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

Canada

Belgium

Greece

Brazil

2 - Who is pictured below?

The ex-Japanese Prime Minister, Koizumi Junichiro The Emperor of Japan, Akihito The South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyun Ex-Chinese President Jiang Zemin

3 - 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

4 - What was the official Russian court language during the reign of Nicholas II?

Russian

Siberian

French

English

5 - 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

6 - 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

7 - In which country, currently divided in two parts, did the prospect of adhesion to the EU fueling the first serious reunification talks since partition?

Croatia

Ukraine

Georgia

Cyprus

8 - What are the three regions (Gewesten) of Belgium?

Flanders, Brabant and Luxembourg

Brussels, Luxembourg and Flanders

Flanders, Brabant and Brussels

Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia

9 - Which of these names is not closely connected with political theory?

Thomas Hobbes

Karl Marx

John Locke

Friedrich Schiller

10 - 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

11 - What's the name of Germany's lower house of parliament?

Bundesrat

Bundestag

Bundesversammlung

Bundeskanzler

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

New York

Geneva

The Hague

Rome

13 - Who is the current president of Egypt?

Abbas Al-Menoufiyah

Said Balain

Anwar Sadat

Hosni Mubarak

14 - Which Chinese greater metropolitan area recently passed 20 million inhabitants, becoming China's largest urban center?

Beijing

Shanghai

Hong Kong

Guangzhou

15 - What is the name of the main guerilla mouvement to fight the Peruvian government in the 80'?

FARC

ELN

MR-8

Sendero Luminoso

16 - What is the capital of Morocco?

Rabat

Casablanca

Marrakesh

Tangiers

17 - Which of these countries is not a monarchy?

Norway

Finland

Sweden

Denmark

18 - Where is the British Island of Diego Garcia, home to a common US-UK military base, located?

Eastern Mediterranean

Indian Ocean

Between Indonesia and Australia

In the gulf of Guinea

19 - 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

20 - What current American ally has never been at war with the USA?

Great Britain

France

Spain

Italy

 

  

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