. Austrailia
2. The flag of South Africa features 7 colours.
a. !False
b. True
3. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by one or
more landlocked countries?
a. Bolivia
b. Ethiopia
c. !Uzbekistan
d. Switzerland
4. Which is the largest city in Morocco?
a. Rabat
b. Sale
c. Fes
d. !Casablanca
5. What is the only state in the United States that does not have a flag in a shape with 4
edges?
a. Florida
b. !Ohio
c. Idaho
d. New Mexico
6. Which of the following languages does NOT use the Latin alphabet?
a. Swahili
b. Turkish
c. Vietnamese
d. !Georgian
7. What is the official German name of the Swiss Federal Railways?
a. Schweizerische Nationalbahnen
b. Schweizerische Staatsbahnen
c. !Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
d. Bundesbahnen der Schweiz
8. The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
a. Luxembourg
b. !Belgium
c. Andorra
d. France
9. Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain?
a. !Andorra
b. San Marino
c. Lichtenstein
d. Vatican City
10. Which is not a country in Africa?

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a. Somalia
b. !Guyana
c. Senegal
d. Liberia
1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
b. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
c. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
2. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Ares
b. !Mars
c. Juno
d. Jupiter
3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Ymir
b. !Nidhogg
c. Odin
d. Bragi
4. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Daedalus
b. Perseus
c. !Orpheus
d. Hercules
5. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. True
b. !False
6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Vulcan
b. Artagatus
c. !Hephaestus
d. Dyntos
7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Minotaur
b. !Centaur
c. Pegasus
d. Gorgon
8. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Clotho
b. Atropos
c. !Narcissus
d. Lachesis
9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Temple
d. Castle

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10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Balder
b. !Loki
c. Odin
d. Thor
1. How many countries are inside the United Kingdom?
a. Three
b. One
c. !Four
d. Two
2. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
3. How many countries does Spain have a land border with?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. !5
4. How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?
a. 1
b. !4
c. 6
d. 3
5. Which country has the abbreviation quot;CHquot;?
a. Canada
b. !Switzerland
c. China
d. No Country
6. What is the capital city of Slovenia?
a. Trbovlje
b. !Ljubljana
c. Maribor
d. Velenje
7. Into which basin does the Jordan River flow into?
a. Aral Sea
b. Caspian Sea
c. Salton Sea
d. !Dead Sea
8. What national museum will you find in Cooperstown, New York?
a. National Toy Hall of Fame
b. Metropolitan Museum of Art
c. !National Baseball Hall of Fame
d. Museum of Modern Art
9. What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
a. !Pyrenees
b. Carpathians
c. Urals
d. Alps
10. Which of these American cities has fewer than 1,000,000 people?

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a. San Antonio, Texas
b. Phoenix, Arizona
c. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. !San Francisco, California

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