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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 statute mile per hour
One kilometer per hour
One nautical mile per hour
2. Which of the following countries does NOT have any stars featured on its flag?
United Kingdom
Singapore
United States
China
3. Which of the following countries does NOT have a rectangular flag?
North Korea
India
Vatican City
Nepal
4. What is a "light year"?
A lunar year
Distance traveled by light over a period of one year
The distance from Earth to the Sun
A 365-day common year
5. If you do something "once in a blue moon", how often do you do it?
Once every 3 months
Once a month
Once a year
Never
6. Which of the following is NOT a synonym of "destruction"?
extermination
annihilation
devastation
dissemination
7. Which of the following Microsoft Office apps uses green as its primary color?
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
8. Which of the following countries will overtake China to become the world's most populous country in late 2023?
Egypt
Brazil
India
United States
9. Which country is Easter Island a territory of?
Italy
United States
Chile
Indonesia
10. Fill in the blank: "No pain, no _____"
stain
bane
train
gain
11. A long time ago, January was not the first month of the year. Which month was the first in the year then?
December
July
September
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
50 miles
150 miles
112 miles
100 miles
13. What is the name of this symbol: ~
Hyphen
Pilcrow
Dagger
Tilde
14. How many escalators are there in the entire state of Wyoming?
None
More than 1000
2
About 50
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.