Normal World Today Quiz
1 - Which country is not a member of the free trade south american organization (Mercosul)?
ArgentinaParaguayColombiaBrazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Colombia
Brazil
2 - What is the name of the current President of Cuba?
Fidel CastroRaul CastroBatistaFidel Crox
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Batista
Fidel Crox
3 - Which African country has the biggest economy?
NigeriaSouth AfricaIndiaEgypt
Nigeria
South Africa
India
Egypt
4 - The flag below is the only non-rectangular state flag in use today. To which country does it belong?
ThailandLaosBhutanNepal
Thailand
Laos
Bhutan
Nepal
5 - Which of those areas is the subject of a dispute between Japan and Russia?
The Kurile islandsSakhalinTsushima islandChejo island
The Kurile islands
Sakhalin
Tsushima island
Chejo island
6 - Which is Canada's only officially bilingual province?
ManitobaNew BrunswickQuebecOntario
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
7 - By whom was the Sandinista goverment of Nicaragua headed in the late 70s?
Daniel OrtegaAugusto C. SandinoVioleta BarriosEdén Pastora
Daniel Ortega
Augusto C. Sandino
Violeta Barrios
Edén Pastora
8 - Which neutral island nation has recently served as the place for Saudi/Iraqi soccer games and a chess match between one of the world's top computer and human players, and is also famous for its heavy use of desalinization plants?
BahrainQatarZanzibarCyprus
Bahrain
Qatar
Zanzibar
Cyprus
9 - Modern China has fought border wars with everyone of those neighbouring countries, except one. Which?
RussiaBurmaIndiaVietnam
Russia
Burma
Vietnam
10 - Which US state did NOT elect a Republican governor in 2003?
CaliforniaLouisianaKentuckyMississippi
California
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
11 - In which city is the famous arabic TV-Channel Al-Jazeera situated?
Doha, QatarMaskat, OmanRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaAmman, Jordan
Doha, Qatar
Maskat, Oman
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Amman, Jordan
12 - The largest single purchase of land (in area) made by the United States in its development was from which nation:
SpainFranceGreat BritainMexico
Spain
France
Great Britain
Mexico
13 - What is the name of the leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), captured by Turkey in 1999?
ÖcalanMechmedHajjiAli
Öcalan
Mechmed
Hajji
Ali
14 - Linguistically, which of these countries is not part of Scandinavia?
SwedenNorwayFinlandDenmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
15 - Which of the following is not a member of NATO as of 2003?
PolandIcelandHungaryRomania
Poland
Iceland
Hungary
Romania
16 - Which of these four nations is NOT a member of OPEC?
VenezuelaPakistanIranNigeria
Venezuela
Pakistan
Iran
17 - Between which candidates was the second round of the 2002 French presidential election?
Chirac and JospinJospin and Le PenChirac and Le PenChirac and Mitterand
Chirac and Jospin
Jospin and Le Pen
Chirac and Le Pen
Chirac and Mitterand
18 - Which Bush cabinet member once lost an election to a dead man?
Secretary of Defense Donald RumsfeldSecretary of Homeland Security Tom RidgeAttorney General John AshcroftSecretary of Transportation Norman Mineta
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
Attorney General John Ashcroft
Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta
19 - In what war did Israel gain the Golan Heights?
The Yom Kippur WarThe Six Day WarThe Gulf WarThe First Arab Israeli War
The Yom Kippur War
The Six Day War
The Gulf War
The First Arab Israeli War
20 - Which Mediterranean island has been a source of conflict between Turkey and Greece in recent times?
MaltaRhodesCreteCyprus
Malta
Rhodes
Crete
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