1 - When did the Korean War officially end?

1949

1951

1953

It never ended

2 - Who was the only US President to have headed a labor union?

Gerald Ford

Bill Clinton

Ronald Reagan

Jimmy Carter

3 - How long has Fidel Castro ruled Cuba?

20 years

35 years

45 years

63 years

4 - Which of those countries gained its independence definitively the first?

Canada

Belgium

Greece

Brazil

5 - In which African country did the US briefly send peacekeepers in 2003?

Liberia

Congo

Ivory Coast

Zimbabwe

6 - Which of those countries does not have a dollar as its currency?

Canada

Taiwan

Zimbabwe

South Africa

7 - What is the FARC?

The Brazialian air-controller trade union, who went on a two-month-long strike in 2002

An extremist British animal right organisation, responsible for the violent destruction of labotaries

The ruling political party in South Korea

Colombia's biggest guerilla organisation

8 - Who is Lula da Silva?

The last Emperor of Mexico, executed at the beginning of the 19th century

The left-wing President of Brazil

A high-ranking UN official killed in Bagdad

The only latino in George Bush's cabinet

9 - George Bush and Tony Blair are famous for their closeness. To which of the following pairs have they been compared?

George Bush Senior and John Major

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Tatcher

Winston Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower

Ian Duncan Smith and Bill Clinton

10 - The tower below, currently in construction, is the tallest building in the world. In which city is it located?

Tapei, Taiwan Dubai, UAE Chicaco, United States Shangai, China

11 - What is the capital of Morocco?

Rabat

Casablanca

Marrakesh

Tangiers

12 - What are, in order, the most populated nations today?

China, India, the United States

The United States, China, Japan

China, the United States, Japan

India, China, Brazil

13 - Where were the 2008 Olympics held?

Beijing, China

Delhi, India

Shanghai, China

Athen, Greece

14 - In which city is the International Criminal Court situated?

New York

Geneva

The Hague

Rome

15 - Which African country is shown below?

Republic of Liberia Federal Republic of Nigeria Republic of Zimbabwe Democratic Republic of the Congo

16 - Who is David Kelly?

A British WMD expert

The leader of the Unionist in Northern Ireland

An American accused of collaborating with Al Qaeda captured in Afghanistan

The teenager behind the Slammer virus

17 - Which of these countries is not a monarchy?

Norway

Finland

Sweden

Denmark

18 - Who was the first Roman Catholic US President?

Abraham Lincoln

John F. Kennedy

James Buchanan

Dwight Eisenhower

19 - Of which religion is Manmohan Singh, India's current Prime Minister?

Hindu

Muslim

Christian

Sikh

20 - When did the United Kingdom grant independence to India and Pakistan?

1919

1936

1947

1958

 

  

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