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1. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by one or

more landlocked countries?
a. Ethiopia
b. Switzerland
c. !Uzbekistan
d. Bolivia
2. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of which country?
a. !Malaysia
b. Singapore
c. Indonesia
d. Thailand
3. Which Russian oblast forms a border with Poland?
a. Nizhny Novgorod
b. !Kaliningrad
c. Omsk
d. Samara
4. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
5. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
b. !The 1936 Olympics
c. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
d. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
6. How tall is One World Trade Center in New York City?
a. 1,225 ft
b. 1,960 ft
c. 1,888 ft
d. !1,776 ft
7. What is the highest mountain in the world?
a. Kangchenjunga
b. !Mt. Everest
c. Annapurna
d. Mount Godwin Austen
8. Norway has a larger land area than Sweden.
a. !False
b. True
9. New Haven is the capital city of the state of Connecticut in the United States.
a. !False
b. True
10. What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
a. Carpathians
b. !Pyrenees
c. Urals
d. Alps
1. The land of Gotland is located in which European country?
a. Norway

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b. Denmark
c. Germany
d. !Sweden
2. The Space Needle is located in which city?
a. Los Angles
b. !Seattle
c. Vancouver
d. Toronto
3. Japan has lefthand side traffic.
a. False
b. !True
4. When does Finland celebrate their independence day?
a. January 2nd
b. !December 6th
c. November 12th
d. February 8th
5. What is the capital of India?
a. Tithi
b. Bejing
c. Montreal
d. !New Delhi
6. What is the capital city of Bermuda?
a. !Hamilton
b. San Juan
c. Havana
d. Santo Dominigo
7. Bridgetown is the capital of which island country in the Carribean?
a. Cuba
b. Dominica
c. !Barbados
d. Jamaicalrm;
8. How many states are in Australia?
a. !6
b. 5
c. 8
d. 7
9. Which of these American cities has fewer than 1,000,000 people?
a. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
b. Phoenix, Arizona
c. San Antonio, Texas
d. !San Francisco, California
10. The formerly EastPrussian city of Kouml;nigsberg is known as which Russian City
today?
a. Krasnodar
b. !Kaliningrad
c. Kursk
d. Kazan
1. A group of islands is called an 039;archipelago039;.
a. False

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b. !True
2. Where is the area commonly known as the Bermuda Triangle?
a. !North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida and Puerto Rico
b. In the Caribbean Sea
c. North Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the USA
d. South Pacific Ocean, far off Chile
3. How many countries are larger than Australia?
a. 4
b. 6
c. !5
d. 3
4. What is the right way to spell the capital of Hungary?
a. Budapast
b. Boodapest
c. Bhudapest
d. !Budapest
5. The Space Needle is located in which city?
a. Los Angles
b. Vancouver
c. Toronto
d. !Seattle
6. What is the capital of Estonia?
a. !Tallinn
b. Riga
c. Tartu
d. Helsinki
7. Hungary is the only country in the world beginning with H.
a. True
b. !False
8. Bridgetown is the capital of which island country in the Carribean?
a. Jamaicalrm;
b. Cuba
c. Dominica
d. !Barbados
9. Greenland is a part of which kingdom?
a. United Kingdom
b. Norway
c. Sweden
d. !Denmark
10. Which two modernday countries used to be known as the region of Rhodesia between
the 1890s and 1980?
a. Togo amp; Benin
b. Lesotho amp; Swaziland
c. !Zambia amp; Zimbabwe
d. Rwanda amp; Burundi

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