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1. The unit used to measure a ship's speed is the knot. Which of the following is equal to one knot?
One meter per second
One nautical mile per hour
One kilometer per hour
One statute mile per hour
2. Which of the following countries does NOT have any stars featured on its flag?
China
Singapore
United States
United Kingdom
3. Which of the following countries does NOT have a rectangular flag?
North Korea
Nepal
Vatican City
India
4. What is a "light year"?
Distance traveled by light over a period of one year
A 365-day common year
A lunar year
The distance from Earth to the Sun
5. If you do something "once in a blue moon", how often do you do it?
Never
Once a year
Once a month
Once every 3 months
6. Which of the following is NOT a synonym of "destruction"?
annihilation
dissemination
devastation
extermination
7. Which of the following Microsoft Office apps uses green as its primary color?
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Word
8. Which of the following countries will overtake China to become the world's most populous country in late 2023?
United States
Brazil
Egypt
India
9. Which country is Easter Island a territory of?
Indonesia
United States
Italy
Chile
10. Fill in the blank: "No pain, no _____"
gain
train
bane
stain
11. A long time ago, January was not the first month of the year. Which month was the first in the year then?
December
September
July
March
12. Starting from the North Pole (latitude 90°N), I traveled 100 miles to the south and then 50 miles to the east. How far am I from the North Pole now?
Your distance to the North Pole remains the same when you go east
100 miles
50 miles
150 miles
112 miles
13. What is the name of this symbol: ~
Tilde
Dagger
Hyphen
Pilcrow
14. How many escalators are there in the entire state of Wyoming?
About 50
None
2
More than 1000
15. Which of the following lasted the longest?
The Hundred Years' War lasted 116 years; the Cold War lasted 46 years; Third Reich lasted 12 years; WWII lasted 6 years
Hundred Years' War
Cold War
World War II
Third Reich
16. If you divide a "dozen" by a "score", what do you get?
A "dozen" is 12 and a "score" is 20, so the answer is 12/20=0.6
The phrase “once in a blue moon” means rarely, not never.
I googled it to double check and also learned that blue moons are a real thing that happen every few years. When you get two full moons in a calendar month the second one is called a blue moon apparently.
I googled it to double check and also learned that blue moons are a real thing that happen every few years. When you get two full moons in a calendar month the second one is called a blue moon apparently.