HIST: Sheet

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. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. !Crete
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. !True
b. False
3. Hera is god of...
a. War
b. !Marriage
c. Sea
d. Agriculture
4. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
c. !Enkidu
d. Enlil
5. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Ceres
c. Dysnomia
d. Charon
6. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Ymir
7. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Hindu
b. Greek
c. Egyptian
d. !Norse
8. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
a. True
b. !False
9. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Roman and Spanish
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Greek and Chinese
d. Greek, Roman and Norse
10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. !Cucumbers

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c. Nasu
d. Soba
1. What is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
a. !Colombo
b. Negombo
c. Kandy
d. Moratuwa
2. What is the capital of Indonesia?
a. Palembang
b. Medan
c. Bandung
d. !Jakarta
3. Which of these is NOT a city in India?
a. Ghaziabad
b. Ahmedabad
c. Hyderabad
d. !Islamabad
4. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
5. Which of the following Arab countries does NOT have a flag containing only PanArab
colours?
a. Jordan
b. Kuwait
c. United Arab Emirates
d. !Qatar
6. Where is the fast food chain quot;Panda Expressquot; headquartered?
a. Fresno, California
b. Sacramento, California
c. !Rosemead, California
d. San Diego, California
7. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. !Anatolia
b. Ismuth of Anatolia
c. Ismuth of Ottoma
d. Ottoma
8. What city has the busiest airport in the world?
a. London, England
b. Tokyo,Japan
c. Chicago,Illinois ISA
d. !Atlanta, Georgia USA
9. The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains
below what symbol?
a. Sickle
b. !Crown
c. Bird
d. Tree
10. What is the northernmost human settlement with year round inhabitants?
a. McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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b. !Alert, Canada
c. Nagurskoye, Russia
d. Honningsvaring;g, Norway

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