1. What country is the second largest in the world by area?

a. United States of America

b. Russia
c. !Canada
d. China

2. Seoul is the capital of North Korea.

a. True
b. !False

3. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by

one or more landlocked countries?
a. Bolivia
b. !Uzbekistan
c. Switzerland
d. Ethiopia

4. A group of islands is called an 039;archipelago039;.

a. !True
b. False

5. Which nation claims ownership of Antarctica?

a. United Nations
b. United States of America
c. Australia
d. !No one, but there are claims.

6. There are no deserts in Europe.

a. !True
b. False

7. What is the most populous Muslimmajority nation in 2010?

a. Iran
b. Sudan
c. !Indonesia
d. Saudi Arabia

8. What tiny principality lies between Spain and France?

a. San Marino
b. !Andorra
c. Liechtenstein
d. Monaco

9. How many timezones does Russia have?

a. !11
b. 24
c. 6
d. 16

10. Rhode Island is actually located on the US mainland, despite its name.
 a. !True
b. False

11. Is Tartu the capital of Estonia?

a. True
b. !False

1. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
a. Harold Macmillan
b. !Winston Churchill
c. Neville Chamberlain
d. Edward Heath

2. Adolf Hitler was a german soldier in World War I.

a. !True
b. False

3. Who is attributed credit for recording the epic poem The Odyssey?
a. !Homer
b. Odysseus
c. Socrates
d. Aristotle

4. The Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which

architect?
a. Le Corbusier
b. !Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Frank Gehry
d. Antoni Gaudi

5. In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, AustriaHungary,
the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?
a. !The Central Powers
b. Authoritarian Alliance
c. The Axis Powers
d. The Federation of Empires

6. What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
a. Australia
b. India
c. Ireland
d. !Hong Kong

7. Who assassinated President James A. Garfield?

a. Leon Czolgosz
b. Sirhan Sirhan
c. John Wilkes Booth
d. !Charles Guiteau
8. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Nedeljko abrinovi
b. !Gavrilo Princip
c. Ferdinand CohenBlind
d. Oskar Potiorek

1. Which type of rock is created by intense heat AND pressure?

a. !Metamorphic
b. Diamond
c. Igneous
d. Sedimentary

2. What is the powerhouse of the cell?

a. !Mitochondria
b. Redbull
c. Ribosome
d. Nucleus

3. Which psychological term refers to the stress of holding contrasting beliefs?

a. Blind Sight
b. !Cognitive Dissonance
c. SplitBrain
d. FlipFlop Syndrome

4. Which one of these is scientific term for quot;Brain Freezequot;?

a. Amblyomma Americanum
b. Amaranthus Retroflexus
c. !Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia
d. Hyacinthoides Italica

5. At what temperature does water boil?

a. 200deg;F
b. 178deg;F
c. 181deg;F
d. !212deg;F

6. 71 of the Earth039;s surface is made up of

a. Continents
b. Deserts
c. !Water
d. Forests

7. What are human nails made of?

a. Bone
b. Chitin
c. Calcium
d. !Keratin
8. What is the scientific name for the extinct hominin known as quot;Lucyquot;?
a. Australopithecus Antaris
b. Australopithecus Africanus
c. Australopithecus Architeuthis
d. !Australopithecus Afarensis

9. How many protons are in an oxygen atom?

a. Four
b. Six
c. !Eight
d. Two

10. Which of the following elements is typically used in the doping of the
semiconductor silicon?
a. !Boron
b. Carbon
c. Iron
d. Oxygen