1. Which country is to the north of Guatemala?
a) Chile
b) Nicaragua
c) Mexico
d) Peru
2. Which ocean is to the south of Guatemala?
a) Atlantic
b) Pacific
c) Indian
d) Antarctic
3. Which is the capital of Guatemala?
a) Zacapa
b) El Estor
c) Guatemala
d) San Benito
1. Which state is to the north of Arkansas?
a) Missouri
b) Texas
c) Rhode Island
d) Maine
2. Which state is to the south of Arkansas?
a) Vermont
b) Louisiana
c) New Jersey
d) Wyoming
3. Who founded Arkansas Post?
a) Joseph Francois Dupleix
b) Charles Joseph Patissier
c) Henri de Tonty
d) Rene Robert Cavalier
1. When was Georgia founded?
a) 1732
b) 1620
c) 1661
d) 1707
2. Who got the charter for founding Georgia?
a) Hernando de Soto
b) Rufus Bullock
c) James Edward Oglethorpe
d) Thomas Watson
3. After whom was Georgia named?
a) George I
b) George II
c) George III
d) George IV
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine?
a) Robert Koch
b) John Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka
c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak
d) Emil von Behring
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2012 for Medicine given?
a) Tuberculosis research
b) Stem cell research
c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells
d) Contributions to cancer research
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2012 for Physics?
a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt
b) Philip Lenard
c) Serge Haroche, David Wineland
d) Ferdinand Braun
1. When did Palau become independent?
a) 15 March 1982
b) 27 April 1976
c) 6 September 1988
d) 1 October 1994
2. Which is the capital of Palau?
a) Angaur
b) Melekeok
c) Tobi
d) Peleliu
3. Which is the currency of Palau?
a) Yen
b) American Dollar
c) British Pound
d) Euro
1. When did Ukraine declare independence?
a) 7 March 1984
b) 11 April 1976
c) 24 August 1991
d) 14 November 1975
2. Which of the following countries is not to the west of Ukraine?
a) Slovakia
b) Hungary
c) Poland
d) Russia
3. Which is the longest mountain in Ukraine?
a) Danube
b) Donets
c) Dnieper
d) Dniester
1) Who is Venus in mythology?
a) God of justice
b) Goddess of love
c) God of wind
d) God of storm
2) How is Venus sometimes referred to? (This is one of the two common references.)
a) Morning Star
b) Yellow Star
c) Noon Star
d) Blue Star
3) What is the number of Venus’ satellites?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero
d) Three
1. When did Illinois become a state of USA?
a) 7 January 1781
b) 5 April 1802
c) 22 July 1848
d) 3 December 1818
2. When did Louis Jolliet visit Illinois?
a) 1492
b) 1507
c) 1673
d) 1776
3. Who captured Kaskaskia in 1778?
a) James Wilkinson
b) George Rogers Clark
c) Pierre Menard
d) Horatio Gates
1. When did Christopher Columbus sight the island of Saint Martin?
a) 1 March 1476
b) 20 May 1482
c) 12 July 1562
d) 11 November 1493
2. Who occupied Curacao in 1634?
a) Piet Heyn
b) John Maurice
c) Johannes van Walbeeck
d) Robert Blake
3. When did Sint Eustasius recognize USA?
a) 1 January 1801
b) 16 November 1776
c) 20 September 1798
d) 14 April 1824
1. When did Solomon Islands become independent?
a) 22 January 1949
b) 26 May 1966
c) 7 July 1978
d) 30 November 1975
2. Who was the first European to reach Solomon Islands?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Alvaro de Mendana de Neira
d) James Cook
3. Which is the capital of Solomon Islands?
a) Buala
b) Honiara
c) Inakona
d) Tulagi