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Facts From Around the World
Facts From Around the World
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Learn some neat facts about worldly trivia
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1
Rituals celebrating the lives of dead ancestors have been performed by civilizations for ___.
800 years
2000 years
3000 years
1000 years
2
Who said it: I trust no one, not even myself
Adolf Hitler
Saddam Hussein
Joseph Stalin
Genghis Khan
3
In Denmark, children names can only be chosen from a government approved list of 7000 options.
False
True
4
Apple Incorporated has more money than the US Treasury.
True
False
5
Saddam Hussein was given the keys to the city of ___.
Chicago
Dallas
New York
Detroit
6
The leaning tower of Pisa took almost ___ years to build.
300
150
70
200
7
The construction of the Great Wall of China took how many years?
5000
200
2000
600
8
When is Dia de los Muertos & All Souls Day, honoring souls of adults who have passed?
December 4
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Today
9
Exchanging of wedding rings was the tradition of ancient ____.
Egyptians
Italians
French
Greeks
10
What is the official animal of Scotland?
Stag
Unicorn
Griffin
Lion
11
Almost 1/3 of the world's languages are spoken in Africa.
False
True
12
You can hire "Handsome Weeping Boys" to watch sappy movies and wipe away your tears in ___.
Japan
Ukraine
Russia
Tailand
13
In Malaysia, authorities prohibited its people from wearing ___ due to protesters.
Leather wrist cuffs
Yellow clothing
Black bandanas
Purple pants
14
When is Dio de los Inocentes/ Dio de los Angelitos & All Saints Day honoring departed children?
Today
Tomorrow
December 4
October 2
15
Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Egypt, was not Egyptian, she was actually ____.
Greek
French
Swedish
Italian
16
Some Greeks would not eat ___ because they believed that they contained the souls of dead.
Rice
Potatoes
Onions
Beans
17
Who said it: Learn to think continentally
Aaron Burr
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
King George III