WGS: Exercise

1. Which city is the capital of the United States of America?

a. Los Angeles
b. !Washington D.C
c. Seattle
d. Albany
2. Which country does Austria not border?
a. Slovenia
b. Slovakia
c. !France
d. Switzerland
3. The following Spanish provinces are located in the northern area of Spain except:
a. Navarre
b. Leoacute;n
c. Asturias
d. !Murcia
4. What is the busiest port in Europe?
a. Port of Amsterdam
b. Port of Hamburg
c. Port of Antwerp
d. !Port of Rotterdam
5. What is the capital of British Columbia, Canada?
a. Kelowna
b. Hope
c. Vancouver
d. !Victoria
6. What is the smallest country in the world?
a. Monaco
b. !Vatican City
c. Malta
d. Maldives
7. What was the most populous city in the Americas in 2015?
a. !Satilde;o Paulo
b. Mexico City
c. New York
d. Los Angeles
8. What is the capital of Scotland?
a. !Edinburgh
b. Glasgow
c. London
d. Dundee
9. Which English county will you find the University of East Anglia?
a. Suffolk
b. Cambridgeshire
c. Essex
d. !Norfolk
10. What is the capital of Greenland?
a. !Nuuk

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b. Maniitsoq
c. Narsaq
d. Sisimiut
1. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Daedalus
c. Odysseus
d. Castor
2. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
c. Enlil
d. !Enkidu
3. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
4. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Hephaestus
b. Apollo
c. !Dionysus
d. Demeter
5. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Athena
b. Hestia
c. !Hera
d. Aphrodite
6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. !Hephaestus
b. Artagatus
c. Dyntos
d. Vulcan
7. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. Soba
c. Nasu
d. !Cucumbers
8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. War amp; Learning
b. Power amp; Peace
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
9. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the fairestquot;
into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Artemis
b. Hades
c. Ares
d. !Eris
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese

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making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Carme
c. Cephisso
d. !Aristaeus
1. Montreal is in which Canadian province?
a. Ontario
b. Nova Scotia
c. !Quebec
d. Alberta
2. The World Health Organization headquarters is located in which European country?
a. !Switzerland
b. France
c. United Kingdom
d. Belgium
3. Which US state has the highest population?
a. New York
b. !California
c. Florida
d. Texas
4. Gibraltar, located just south of the Iberian peninsula, is a territory of which West Europe
country?
a. Portugal
b. France
c. !United Kingdom
d. Spain
5. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
b. !The 1936 Olympics
c. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
d. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
6. Which German city is located on the River Isar?
a. Dortmund
b. Berlin
c. Hamburg
d. !Munich
7. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
a. Caspian Sea
b. Lake Michigan
c. Lake Huron
d. !Lake Superior
8. St. Louis is the capital of the US State Missouri.
a. !False
b. True
9. Which country has the abbreviation quot;CHquot;?
a. Canada
b. No Country
c. China
d. !Switzerland

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10. What is the tallest mountain in Canada?
a. Blue Mountain
b. Whistler Mountain
c. !Mount Logan
d. Mont Tremblant

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