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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
QUESTION 1. 
1. Name the only nation in the world with Latin as an official language. 

2. What's the largest nation in the world that shares a border with only one neighbor? 

3. When the Soviet Union broke up, who got stuck with Chernobyl? 

4. Assuming each stamp in your passport covers half a page
   and you have only two open pages
   could you make it overland from Finland to North Korea 
   without getting a new passport? 

5. What are the more common names for zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude? 


6. Match the self-proclaimed nickname with the North American city 
   that boasts it (as listed on the sporadically reliable Wikipedia.com): 

a. Curtain Rod Capital of the World 

b. Hog Butcher to the World 

c. Jackalope Capital of the World 

d. Television Capital of the World 

e. Root Cellar Capital of the World 

f. Appalachian Square Dance Capital of the World 

g. Barbed Wire Capital of the World 

h. Fire Hydrant Capital of the World 

i. Toilet Paper Capital of the World 

Lebanon TN

Green Bay WI

Albertville ALA

Douglas WY

Chicago 

La Crosse KS

Elliston, Newfoundland 

Tijuana, Mexico 

Sturgis, Michigan 


7. What two sovereign nations are wholly within the borders of Italy?

8. Where is the Beaufort Sea? 

9. Is South Africa among the five largest nations in Africa? 

10. Antarctica is sliced up like a pie
   with the territorial claims of various nations meeting at the South Pole. 
   Which nation claims the biggest slice of the pie? 
   Hint: This sun-baked nation is better known for its deserts and beaches. 

11. International Monetary Fund calls these the world's 5 richest countries 
   as defined by gross domestic product per person 
   Luxembourg, Norway, the United States, Ireland and Iceland. 
   Which of the 5 is the richest by far? 

12. Which lake separates Uganda from Kenya? 

13. What's the most common 3-color combination on the world's nations flags? 

14. What is the newest nation to be recognized by the United Nations? 

ISLANDS
15. If you crossed from the isle known as Rhode Island to the nearest point
    of the North American mainland, what state would you arrive in? 

16. Is the Greek island of Crete closer to Athens or Africa? 

17. Cape Horn is generally considered to be the very bottom of South America
    even though it's on an island. Which country does it belong to? 

18. This island was formerly known as Formosa. What do we call it today? 

19. This island's major claim to fame 
   other than being one of the least strategically useful territories 
   in the board game "Risk" is that it's the only place (almost) 
   you can see wild lemurs, those strange primates 
   with the perpetually startled expressions. 

20. This much-photographed Greek island is the rim of an ancient volcano. 

21. Name the island nation connected to the Asian mainland by a causeway. 

22. Has anyone ever swam from the Scottish mainland to the Hebrides Islands? 

RIVERS
23. If you crossed the bridge over the River Kwai what country would you be in? 

24. Which river passes through or borders 9 European nations and 4 capitals? 

25. Which is longer the Nile or the Amazon? 

26. Which capital is bisected by the Chao Phraya River? 

27. Nearly half the people in Asia get their water from 4 rivers that 
    originate near a sacred and unclimbed mountain in Tibet. Name it. 

28. What is the world's longest river confined to one nation? 

THE NAME GAME 
29. Which Pacific Northwest city was originally called "New York Alki," 
    and later "Duwamps," before arriving at its current name? 

30. An inlet in Alaska, a mountain in New Zealand, a town 
   on the island of Hawaii and an island group in the 
   South Pacific are named for a former grocer's apprentice from Yorkshire, 
   England. Name him. 

31. A onetime underling to the man in the above question fared even better: 
    One of the world's favorite cities is named after him. Who is he? 

32. This Iowa city was once known as "Fort Raccoon." What do we call it today? 

33. Speaking in their own language, this country's residents call it Cymru 
   (pronounced coom-ree) What do the rest of us call it? 

34. What is the significance of the Semitic words asu, meaning 
   "where the sun rises," and ereb, meaning "where the sun sets?" 

35. What do La Sal, a county in SE Utah; Tassat, a town in 
   SW France; and Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia, have in common? 

36. Which nation's name derives from an acronym of its original regions 
   Punjab, Afghania (A K A the NW Frontier Province), Kashmir and Sind? 

37. Which nation in South America took its name from a city in Europe? 
  Thanks to Tom Cole for this and the two following questions. 

38. Which European capital was named from a Middle East nation's capital?

39. What is the only nation in the world named after a mountain? 
  We're talking here about a single peak, not a mountain range. 

DIRECTIONS, PLEASE
40. The name "Rarotonga" is often interpreted to mean "south of Tonga." 
   What direction is this island from Tonga? 

41. What direction is the Indonesian island of Krakatoa from Java? 


TIME TRAVEL
42. If you visited this pair of islands you could see into tomorrow or 
    yesterday. Where are we talking about? 

43. The residents of an atoll called Kirimati in the Republic of Kiribati 
   never experienced Dec. 31, 1994. What happened? 

THE GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN 
44. What continent claims Kazakhstan? 

45. Which of these does not share a border with Kazakhstan? 
   Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. 

46. True or false: Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.

47. True or false: A boxer from Kazakhstan is the current world's WBC 
    heavyweight champion.

48. True or false: The world's largest spaceport is in Kazakhstan. 

49. True or false: Women in Kazakhstan got the vote on exactly the same day 
   women in the U.S. did Aug. 26, 1920. 

50. True or false: Kazakhs play a traditional game on horseback called Kuuz 
    Kuu "Catch the Bride." 

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