Interesting Geography and History Questions #2

Can you correctly answer all these geography and history questions?
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1. What percentage of the world's enclaves and exclaves does the India Bangladesh border compose?
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtLxZiiuaXs
37%
15%
50%
80%
2. How many months a year does Rjukan, Norway have of daylight?
Source: https://www.endesa.com/en/blogs/endesa-s-blog/others/cities-hours-sunlight
6
12
3
9
3. What was the largest contiguous empire in history? How about the absolute largest empire?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires
Roman Empire and Russian Empire
Qing Dynasty and Spanish Empire
Mongol Empire and British Empire
Umayyad Caliphate and French Colonial Empire
4. What is the percentage of Mongolians living in Inner Mongolia, in China when compared to Mongolia?
Mongolia population: 3.3 Ethnic Mongols: 95%; Inner Mongolia population 24 Million; Ethnic Mongols: 17%
140%
75%
50%
1000%
5. What was the nationality of the explorer who found Alaska on behalf of the Russian Empire?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering
Austrian
Danish
British
Russian
6. Who was the first european explorer to arrive at today's Brazil?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
Walter Raleigh
Hernán Cortés
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Amerigo Vespucci
7. Can you walk from India to Sri Lanka on foot?
The countries are connected by a coral island chain which used to be crossable a few centuries ago. Not anymore. Source: https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-11-02/the-many-legends-of-adams-bridge-sri-lanka-india
Yes
No
8. The Bosporus Canal is famous for being the _____ / _____ limit.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Canal
Black Sea/Aegean Sea
Asia/Europe
Greece/Turkey
9. What is the world's most pirated region?
Source: https://www.marineinsight.com/marine-piracy-marine/10-maritime-piracy-affected-areas-around-the-world/
Mozambique Canal
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Guinea
Sea of Andaman
10. China and India make up roughly ___ of the human population in the entire world.
World pop: 7.75 Billion; China: 1.40 Billion; India: 1.38 Billion
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