EE: Notes

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

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d. Rome, Italy
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. !Crete
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. !True
b. False
3. Hera is god of...
a. War
b. !Marriage
c. Sea
d. Agriculture
4. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
c. !Enkidu
d. Enlil
5. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Ceres
c. Dysnomia
d. Charon
6. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Ymir
7. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Hindu
b. Greek
c. Egyptian
d. !Norse
8. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
a. True
b. !False
9. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Roman and Spanish
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Greek and Chinese
d. Greek, Roman and Norse
10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. !Cucumbers
c. Nasu
d. Soba

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1. Which of these is NOT a city in India?
a. Ghaziabad
b. Ahmedabad
c. Hyderabad
d. !Islamabad
2. quot;Mongoliaquot; was a part of the now nonexistent U.S.S.R.
a. !False
b. True
3. The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
a. France
b. Andorra
c. Luxembourg
d. !Belgium
4. Which of these cities has a 4deg; East longitude.
a. !Amsterdam
b. Rio de Janero
c. Toronto
d. Hong Kong
5. Where is the quot;Sonoran Desertquot; located?
a. Asia
b. South America
c. !North America
d. Africa
6. Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?
a. Danube
b. Dnieper
c. !Volga
d. Ural
7. Which is the world039;s longest river?
a. Missouri
b. Yangtze
c. Amazon
d. !Nile
8. How many countries share a land border with Luxembourg?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 4
d. !3
9. Bir Tawil, an uninhabited track of land claimed by no country, is located along the border
of which two countries?
a. Chad and Libya
b. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
c. Israel and Jordan
d. !Egypt and Sudan
10. Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state?
a. !Niue
b. Tuvalu
c. South Sudan
d. Montenegro

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