WGS: Notes

1. What is the capital of the American state of Arizona?

a. !Phoenix
b. Raleigh
c. Tallahassee
d. Montgomery
2. What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States?
a. Yukon
b. Washington D.C.
c. !Olympia
d. Seattle
3. You could walk from Norway to North Korea while only passing through Russia.
a. False
b. !True
4. The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
a. France
b. Luxembourg
c. !Belgium
d. Andorra
5. Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
a. !Brazil
b. The United States
c. Russia
d. China
6. What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?
a. Zakopane
b. Pozna
c. !Gdask
d. Warsaw
7. Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
a. Norway
b. !Lithuania
c. France
d. Netherlands
8. What039;s the first National Park designated in the United States?
a. Sequoia
b. !Yellowstone
c. Yosemite
d. Rocky Mountain
9. Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?
a. Ural
b. !Volga
c. Danube
d. Dnieper
10. Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union?
a. Tajikistan
b. Belarus
c. !Romania

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1. What is the name of the former country that was succeeded by countries such as
Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia?
a. !Yugoslavia
b. Czechoslovakia
c. South Ossetia
d. Abkhazia
2. Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Asian continent?
a. Georgia
b. Russia
c. !Suriname
d. Singapore
3. How many counties in the Republic of Ireland.
a. 28
b. !26
c. 32
d. 30
4. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the dwarf planet Pluto.
a. !True
b. False
5. The prefix Sino As in SinoAmerican is used to refer to what nationality?
a. Russian
b. Japanese
c. !Chinese
d. Indian
6. There is a city called Rome in every continent on Earth.
a. True
b. !False
7. Which German city is located on the River Isar?
a. Hamburg
b. Berlin
c. !Munich
d. Dortmund
8. Which of these countries is the smallest by population?
a. Hong Kong
b. !Norway
c. Finland
d. Slovakia
9. What is the fifth largest country by area?
a. !Brazil
b. India
c. Australia
d. United States
10. Bir Tawil, an uninhabited track of land claimed by no country, is located along the
border of which two countries?
a. !Egypt and Sudan
b. Chad and Libya
c. Israel and Jordan
d. Iraq and Saudi Arabia

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1. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Ares
b. Zeus
c. !Poseidon
d. Apollo
2. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Charon
b. Ceres
c. !Eris
d. Dysnomia
3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Apollo
b. Hermes
c. Poseidon
d. !Zeus
4. Rannamaari was a sea demon that haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be
appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin girl.
a. !True
b. False
5. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Pegasus
b. Minotaur
c. !Centaur
d. Gorgon
6. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. !Spider
b. Wild dog
c. Crocodile
d. Monkey
7. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. !Cucumbers
c. Nasu
d. Soba
9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. War amp; Learning
b. !Thought amp; Memory
c. Sleeping amp; Waking
d. Power amp; Peace
10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. !Thanatos
b. Tartarus
c. Hades

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