ENVI: Research

1. If soccer is called football in England, what is American football called in England?

a. !American football
b. Combball
c. Touchdown
d. Handball
2. Which nation claims ownership of Antarctica?
a. United States of America
b. Australia
c. United Nations
d. !No one, but there are claims.
3. The historical city Timbuktu is located in which West African country?
a. Niger
b. Burkina Faso
c. Senegal
d. !Mali
4. Which UK country features a dragon on their flag?
a. !Wales
b. North Ireland
c. England
d. Scotland
5. How many countries does Spain have a land border with?
a. 4
b. !5
c. 3
d. 2
6. quot;Mongoliaquot; was a part of the now nonexistent U.S.S.R.
a. !False
b. True
7. Harvard University is located in which city?
a. Providence
b. !Cambridge
c. Washington D.C.
d. New York
8. Liechtenstein does not have an airport.
a. !True
b. False
9. What is the secondlargest city in Lithuania?
a. Panevys
b. !Kaunas
c. Klaipda
d. Vilnius
10. The title of the 1969 film quot;Krakatoa, Eastof Javaquot; is incorrect, as Krakatoa is in
fact west of Java.
a. !True
b. False
1. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason

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b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. !Vulcan
b. Jupiter
c. Apollo
d. Mercury
3. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. !True
b. False
4. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Aphrodite
b. Artemis
c. !Apollo
d. Athena
5. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. Fire
b. !The Sea
c. Sun
d. War
6. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Greek
b. !Norse
c. Hindu
d. Egyptian
7. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Dyntos
b. Vulcan
c. !Hephaestus
d. Artagatus
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Minotaur
b. !Centaur
c. Pegasus
d. Gorgon
9. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. Monkey
b. Wild dog
c. !Spider
d. Crocodile
10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Frigg
b. Thor
c. !Odin
d. Balder

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1. What is the name of one of the NeoAramaic languages spoken by the Jewish population
from Northwestern Iraq?
a. Chaldean NeoAramaic
b. Lishan Didan
c. !Lishana Deni
d. Hulaulaacute;
2. Which Russian oblast forms a border with Poland?
a. Samara
b. !Kaliningrad
c. Omsk
d. Nizhny Novgorod
3. Alaska is the largest state in the United States.
a. False
b. !True
4. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
b. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
c. !The 1936 Olympics
d. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
5. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.
a. False
b. !True
6. When does Finland celebrate their independence day?
a. November 12th
b. February 8th
c. !December 6th
d. January 2nd
7. How many countries does Mexico border?
a. !3
b. 4
c. 1
d. 2
8. The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains
below what symbol?
a. Bird
b. !Crown
c. Sickle
d. Tree
9. What is the capital of Greenland?
a. !Nuuk
b. Narsaq
c. Maniitsoq
d. Sisimiut
10. Which of these is NOT a real tectonic plate?
a. North American Plate
b. !Atlantic Plate
c. Eurasian Plate
d. Nazca Plate

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