Trivia Quiz

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1. Alan Paton wrote a book entitled Cry the Beloved Country. Which was the beloved country referred to in the title?
a) South Africa
b) Japan
c) USA
d) France

2. Which alliance between France and Russia lasted from 1893 until the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?
a) Romanov Treaty
b) Tripe Alliance
c) Dual Entente
d) The Fronde

3. Which 100-mile-long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
a) Straits of Gibraltar
b) Panama Canal
c) Suez Canal
d) River Nile

4. Which island lies to the north of Australia across the Torres Strait?
a) Sumatra
b) Fiji Islands
c) New Guinea
d) Java

5. What is the present name of the capital city that used to be known as Edo?
a) Beijing
b) Dacca
c) Lhasa
d) Tokyo

6. Which name is shared by mountain ranges in Spain and the USA?
a) Sierra Nevada
b) Appalachians
c) Rockies
d) Sierra Madre

7. In ancient Greece, what is the area of the northern Peloponnese called?
a) Boii
b) Arcadia
c) Achaea
d) Dalmatia

8. Which Sicilian volcano is the highest in Europe at 3,323 m/10,906 ft?
a) Mount St Helens
b) Stromboli
c) Etna
d) Fuji

9. Which desert region in Harar province, southeastern Ethiopia, borders on Somalia?
a) Great Namaland
b) Ovamboland
c) Kalahari Desert
d) Ogaden

10. In ancient Greece, what is the area of the northern Peloponnese called?
a) Boii
b) Achaea
c) Arcadia
d) Dalmatia

11. Captain Cook called them the Sandwich Islands. What is their name now?
a) Windward Islands
b) Trinidad and Tobago
c) Hawaii
d) Cook Islands

12. Which is the largest country in area in the British Commonwealth?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Canada
d) Malaysia

13. What is the name of the inlet on the south coast of Cuba about 145 km/90 mi Southwest of Havana?
a) Campeche Bay
b) Bay of Pigs
c) Montego Bay
d) Banes

14. In which group of islands is Formentera?
a) Peloponnese Islands
b) Canary Islands
c) Frisian Islands
d) Balearic Islands

15. What is the southernmost cape in Africa?
a) Agulhas
b) Cape Columbine
c) Cape of Good Hope
d) Durban

16. What is the name of the active volcano situated to the South of Quito in Ecuador?
a) Cotopaxi
b) La Paz
c) Formosa
d) Cuzco

17. What is the capital of Finland?
a) Turku
b) Helsinki
c) Vaasa
d) Tampere

18. What is the Turkish form of Imbros, an island in the Aegean Sea?
a) Imroz
b) Ikaria
c) Khios
d) Skiros

19. What is the capital of the Republic of Haiti?
a) Malé
b) Port-au-Prince
c) Belmopan
d) Nassau

20. Which is the largest Greek island, situated at the eastern end of the Mediterranean?
a) Gibraltar
b) Rhodes
c) Crete
d) Madeira

21. Which of the following is a town in the Borders Region, Scotland?
a) Alford
b) Dundee
c) Melrose
d) Perth

22. Which country in the Indian Ocean had the former name Ceylon?
a) Fiji Islands
b) Sri Lanka
c) The Maldives
d) The Seychelles

23. What name is given to the annual festival of music and poetry held in Wales?
a) Stettfoddier
b) Eisteddfod
c) Eiddetisfott
d) Gorsedd

24. What is the largest island in Greece?
a) Corfu
b) Cyprus
c) Rhodes
d) Crete

25. Which mountain in Thessaly did the ancient Greeks believe to be the home of the gods?
a) Olympus
b) Helicon
c) Parnassus
d) Pelion

26. What name is given to the peninsula comprising part of Thailand, western Malaysia, and Singapore?
a) Gaspe Peninsula
b) Malay Peninsula
c) Kobe Peninsula
d) Kola Peninsula

27. What is the capital of Iran?
a) Isfahan
b) Tabriz
c) Tehran
d) Mashhad

28. Mauritius, Nepal and the Seychelles all use which currency?
a) Rupee
b) Pound
c) Dinar
d) Dollar

29. What is the name of the salt lake in Kazakhstan, area 17,300 sq km/6,678 sq mi?
a) Timanskiy
b) Ustyurt
c) Caspian depression
d) Balkhash

30. What is the name of the park area of wetlands on the Guadalquivir delta, Southern Spain?
a) Cordoba National Park
b) Doñana National Park
c) Huelva National Park
d) Nerva National Park

31. From which country does the spicy birds' nest soup originate?
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) Russia

32. Which of the following is a lake in County Donegal, northwestern Ireland?
a) Lough Leane
b) Lough Neagh
c) Lough Derg
d) Lough Lomond

33. What is the capital of Micronesia?
a) Lelu
b) Moen
c) Kolonia
d) Colonia

34. What city in northeastern China is now known as Zhangjiakou?
a) Kalgan
b) Kashgar
c) Jehol
d) Jiangxi

35. What is the name of the strong alcoholic drink distilled in Scandinavia from potato or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds?
a) Applejack
b) Poteen
c) Armagnac
d) Aquavit

36. Of which country is Monrovia the capital?
a) Belize
b) Liberia
c) Guyana
d) Syria

37. What is the former name of the Israeli seaport of Akko?
a) Acre
b) Hefa
c) Netanya
d) Ashdod

38. What is another name for the castle of St Antoine, built about 1370 as part of the fortifications of Paris?
a) Lyon
b) Cennen
c) Versailles
d) Bastille

39. What is the capital of Benin?
a) Porto Novo
b) Abomey
c) Parakou
d) Natitingou

40. Which is the smallest country in Africa?
a) Gambia
b) Senegal
c) Lesotho
d) Rwanda

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