TRIVIA QUIZ CONTEST

World Culture
MATE CIRCLES ENGLISH CLUB
Abdellah Chefchaouni Secondary School
2023/2024

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 RULES

The competition is in rounds

The students are ranked according to the number
of correct answers on the board.
Half the participants move to the next round and
so on and so forth till we get the three best.
Each round is 9 questions, except the final one
which has five.
Not all the questions here were included in the pdf
given to the participants
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 Round1

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What is the capital of Argentina?

a. Auckland

b. Sydney

c. Buenos Aires.

d. Rio de Janeiro
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 What is the capital of Australia?

a. Sydney
b. Canberra
c. Melbourne
d. Perth

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Which African country is known for its annual
Great Wildebeest Migration?
a. Uganda

b. Zinzibar

c. Congo

d. Tanzania
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Which Moroccan city is renowned for its ancient
tanneries?

a. Meknes

b. Fes

c. Marrakech

d. Assila
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 What is the capital of Japan?

a. Tokyo
b. Iwaki
c. Toyama
d. Sapporo

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 What is the capital of Canada?

a. Ottawa

b. Vancouver

c. Quebec city

d. Toronto
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What is the national animal of New Zealand?

a. Kangaroo

b. Kiwi

c. Horse

d. Parrot
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 In which country is the capital city of
Warsaw located?

a. England

> b. Poland

c. Finland

d. Greenland
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 End of Round 1

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 Round 2

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 What is the oldest city still populated in
Morocco?

a. Marrakech

b. Fes Founded in 789 by Idriss I

c. Meknes

d. Tangier
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Which was not invented by a
Moroccan?

a. Lithium batteries
Rachid Yazami
b. Analogue to digital converter
Majid El Bouazzaoui
c. Blood flow moderator for the heart
Youssef Azzouzi
d. Hydrogen cars
General Moters
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What was the capital of Morocco before
Rabat during the Alaouite Dynasty?

a. Marrakech

b. Fes

c. Meknes From 1672 to 1727

d. Tangier
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 In which Moroccan city is the ancient
Roman ruin of Volubilis located?

a. Fes

b. Ouazzan

c. Azilal

d. Meknes
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 Which Moroccan city is known for its
distinctive blue pottery?

a. Essaouira

b. Berkan

c. Laraiche

> d. Safi
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 The Moroccan resident population (in
Morocco) is about:

a. 27 millions

> b. 37 millions + the expatriates, it is around 40

c. 47 millions

d. 57 millions
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 Many Moroccan women were the first in the
Muslim, Arab/Amazigh and Africans to achieve
a feat, except for the first woman to :

> a. fly a plane Lotfia elnadi, Egyptian, 1933

b. drive a train Saida Abad, 1999

c. set foot in Antartica Meriem Chadid, 1999
d. Build a university
Fatima Alfihri, 857-859
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 Which famous person is not of
Moroccan origin:

a. Edith Piaf

b. Jean Reno

> c. Shakira lebanese

d. French Montana

e. Ariana Grande

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The End of round 2

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 Final Round

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 Which Persian polymath is known for his
contributions to medicine, astronomy,
mathematics, and philosophy, and wrote the
"Canon of Medicine"?

a. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

b. Al-Uqlidisi

c. Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

d. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis)

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What is the capital of China?

a. Shanghai

b. Beijing

c. Guangzhou

d. Chongqing

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 Which Muslim mathematician is credited with
introducing the concept of the decimal point and
wrote extensively on arithmetic and algebra?

a. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

b. Al-Uqlidisi

c. Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

d. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis)

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 Which scientist from the Islamic Golden Age is
known for his work in optics, including his study of
light reflection and refraction?

a. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

b. Al-Uqlidisi

c. Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

d. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis)

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The End of the final
round

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Well done!

Thank you!
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