The World Quiz > Easy World Today Quiz

	Easy World Today Quiz 1 - Which of those countries does not have a dollar as its currency? Canada Taiwan Zimbabwe South Africa 2 - 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 3 - Of the following statements concerning Zimbabwe, which was not true in 2003? Mugabe committed several thousand more troops to the Congo civil war EU diplomatic sanctions on the country were renewed Newly-introduced laws forced much of the press to close A train crash caused over forty victims 4 - In which African country did the US briefly send peacekeepers in 2003? Liberia Congo Ivory Coast Zimbabwe 5 - Which two countries are the only neighbours of Costa Rica? Mexico and Canada Panama and Mexico Nicaragua and Canada Panama and Nicaragua 6 - To which ethnic and linguistic minority group belong Spain's most active terrorist group, once even plotting (unsucessfully) to kidnap Antonio Banderas? the Catalans the Basques the Gallicans the Andalucians 7 - What do the countries colored in green below have in common? They are the members of the Francophonie They are the founding members of the Organisation of Coffee-Producing Countries They were the first countries to ratify the treaty abolishing anti-personal landmines They are the only countries currently ahead of their Kyoto protocol targets 8 - What is the most populated Muslim-majority nation today? Indonesia Saudi Arabia Iran Egypt 9 - Which Chinese greater metropolitan area recently passed 20 million inhabitants, becoming China's largest urban center? Beijing Shanghai Hong Kong Guangzhou 10 - Which Latin American country defaulted (failed to pay its debts) in 2001, provoking a severe economic crisis? Argentina Brazil Mexico Venezuela 11 - In which of the following countries is a Maoist guerilla challenging the governement? Nepal Thailand Sri Lanka Argentina 12 - Of the following statements concerning the American base in Guantanamo Bay, which is FALSE? As of November 2003, approximatively 650 'illegal combatants' were held in the base Bill Clinton considered using the base to temporarily host Kosovo refugees Although the US pays a rent of around 4000$/year for it, the Cuban government refuses to cash the check The United States gained control of it in the last years of the Cuban Civil War, just before Castro's accession to power 13 - Which of the followings is the only country in Southeast Asia that has never been ruled by a western country? Thailand Philippines Indonesia East Timor 14 - Who is the current president of Egypt? Abbas Al-Menoufiyah Said Balain Anwar Sadat Hosni Mubarak 15 - Which of these countries is not a monarchy? Norway Finland Sweden Denmark 16 - Who are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council? United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States United States, France, Germany, India, Canada Russia, United States, Germany,India, Japan 17 - 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 18 - Who was the only President of the United States to serve more than two terms? Harry Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Theodore Roosevelt 19 - When did the Korean War officially end? 1949 1951 1953 It never ended 20 - Who is the current President of Mexico? He was elected in 2000, breaking the seven-decade monopoly of the Institutional Revolutionary Party on Mexico's government. Francisco Labastida Esteban Loaiza Vicente Fox Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Homepage