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1. ______ is the largest city in the Philippines

Manila ✓

Quezon city ✓

Cebu city ✓

Davao city ✓

2. In the Middle Ages, some people believed that narwhal tusks came from _______.

Dragons ✓

Basilisks ✓

Dinosaurs ✓

Unicorns ✓

3. France's longest land border is with ______.

Italy ✓

Germany ✓

Spain ✓

Brazil ✓

4. The largest island in the United States is ________.

Puerto Rico ✓

Hawaii (The Big Island) ✓

Vancouver Island ✓

Kodiak Island ✓

5. In the year 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, and Freud all lived in the city of ______.

Berlin ✓

Salzburg ✓

Nuremberg ✓

Vienna ✓

6. People from Moscow are known as _______.

Mosconians ✓

Moscovians ✓

Muscovites ✓

Muscovans ✓

7. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin Were All Nominated for the __________.

Praemium Imperiale ✓

Nobel Prize in Literature ✓

Nobel Peace Prize ✓

Fields Medal ✓

8. _______ is the U.S. state that is geographically closest to Africa.

New York ✓

Florida ✓

South Carolina ✓

Maine ✓

9. 250 million years ago, most of the Earth's land mass was on one giant continent - ________.

Pangaea ✓

Congo Craton ✓

Atlantis ✓

Eurasia ✓

10. The places in the original version of the board game "Monopoly" were inspired by _______.

Atlanta, Georgia ✓

New York City, New York ✓

Atlantic City, New Jersey ✓

London, UK ✓

11. In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX stated that ______________ were instruments of Satan and ordered that they be exterminated throughout Europe.

Witches ✓

Venomous salamanders ✓

Black cats ✓

Rats ✓

12. Cleopatra was ______.

Roman ✓

Greek ✓

Egyptian ✓

Babylonian ✓

13. The official name of _______ is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon.

Kuala Lumpur ✓

Bangkok ✓

Hanoi ✓

Ayutthaya ✓

14. ______ is the only U.S. state that produces coffee commercially.

Florida ✓

California ✓

Hawaii ✓

Texas ✓

15. The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is ______.

Switzerland ✓

Qatar ✓

Nepal ✓

Barbados ✓

16. Iceland became an independent country in ____.

1234 A.D. ✓

1814 A.D ✓

1944 A.D ✓

1975 A.D ✓

17. Every U.S. state has increased in population since 1960 with one exception - __________.

Wyoming ✓

West-Virginia ✓

Alaska ✓

Vermont ✓

18. Thanks to its many overseas territories, ____________ has more time zones than any country on Earth. With 12 times zones, it has one more than Russia and the United States, which have 11.

France ✓

The UK ✓

The Netherlands ✓

Spain ✓

19. Wojtek was a _____ who served in the Polish army during WWII. Employed to haul ammunition, he was initially given the rank of private but was later promoted to corporal.

Dog ✓

Wolf ✓

Horse ✓

Bear ✓

20. The story of Aladdin is supposed to take place in ______, not the Middle East.

India ✓

Russia ✓

China ✓

Italy ✓

21. About 10 million slaves were brought from Africa to the New World. The vast majority went to Brazil and the Caribbean. Only about __% ended up in what is now the United States.

62 ✓

50 ✓

14 ✓

6 ✓

22. When first introduce (in 11th century Italy), ______ alarmed religious leaders who said that using artificial hands was an offense to God.

Pitchforks ✓

Tongs ✓

Spoons ✓

Forks ✓

23. The guillotine was invented as a humane way to execute someone. But it wasn't only used during the French Revolution. France used it to execute people until ____.

1868 ✓

1889 ✓

1977 ✓

1989 ✓

24. One of history's most successful pirates was a Chinese _________ named Ching Shih. She commanded a fleet of over 1,500 ships and 80,000 sailors.

Soldier ✓

Slave ✓

Empress ✓

Prostitute ✓

25. About __% of the world's gold was mined in South Africa

62 ✓

50 ✓

14 ✓

6 ✓

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