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HIST: Lecture

1. Greenland is almost as big as Africa.


a. !False
b. True
2. Which country is completely landlocked by South Africa?
a. Swaziland
b. Botswana
c. Zimbabwe
d. !Lesotho
3. What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal?
a. Scandinavian Peninsula
b. European Peninsula
c. Peloponnesian Peninsula
d. !Iberian Peninsula
4. Which country has the abbreviation quot;CHquot;?
a. !Switzerland
b. Canada
c. No Country
d. China
5. Harvard University is located in which city?
a. Washington D.C.
b. New York
c. Providence
d. !Cambridge
6. What North American tourist attraction is served by the quot;Maid of the Mistquot; tour
company?
a. !Niagara Falls
b. Disney World
c. Whistler, British Columbia
d. Yosemite National Park
7. Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
a. France
b. !Lithuania
c. Norway
d. Netherlands
8. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
a. Christchurch
b. Melbourne
c. !Wellington
d. Auckland
9. New Haven is the capital city of the state of Connecticut in the United States.
a. !False
b. True
10. What national museum will you find in Cooperstown, New York?
a. National Toy Hall of Fame
b. Museum of Modern Art
c. !National Baseball Hall of Fame
d. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1. At which bridge does the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race start?
a. Vauxhall
b. Battersea
c. !Putney
d. Hammersmith
2. How many soccer players should be on the field at the same time?
a. 20
b. !22
c. 24
d. 26
3. With which doubles partner did John McEnroe have most success?
a. Michael Stich
b. Mary Carillo
c. !Peter Fleming
d. Mark Woodforde
4. What is the highest belt you can get in Taekwondo?
a. Red
b. Green
c. White
d. !Black
5. Which country will host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
a. Germany
b. Australia
c. !Japan
d. China
6. Which driver has been the Formula 1 world champion for a record 7 times?
a. Jim Clark
b. Fernando Alonso
c. Ayrton Senna
d. !Michael Schumacher
7. In Rugby League, performing a quot;4020quot; is punished by a free kick for the
opposing team.
a. True
b. !False
8. Which NBA player won Most Valuable Player for the 19992000 season?
a. !Shaquille O039;Neal
b. Kobe Bryant
c. Allen Iverson
d. Paul Pierce
9. Which professional wrestler fell from the rafters to his death during a live PayPerView
event in 1999?
a. Chris Benoit
b. Al Snow
c. !Owen Hart
d. Lex Luger
10. Who was the topscorer for England national football team?
a. Steven Gerrard
b. David Beckham
c. Michael Owen
d. !Wayne Rooney

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1. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. Artemis
b. Ares
c. !Athena
d. Apollo
2. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Odysseus
b. !Jason
c. Castor
d. Daedalus
3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Athena
b. Ariel
c. !Ariadne
d. Alana
4. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. False
b. !True
5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Daedalus
b. Perseus
c. !Orpheus
d. Hercules
6. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Mut
b. Meret
c. Menu
d. !Min
7. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. True
b. !False
8. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under
a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. !New Zealand
c. Hawaii
d. Vanuatu
9. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Lilith
b. Nymph
c. Mermaids
d. !Harpies
10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Odin
b. !Loki
c. Thor
d. Balder

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