Normal World Today Quiz

 

1 - On what date is the UN's World Environment Day celebrated?

2 - In 1992, Ross Perot won about 18% of the popular vote in the US Presidential election, one of the best showings for a third-party candidate in almost a century. Which political party did he form?

3 - What modern countries fragmented out of Simon Bolivar's Gran Colombia after eleven years in 1830?

4 - Before becoming President of Georgia, what post did Eduard Shevardnadze hold?

5 - What is the name of the leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), captured by Turkey in 1999?

6 - The flag below is the only non-rectangular state flag in use today. To which country does it belong?

7 - In which city is the famous arabic TV-Channel Al-Jazeera situated?

8 - The Japanese legislative body is called:

9 - Which is Canada's only officially bilingual province?

10 - Who won the 2003 Presidential elections in Argentina?

11 - The largest single purchase of land (in area) made by the United States in its development was from which nation:

12 - Which of these four nations is NOT a member of OPEC?

13 - Which Bush cabinet member once lost an election to a dead man?

14 - Modern China has fought border wars with everyone of those neighbouring countries, except one. Which?

15 - Which country is shown in yellow below?

16 - In which of those countries are the Yorubas mainly found?

17 - Which of those areas is the subject of a dispute between Japan and Russia?

18 - Linguistically, which of these countries is not part of Scandinavia?

19 - Who was the first women president of Chile?

20 - As of December 2003, which political party controls the Israeli government?

 

  

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