1 - During Putin's first term, Russia re-adopted the old Soviet national anthem, although with new lyrics. Why had the original post-Soviet anthem fallen out of favor?
2 - What is the name of the pedophile whose arrest shocked Belgium in 1996?
3 - Who is the president of the main Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan?
4 - Senator Jim Jefford left the US Republican party in 2001, throwing control of the US Senate to the Democrats until 2003. What state was he from?
5 - Of the following countries, which intervened in the Congolese Civil War?
6 - Which of those religions is not recognised by Iran's constitution?
7 - Roughly how many French soldiers are currently enforcing the cease-fire in Ivory Coast, as of early 2005?
8 - Who were the two vice-Presidents of the Prodi European Commission?
9 - How were French departements originally numbered?
10 - Which country contains the greatest number of speakers of Welsh, after the UK?
11 - Which is the oldest currently existing guerrilla group in Latin America?
12 - In 2002, Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election. What other candidate did he beat in the second round?
13 - Which countries disputes the Nagorno Karabakh area?
14 - Which is the northernmost Chinese province?
15 - Which balkan nation has failed to elect a president three times in 2002-2003 due to insufficent voter turnout?
16 - With which nation did Japan recently conclude a Free Trade agreement?
17 - Which country is shown in red below?
18 - Which of those ex-SSR has the smallest Russian minority (in percentage of population)?
19 - Of the various European countries who voted on adhesion to the EU in 2003, which voted in favor with the biggest margin?
20 - Which French daily was accused of conflict of interests and biased objectivity in a best-seller published in 2003?
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