1. Which sea surrounds Saint Barthelemy?
a) Caribbean
b) Baltic
c) Irish
d) Labrador
2. When did France occupy Saint Barthelemy?
a) 1520
b) 1547
c) 1648
d) 1676
3. When did France sell Saint Barthelemy to Sweden?
a) 1784
b) 1756
c) 1824
d) 1848
1. When did Trinidad and Tobago become independent?
a) 12 February 1959
b) 21 May 1956
c) 31 August 1962
d) 11 November 1965
2. Which is the longest river in Trinidad and Tobago?
a) Caroni
b) Navet
c) Cauva
d) Ortoire
3. Which is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
a) Plymouth
b) Port of Spain
c) Roxborough
d) Scarborough
1) When did Croatia become independent?
a) 19 February 1968
b) 25 June 1991
c) 12 August 1972
d) 17 December 1961
2) Who was Croatia’s president in 1991-1999?
a) Franjo Tudjman
b) Stipe Mesic
c) Josip Manolic
d) Jadranka Kosor
3) Which country is to the east of Croatia?
a) France
b) Spain
c) Serbia
d) Portugal
1) Who conquered Peru for Spain in 1531-1533?
a) Hernando Cortez
b) Francisco Pizarro
c) Simon Bolivar
d) Christopher Columbus
2) When did Peru proclaim its independence?
a) 28 July 1821
b) 15 April 1832
c) 18 May 1860
d) 11 November 1911
3) Who won the Presidential election in 1990?
a) Alan Garcia
b) Jose Luis Bustamente
c) Alberto Fujimori
d) Manuel Odria
1) When did Mozambique become independent?
a) 1964
b) 1968
c) 1975
d) 1981
2) Which ocean is to the east of Mozambique?
a) Atlantic
b) Arctic
c) Indian
d) Pacific
3) Which association has Mozambique as its founding member?
a) British Commonwealth
b) Commonwealth of Independent States
c) Community of Portuguese Language Countries
d) Non Aligned Movement
(Ivory Coast is officially known as The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.)
1. When did Ivory Coast become independent?
a) 12 February 1953
b) 25 April 1958
c) 7 August 1960
d) 26 November 1956
2. Which country is to the east of Ivory Coast?
a) Ghana
b) Liberia
c) Sierra Leone
d) Namibia
3. Which gulf is to the south of Ivory Coast?
a) Gulf of Cambay
b) Gulf of Guinea
c) Persian Gulf
d) Gulf of Tonkin
1) Which two countries are surrounded on all sides by Italy?
a) Gibraltar and Andorra
b) Monaco and Andorra
c) Vatican and San Marino
d) Luxembourg and Monaco
2) Which is the largest island of Italy?
a) Sicily
b) Sardinia
c) Elba
d) Crete
3) Which is Italy’s main river?
a) Arno
b) Po
c) Tiber
d) Rhine
1) Which military alliance has its headquarters in Brussels?
a) ANZUS
b) OAS
c) NATO
d) SEATO
2) Which is the official language of Wallonia?
a) Dutch
b) French
c) German
d) Flemish
3) Which is the capital of European Union?
a) Brussels
b) Arlon
c) Dinant
d) Liege
1) From 1809 to 1917 Finland was a Grand Duchy. Who was the Grand Duke?
a) King of Sweden
b) King of Denmark
c) Czar of Russia
4) Kaiser of Germany
2) Who produced the first Finnish language book, a book of Finnish grammar?
a) Mikael Agricola
b) Erik Exelsson
c) Aleksis Kivi
d) Emma Irene Astrom
3) Who was the President of Finland from 1956 to 1981?
a) J. K. Paasikivi
b) Urho Kekkonen
c) Tarja Halonen
d) Matti Vanhanen
1. How was Kiribati formerly known?
a) Pitcairn Islands
b) Gilbert Islands
c) Batan Islands
d) Obi Islands
2. When did Kiribati become independent?
a) 25 March 1969
b) 18 May 1974
c) 12 July 1979
d) 14 October 1988
3. When was Kiribati’s Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund established?
a) 1952
b) 1968
c) 1984
d) 1956