EDU: Week

1. Who was the Roman god of fire?

a. Mercury
b. Jupiter
c. !Vulcan
d. Apollo
2. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enlil
b. !Enkidu
c. Enkimdu
d. Enki
3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. !Zeus
b. Apollo
c. Poseidon
d. Hermes
4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. False
b. !True
5. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
6. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. Mars
b. Juno
c. Vulcan
d. !Janus
7. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. !Jens
c. Snotra
d. Loki
8. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Dyntos
b. Vulcan
c. Artagatus
d. !Hephaestus
9. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. !Narcissus
b. Clotho
c. Atropos
d. Lachesis
10. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Castle
b. Temple
c. !Tree
d. Mountain

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1. What is the capital of Chile?
a. !Santiago
b. Copiapoacute;
c. Valparaiacute;so
d. Antofagasta
2. How many federal states does Germany have?
a. 25
b. !16
c. 13
d. 32
3. Which of the following Inuit languages was the FIRST to use a unique writing system
not based on the Latin alphabet?
a. Inupiat
b. Greenlandic
c. !Inuktitut
d. Inuinnaqtun
4. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
b. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
c. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
d. !The 1936 Olympics
5. How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?
a. 6
b. !4
c. 3
d. 1
6. What is the capital of British Columbia, Canada?
a. !Victoria
b. Hope
c. Vancouver
d. Kelowna
7. What is the capital of Seychelles?
a. N039;Djamena
b. !Victoria
c. Tripoli
d. Luanda
8. Which of these cities has a 4deg; East longitude.
a. Hong Kong
b. !Amsterdam
c. Toronto
d. Rio de Janero
9. Lake Titicaca is located between which two nations?
a. Kenya and Uganda
b. !Peru and Bolivia
c. India and Bangladesh
d. Mexico and the United States
10. The formerly EastPrussian city of Kouml;nigsberg is known as which Russian City
today?
a. !Kaliningrad
b. Krasnodar

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c. Kursk
d. Kazan
1. What is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
a. Kandy
b. !Colombo
c. Negombo
d. Moratuwa
2. Which city is the capital of Switzerland?
a. !Bern
b. Wien
c. Zuuml;rich
d. Frankfurt
3. All of the following are classified as FinnoUgric languages EXCEPT:
a. Hungarian
b. Estonian
c. !Samoyedic
d. Finnish
4. The land of Gotland is located in which European country?
a. Norway
b. Germany
c. Denmark
d. !Sweden
5. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
a. Malta
b. !Monaco
c. Liechenstein
d. Bahrain
6. The Sonoran Desert is located in eastern Africa.
a. True
b. !False
7. The capital of the US State Ohio is the city of Chillicothe.
a. !False
b. True
8. What is the official language of Bhutan?
a. !Dzongkha
b. Groma
c. Karen
d. Ladakhi
9. In which English county is the city of Portsmouth?
a. Surrey
b. Buckinghamshire
c. !Hampshire
d. Oxfordshire
10. Which of the following is not a megadiverse country one that harbors a high number of
the earth039;s endemic species?
a. Peru
b. South Africa
c. Mexico
d. !Thailand

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