1 - In which of the following countries was GNP growth SLOWEST in 2002?

United States

China

Japan

Germany

2 - Which of these cities is not on Honshu, the main Japanese island?

Sendai

Hiroshima

Kagoshima

Kobe

3 - Which Island in the Caribbean is split between France and the Netherlands?

St. Lucia

St. Martin

St. Vincent

St. Croix

4 - Which parliamentary group is the largest in the European parliament elected in 2004?

The Party of European Socialists (left)

The Union for Europe of the Nations (right-wing euroseptics)

The European People's Party (right)

The European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (centrist)

5 - Why does Brazilian president Lula da Silve have less than 10 fingers?

He was born this way

He lost them working in a factory

He lost them while in the military

He lost them in his youth as a punishment from his father

6 - Who was the first civilian Brazilian President after the end of the military regime (1985)?

Fernando Collor de Mello

Jose Sarney

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Itamar Franco

7 - Which of the following countries has the highest life expectancy?

India

Kenya

Yemen

Iran

8 - When was the WTO founded?

1982

1989

1995

1999

9 - In which country will the SEA GAMES, the sporting event of south-east Asia, be hosted in 2005?

Thailand

Singapore

Philippines

Indonesia

10 - Which two countries were responsible for the training of the new Afghan army?

The United Kingdom and Pakistan

The United Kingdom and India

The United States and France

The United States and the United Kingdom

11 - Which country is the newest member of the SAARC association?

Myanmar

Pakistan

The Maldives

Afghanistan

12 - Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the longest serving asian Head of Government, retired in 2003. He was Prime Minister of:

China

Indonesia

Thailand

Malaysia

13 - After being impeached, former Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas...

committed suicide

seized control of the government through the army

fled to Paraguay

started a procedure to return in the president seat

14 - Since the 13th century, Andorra has had two co-rulers. One is the Spanish bishop of Urgel. Who is the other?

The head of state of France

The King of Spain

The grandmaster of the Knights Templar

The French bishop of Foix

15 - What is the second largest city in the Czech Republic?

Karlovy Vary

Brno

Prague

Ostrava

16 - Which of the following states was the first to declare independence from Yugoslavia?

Slovenia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Croatia

Macedonia

17 - What is the name of the argentinian president that succeeded Menem?

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Néstor Kirchner

Fernando de la Rúa

Eduardo Duhalde

18 - Which of those religions does not have a significant (over 1% of the population) presence in Thailand?

Islam

Buddism

Hindouism

Christianity

19 - How many states does the Federal Republic of Germany consist of?

16

25

50

Just one: Germany

20 - Which country has the world's oldest parliment still functioning?

England

Iceland

Denmark

Norway

 

  

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