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	Easy World Today Quiz 1 - 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 2 - Before his election as Brazilian President, which have been the former professional activities of Luis Ignacio 'Lula' da Silva? Senator, labor union leader, lawyer Truck driver, labor union spokesman, minister of labor Congressman, fisherman, journalist Factory worker, labor union leader, congressman 3 - What is the name of the main guerilla mouvement to fight the Peruvian government in the 80'? FARC ELN MR-8 Sendero Luminoso 4 - In which African country did the US briefly send peacekeepers in 2003? Liberia Congo Ivory Coast Zimbabwe 5 - When did the Korean War officially end? 1949 1951 1953 It never ended 6 - Before Chirac and Schroeder, other French Presidents and German Chancellors famously worked together. Of the following, which formed a comparable team? François Mitterand and Helmut Kohl Valerie Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Kohl François Mitterand and Konrad Adenauer Charles de Gaulle and Gerhard Schroeder 7 - Which of those countries gained its independence definitively the first? Canada Belgium Greece Brazil 8 - Which of these countries is not a monarchy? Norway Finland Sweden Denmark 9 - 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 10 - How long has Fidel Castro ruled Cuba? 20 years 35 years 45 years 63 years 11 - What's the name of Germany's lower house of parliament? Bundesrat Bundestag Bundesversammlung Bundeskanzler 12 - What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat Casablanca Marrakesh Tangiers 13 - 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 14 - Which of the following affirmations is NOT true for Nigeria in 2003? It launched its first satellite, on a Russian rocket A woman was condemned to death by stoning for adultery It committed troops to a West African peacekeping force in Ivory Coast The election of the first female governor, provoking violent protests in Lagos 15 - 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 16 - 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 17 - 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 18 - What is the only catholic-majority country in Eastern Asia? South Korea Japan Malaysia The Philippines 19 - Where were the 2008 Olympics held? Beijing, China Delhi, India Shanghai, China Athen, Greece 20 - What was the official Russian court language during the reign of Nicholas II? Russian Siberian French English Homepage