Hardest World Today Quiz

 

1 - What is the name of the pedophile whose arrest shocked Belgium in 1996?

2 - Which countries disputes the Nagorno Karabakh area?

3 - In 2002, Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election. What other candidate did he beat in the second round?

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 - Which activity as a student and young adult helped shape Chief Justice Margaret Marshall's (of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court) views?

6 - 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?

7 - Which of these areas is not under dispute between China and Russia?

8 - Who is Andrés Manuel Lopez?

9 - Which is the northernmost Chinese province?

10 - With which nation did Japan recently conclude a Free Trade agreement?

11 - Name the highest political office in Hong Kong.

12 - Who is the president of the main Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan?

13 - What is the only African country with a daily German newspaper?

14 - Which French daily was accused of conflict of interests and biased objectivity in a best-seller published in 2003?

15 - How were French departements originally numbered?

16 - Which country is shown in red below?

17 - Of the following countries, which intervened in the Congolese Civil War?

18 - What happened to Chechen rebel Akhmed Zakayev in November 2003?

19 - Which balkan nation has failed to elect a president three times in 2002-2003 due to insufficent voter turnout?

20 - Who was the only president in U.S. history to fill that office without having been elected either President or Vice-President?

 

  

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