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1
Iraq is home to the worlds oldest
Civilisation
Mosque
Camel Riders
Pyramid
2
What was the name of the empire in Ghana centered around the city of Kumasi?
Mali
Ashanti
Idrisid
Abyssinia
3
Eswatini is home to Ngwenya supposedly the worlds oldest
Tree
Mine
Temple
Pyramid
4
Where did the name of Ecuador's overseas holding, the Galapagos Islands, come from?
The giant tortoise that lives there
Saint Galapago
The river in mainland ecuador
The galapagos monkey
5
Honduras has been nicknamed
The Great Dephts
The Cartel of the World
Land of the White Monkey God
The Banana Republic
6
Magyar the language of Hungary is
Turkic
Uralic
German
Slavic
7
Comoros derives its name from qamar, meaning moon. What language does qamar come from?
Portuguese
Arabic
Swahili
French
8
Bolivia is one of if not the only country where
Che Guevara was born
Over half the population is Native American/Amerindian
Lithium is found
Wild jaguars are found
9
What language did the hieroglyphs in Egypt evolve into?
Arabic
Nubian
Coptic
Berber
10
What is the major industry in Guinea-Bissau?
Turtle fishing
Weapons
Grapefruits
Cashew nuts
11
Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to
Make a film in colour
Adopt Christianity
Become a republic
Give women the right to vote
12
What region is Cape Verde a part of?
Melanesia
Polynesia
Micronesia
Macaronesia
13
Kenya is the leading destination for Safari, a word from Swahili meaning
Animal
Journey
Wildernes
Road
14
What industry was historicaly the most important for Bahrain?
Camel Poop
Pearl Hunting
Shark Fins
Piracy
15
Liberia, the pepper coast, was colonised by freed slaves from
Canada
Brazil
United States
United Kingdom
16
What is the most populous Island in Indonesia and the world?
Bali
Sumatra
Java
Sulawesi
17
What was the capital of Germany's predecessor state West Germany?
Hamburg
Bonn
Bremen
West Berlin
18
Fiji is the only country in Oceania where this (non native) language is official
Hindi
Portuguese
Mandarin
Arabic
19
What made the two major tribes in Burundi, Hutu and Tutsi, different?
Class
Race
Language
Religion
20
What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?
St. Olaf's
St. Mark's
St. John's
St. Bob's
21
What is the most spoken language in Cyprus?
Turkish
Hittite/Nesite
Arabic
Greek
22
Which people does Albania claim they originate from?
Thracians
Greeks
Illyrians
Dacians
23
Belarus is home to the remaining great primeveal forest that once covered much of Europe. What is the name of the forest
Polotsk Forest
Smolosk Forest
Novgoriad Forest
Bialowieza Forest
24
Dominica is home to the last surviving
Sisserou Bird Festivals
Pirate bases
Carib/Kalinago peoples
American elephants
25
Bhutan calls itself Druk Tseden which means?
Land of the Thunder Dragon
The Fortress of Thunder
Land of the Thunder Buddha
Mountains of Thunder
26
What is the official language and lingua franca in India?
Urdu
Tamil
Sanskrit
Hindi
27
Eritrea, along with ethiopia, are the only countries in Africa with
Sulfur volcanoes
The sufi muslim school
An official indiginous african alphabet
Red sea jellyfish ponds
28
What is the majority religion in Ethiopia?
Sunni Islam
Orthodox Christianity
Judaism
Shia Islam
29
What is the Tibesti mountains in Chad famous for?
Black sand dunes
Camel racing
Fluidized sand
Gold mines
30
Belgium is made up of two linguistic communities, Flanders and Wallonia. What languages do the speak?
French and Spanish
Dutch and French
German and French
French and Luxembourgish
31
Republic of the Congo and the rainforest of the same name gets its name from?
Congo river named after the Kingdom of Kongo
The Monster of Lake Tele
The Portuguese Explorer Diogo Cao
Mwene Kongo Mvemba a Nzinga Afonso I
32
Haiti was founded by the world's only successful
Slave Revolt
Voodoo Movement
Independence Vote
Pirate Conquest
33
What are the two official languages of East Timor?
Tetum and Mandarin
Tetum and English
Tetum and Portuguese
Tetum and Indonesian
34
Cameroon's name come from the portuguese word Camarões, Which means?
Canary
Shrimp
Salmon
Cod
35
What is the name of the proto-Protestant movement that dominated in Czechia in the 15th century?
Quakers
Bohemians
Waldensians
Hussites
36
What tree is the national symbol Lebanon and was famous across the world for shipbuilding
Cedar Tree
Bamboo
Palm Tree
Pine Tree
37
How many countries are there according to the United Nations?
194
200
196
197
38
What does Azerbaijan have the most of in the world?
Gass Lakes
Castles
Mud Volcanoes
KFCs
39
The largest denomination of christianity in Guyana is
Pentecostalism
Jehovah's Witnesses
Methodism
Adventism
40
What is the national animal of France?
Snail
Lion
Rooster
Eagle
41
What is one export Cuba has the largest of in the world?
Textiles
Weapons
Doctors
Sugar
42
Latvia was christianized by the military religious order called
Livonian Order
Rigan Order
Order of Courland
Order of Saint Mary
43
What was the helmet of the Kiribati warriors made of?
Shark Teeth
Coconut Fiber
Pandanus
Blowfish
44
What are the four great capitals of China?
Beijing, Nanjing, Xi'an, Luoyang
Beijing, Xi'an, Shenyang, Hangzhou
Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Chengdu
Beijing, Xi'an, Shangdu, Wuhan
45
Botswana has the worlds largest population of
Lions
Water Buffalos
Elephants
Giraffes
46
Estonia is the european nation with the most
Lakes
Islands
Protestant churches
Giant boulders
47
What is the official language of Andorra?
Basque
Catalan
Spanish
French
48
What is the majority religion of the south slavic nation of Croatia?
Protestant
Orthodox
Krstjani
Catholic
49
The national flag of Angola is based on the flag of
Ethiopia
Soviet Union
Portugal
United States
50
Lesotho is the only independent state which exists entirely above 1,000m, thus the nickname
Kingdom of the Mountains
Kingdom of Snow
Kingdom of Babel
Kingdom of the Sky
51
What are the two official languages of Canada?
English and Acadian
English and Iroquoian
English and French
English and Spanish
52
What is the largest religion in South Korea?
Cheondoism
Buddhism
Christianity
Shinto
53
What is the capital of Brasil?
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
Manaus
54
What does the name Guinea most likely mean?
Land of Rain
Land of Guinea Pigs
Land of Miasma
Land of Black People
55
According to legend, when did the flag of Denmark, the "dannebrog", fall from the sky?
1419
919
1219
1619
56
The Central African Republic is the country with the least amount of
Roads
Diamonds
Obesity
Light pollution
57
In 2011 Algeria became
The largest country in Africa
The first african country led by a woman
The largest arab country by population
The center of the Arab Spring
58
What is national drink of Kazakhstan
Chal/Camel Milk
Kumis/Horse Milk
Vodka
Borat/Yogurt beverage
59
What is Georgia, The land of Wolves, name in Georgian?
Sakartvelo
Gurgan
Abkhazia
Martvili
60
What is the name of one the largest pre-columbian cities in the Americas located in Guatemala?
Tikal
Palenque
Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
61
Benin used to be named Dahomey, named after the kingdom famed for?
Using uranium as currency
Landing an invasion force in Europe
Not participating in and resisting the slave trade
An all female military regiment unit
62
Brunei, formally Brunei Darussalam, what does Darussalam mean?
Jewel of Asia
Pearl of the Gulf
Land of God
Abode of Peace
63
Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is home to the world's oldest
Viking Ship
School
Volcano
Parliament
64
What is the majority religion in Greece?
Orthodox
Nestorian
Hellenism
Catholic
65
Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, was the center of?
A Nuclear Weapon Test
A Pirate Republic
Pearl Harbour
A Catastrophic Celebrity Festival
66
Who changed the name of the country from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso?
Ouagadougou Lais
Thomas Sankara
Josef Burkinabe
Robert Delavignette
67
Grenada, The Spice Island, under the New Jewel Movement was the only english speaking
Republic in the Caribbean
Muslim country in the Americas
Rastafari country
Communist country
68
What is the national bird of Kuwait?
Machboos
Hawk
Eagle
Falcon
69
What indiginous people in Chile are famous for their 350 year long resistance to colonisation?
Mixtec
Quecha
Aymar
Mapuche
70
What country did Bangladesh achieve independence from in 1971?
Britain
Pakistan
India
France
71
After a hurricane demolished much of Belize's capital, Belize City, it moved to a new capital valled
Hattie
New Belize
Belmopan
Chetumal
72
Ivory Coast is home to the worlds largest
Cave
Mask
Statue
Church
73
Kyrgyzstan means Land of Kyrk a reference to the clans of Manas. How many clans where there?
100
40
60
30
74
What is the state ideology of North Korea?
Cheondoism
Kimism
Communism/Socialism
Juche
75
What famous family controlled Austria and large parts of Europe for centuries?
Eisenhower
Schwarzenegger
Habsburg
Hitler
76
Where does Argentina's name come from?
The spanish wrongly assumed it was the native land of aspargus
The spanish wongly assumed it was the home of El Dorado
The spanish wrongly assumed it was a land of werewolves
The spanish wrongly assumed the land was rich in silver
77
The single island nation of Barbados has been called
Poseidon's Rest
Kingdom of the Caribbean
Land of the Flying Fish
Island of Sunshine
78
Costa Rica is the largest country in the world that does not have
Seaport access
A Capital
A Military
A Goverment
79
The two official currencies of El Salvador is the US Dollar and
Bitcoin
Mexican Peso
Quetzal
Salvadoran Peso
80
Who founded Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and the first permanent european city in the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Bartholomew Columbus
Francisco de Bobadilla
Domingo Felix de Guzman
81
Who build the famous city of Petra in Jordan?
Agarthans
Judah
Nabataeans
Edom
82
What is famous nickname for Ireland?
The Catholic Isle
The Beer Isle
The Potato Isle
The Emerald Isle
83
What is a famous nickname for Afghanistan?
Factory of Opium
Fort of Islam
Cradle of Terrorism
Graveyard of Empires
84
Cambodia has the worlds largest
Buddha statue
Religious structure
McDonalds
Skyscraper building
85
What indiginous people inhabitated Jamaica before colonialism?
Tupi
Iroqouis
Carib
Taino
86
How many different countries have a military base in Djibouti?
5
8
3
2
87
Israel is west asias only
Democracy
Secular state
Theocracy
Apartheid
88
Gabon has the worlds highest concentration of
Lemurs
Hippopotamuses (Hippos)
Panthers
Gorillas
89
What alphabet was made in Bulgaria?
Latin
Cyrillic
Greek
Mandaic
90
Modern Italy was unified by the kingdom of
Naples
Tuscany
Rome
Sardinia
91
What is the closest related language to Lao, the language of the Lao people of Laos
Khmu
Khmer
Thai
Vietnamese
92
Democratic Republic of the Congo has the worlds largest
Rainforest
Animals
Largest goldmine
French speaking community
93
Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa where this language is offical
Spanish
Guinean
Swahili
Bantu
94
Bosnia and Herzegovina once had an independent church, but today most of the population is
Mormon
Muslim
Catholic
Orthodox
95
What is the name of the oldest monotheistic religion founded in Iran?
Manichaeism
Baha'i
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
96
What is this Australian flag?
Flag of Tasmania
Aboriginal Flag
Outback Warning Flag
Torres Strait Islander Flag
97
Finland's name in finnish is Suomi, one theory is that it comes from the word suomaa which means
Svampland
Land of Lakes
Finn Hut
Homeland
98
In Shinto, Japan's first human emperor is said to be a direct descendant of what goddess of the sun?
Nihonkami
Ame-no-Uzume
Izanami
Amaterasu
99
The legend of El Dorado finds its origin with which people group in Colombia?
Miskito
Inca
Muisca
Tupi
100
The Gambia is one of only two muslim countries where the majority language is?
Portuguese
English
German
Spanish