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1. Which state of the United States is the smallest?

a. Vermont
b. Massachusetts
c. !Rhode Island
d. Maine
2. Which US state has the highest population?
a. Texas
b. Florida
c. !California
d. New York
3. What is the official language of Costa Rica?
a. Creole
b. English
c. !Spanish
d. Portuguese
4. Gothenburg is the capital of Sweden.
a. True
b. !False
5. What is the Capital of the United States?
a. !Washington, D.C.
b. Los Angelas, CA
c. New York City, NY
d. Houston, TX
6. Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
a. False
b. !True
7. How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. !0
8. Where is Hadrian039;s Wall located?
a. Alexandria, Egypt
b. Rome, Italy
c. Dublin, Ireland
d. !Carlisle, England
9. Which of these Japanese islands is the largest by area?
a. Odaiba
b. Okinawa
c. !Shikoku
d. Iki
10. Which two modernday countries used to be known as the region of Rhodesia between
the 1890s and 1980?
a. !Zambia amp; Zimbabwe
b. Lesotho amp; Swaziland
c. Rwanda amp; Burundi
d. Togo amp; Benin

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1. Greenland is almost as big as Africa.
a. True
b. !False
2. What is the largest noncontinental island in the world?
a. !Greenland
b. Madagascar
c. New Guinea
d. Borneo
3. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the dwarf planet Pluto.
a. !True
b. False
4. How many federal states does Germany have?
a. 32
b. 13
c. 25
d. !16
5. Which of these is NOT a province in China?
a. Fujian
b. Sichuan
c. Guangdong
d. !Yangtze
6. quot;Mongoliaquot; was a part of the now nonexistent U.S.S.R.
a. True
b. !False
7. What is the name of the Canadian national anthem?
a. LeafSpangled Banner
b. !O Canada
c. March of the Puck Drop
d. O Red Maple
8. What is the most common climbing route for the second highest mountain in the world,
K2?
a. Magic Line
b. Cesen Route
c. !Abruzzi Spur
d. Polish Line
9. Which of these cities is NOT in England?
a. Oxford
b. Manchester
c. Southampton
d. !Edinburgh
10. Which of the following is not a megadiverse country one that harbors a high number of
the earth039;s endemic species?
a. !Thailand
b. South Africa
c. Peru
d. Mexico
1. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Ares
b. !Poseidon

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c. Apollo
d. Zeus
2. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Ymir
c. Odin
d. Bragi
3. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Helen
d. Pericles
4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. !Norse
b. Hindu
c. Egyptian
d. Greek
5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Menu
b. Mut
c. !Min
d. Meret
6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. !False
b. True
7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Pegasus
b. Minotaur
c. !Centaur
d. Gorgon
8. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Lilith
b. Nymph
c. Mermaids
d. !Harpies
9. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. !039;Oro
c. Hina
d. Kohara
10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Frigg
b. Balder
c. !Odin
d. Thor

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