ALL SETS: 10 Question Quiz

What fraction of the world's population lives in China?

1/5

In 2016, 75% of Venezuelans lost an average of ___ pounds due to the food shortage crisis.

19

When was Korea officially divided into North and South?

1948

When was the modern state of Israel founded?

1948

In what year was the Iranian Revolution, where the monarchy was overthrown and Iran became an Islamic Republic?

1979

When did the Soviet Union dissolve?

1991

In what year did a gigantic earthquake destroy the Fukushima nuclear reactor?

2011

Nigeria has about ________ ethnic groups, the three largest of which are the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo.

250

Who is the president of Egypt?

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

What is the capital of Nigeria?

Abuja

The Sinai peninsula in Egypt spans which two continents?

Africa and Asia

What is the name of the Syrian city that was hardest hit during the civil war and was retaken by government forces in December 2016?

Aleppo

Who is the supreme leader (Ayatollah) of Iran?

Ali Khamenei

The coat of arms in the center of the Mexican flag is based on an Aztec legend. What does the coat of arms portray?

An eagle eating a snake

The tallest waterfall in the world is in Venezuela. What is it called?

Angel Falls

Who is the chancellor of Germany?

Angela Merkel

What is the capital of Turkey?

Ankara

What was the name of the system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991?

Apartheid

What was the name of the peaceful protests in 2011 that were violently repressed in Syria and which many believe were the catalyst for the Syrian Civil War?

Arab Spring

How many islands make up the Philippines?

Around 7,500

What is Japan's biggest export?

Automobiles

What is the capital of Iraq?

Baghdad

Who is the president of Syria?

Bashar al-Assad

In 1961, there was a failed military invasion into Cuba by Cuban exiles funded by the CIA. What was it called?

Bay of Pigs

What is the capital of China?

Beijing

Who is the prime minister of Israel?

Benjamin Netanyahu

What is the capital of Germany?

Berlin

What is the full name of Venezuela?

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

What is the name of the popular film industry in India?

Bollywood

What is the capital of Argentina?

Buenos Aires

What is the capital of Egypt?

Cairo

What is the capital of Venezuela?

Caracas

What is the main religion in the Philippines?

Catholicism

What are the main religions in Nigeria?

Christianity and Islam

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. What was it called when it was the capital of both the Roman and Byzantine Empire?

Constantinople

What is the capital of Syria?

Damascus

Who is the president of the United States?

Donald Trump

What four countries make up the United Kingdom?

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

While Singapore has four official languages, which language is used as its "working" language?

English

What are the official languages of Kenya?

English and Swahili

Who is the president of Mexico?

Enrique Peña Nieto

What is the name of the famous Cuban revolutionary who was born in Argentina?

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Sweden is the first country in the world to adopt an explicitly ______________ foreign policy.

Feminist

What was the name of the dictator who ruled Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975?

Francisco Franco

Who is the president of France?

Francois Hollande

What is the capital of Guatemala?

Guatemala City

Who is the prime minister of Iraq?

Haider al-Abadi

What is the capital of Cuba?

Havana

What was the last state to join the United States?

Hawaii

What medical procedure was first performed on a human in Cape Town, South Africa in 1967?

Heart transplant

What are the official languages of Israel?

Hebrew and Arabic

What is the most widely spoken language in India?

Hindi

What is the name of the peninsula where Spain is located?

Iberian Peninsula

What is unique about Singapore's geography? (There are only two other countries like this in the world.)

It's a city-state

Who is the president of South Africa?

Jacob Zuma

What was the first colony in the United States?

Jamestown, Virginia

What is the capital of Israel (though it is not internationally recognized)?

Jerusalem

Who is the president of Guatemala?

Jimmy Morales

Which United States president was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas?

John Kennedy

What is the name of the popular genre of Korean music that includes musicians such as Psy?

K-Pop

What is the name of the world's largest tomato fight that takes place in Buñol, Spain?

La Tomatina

What is the name of the Cuban opposition group that was founded by the wives and female relatives of jailed political dissidents?

Ladies in White

Who is the prime minster of Singapore?

Lee Hsien Loong

What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

London

In 1838, several departments seceded from Guatemala and formed a new country. What was the name of that country?

Los Altos

What are the two main causes of Japan's aging population?

Low birth rates and higher life expectancies

What is the capital of Spain?

Madrid

What country did Singapore separate from in 1965?

Malaysia

What is the capital of the Philippines?

Manila

What sport are Kenyan athletes famous for excelling at?

Marathon running

Who is the prime minister of Spain?

Mariano Rajoy

Who is the president of Argentina?

Mauricio Macri

What is the name of the Saudi Arabian city which is considered the holiest city in Islam and is a required pilgrimage journey for all able Muslims?

Mecca

Many archaeologists believe that civilization started in ancient Iraq in the "cradle of civilization." What is the name of this area?

Mesopotamia

What is the capital of Mexico?

Mexico City

What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow

Who is the president of Nigeria?

Muhammadu Buhari

What is the capital of Kenya?

Nairobi

Who is the prime minister of India?

Narendra Modi

The oldest university in North America was founded in 1551 and is located in Mexico. What is its name?

National Autonomous University of Mexico

What was the name of the president of South Africa from 1994-1999 who had spent 27 years in jail fighting against the system of institutionalized racism?

Nelson Mandela

What is the capital of India?

New Delhi

On July 14, 2016 there was a horrific attack where a cargo truck drove through a large crowd of people, killing 86. What was the name of the town in France where the attack occurred?

Nice

Who is the president of Venezuela?

Nicolás Maduro

What famous prize created by a Swedish inventor has been awarded to people such as Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai and Rigoberta Menchú?

Nobel Peace Prize

Mahatma Gandhi led India's independence movement against the British using what strategy?

Non-violent resistance

What controversial population policy in China was recently changed?

One-child policy

What is the full name of the organization (unofficially led by Saudi Arabia) that produces almost half of the world's oil and works together to set global oil prices?

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

What is the capital of France?

Paris

Who is the president of South Korea?

Park Geun-Hye

What was the name of the faction of the Turkish Armed Forces that attempted a coup d'etat in 2016?

Peace Council

Before the 1930's, what was Iran called by the Western world?

Persia

Up until 2010 (when it was passed by Shanghai), Singapore had the world's busiest _________.

Port

Name two of the three South African capitals.

Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative)

Who is the president of Cuba?

Raúl Castro

What were the two options that British voters faced on the 2016 Brexit referendum?

Remain or Leave

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh

Who is the president of the Philippines?

Rodrigo Duterte

What is the name of the Iraqi dictator who was overthrown and executed after the 2003 U.S. invasion?

Saddam Hussein

What famous 4th century Christian saint is from Turkey?

Saint Nicholas

Who is the king of Saudi Arabia?

Salman bin Abdulaziz

What is South Korea's largest company?

Samsung

What is the capital of South Korea?

Seoul

Who is the prime minister of Japan?

Shinzo Abe

What was the name of the 1967 war where Israel seized control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt (the Sinai Peninsula was eventually returned), the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria?

Six-Day War

The Philippines has been colonized by which three countries?

Spain, the United States and Japan

Who is the prime minister of Sweden?

Stefan Löfven

What is the capital of Sweden?

Stockholm

What is the name of the prehistoric structure in Wiltshire, England made up of a ring of standing stones?

Stonehenge

Who is the president of Turkey?

Tayyip Erdogan

What is the capital of Iran?

Tehran

The capital of Mexico used to be called _______ when it was founded by the Aztecs.

Tenochtitlan

What is the name of the German highway system that has no federally mandated speed limit?

The Autobahn

What is the name of the famous division between East and West Germany during the Cold War?

The Berlin Wall

What was the name of the period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

The French Revolution

What is the name of the Swedish thriller about a murder mystery and computer hackers that went on to become an international best-seller?

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

What famous fast food invention was invented in a McDonald's in Guatemala?

The Happy Meal

What is the full name of the German Nazi party that came to power in 1933?

The National Socialist German Workers' Party

What is the name of the biggest river in Egypt (that is also generally considered the longest river in the world)?

The Nile

From 1517-1918, Syria was part of which empire?

The Ottoman Empire

What is the official, full name of China?

The People's Republic of China

Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is located in Egypt?

The Pyramid of Giza

Kenya is located on which famous geographic marker?

The equator

In Iraq, which part of the body is generally considered unclean?

The left hand

Who is the prime minister of the United Kingdom?

Theresa May

In Star Wars: A New Hope, the scenes on Yavin 4, right before they blow up the Death Star, were filmed on which famous Guatemalan site?

Tikal

What is the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

What is the name of the longest railway line in the world (located in Russia, connecting Moscow to Vladivostok)?

Trans-Siberian Railway

Who is the president of Kenya?

Uhuru Kenyatta

Who is the president of Russia?

Vladimir Putin

What is the capital of the United States?

Washington D.C.

Who is the president of China?

Xi Jinping

Russia is the world's _________________ country.

biggest

In Saudi Arabia, women are famously not allowed to ____________.

drive

Cuba has one of the highest ____________ rates in the world at 99.8%.

literacy rates

Nigeria is the most ____________ country in Africa and the 7th most ____________ country in the world.

populous

The name "Argentina" came from the Latin word "argentum," which means ___________ in English.

silver

What is the name of the famous Argentinian dance characterized by long pauses and stylized postures.

tango

Iran and Vatican City are the only two countries in which there is a state religion and the head of state is chosen from the hierarchy of that religion. What is this form of government called?

theocracy

France is the most popular _________ __________ in the world (by a lot!)

tourist destination