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Round 1: World Geography
1. Identify the highlighted country.
A. Albania
B. Croatia
C. Kosovo
D. Moldova
2. Japanese relations with China have
been strained this fall over territorial
disputes over a group of uninhabited
islands located in the _____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Yellow Sea
South China Sea
Sea of Japan
East China Sea
3. Identify the highlighted country.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Libya
Tunisia
Mauritania
Algeria
4. The Metro train system in Paris has
how many lines?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
12
16
21
5. Which of the following cities lies
within the ethnic Kurdish region of the
Persian Gulf?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mosul
Baghdad
Tabriz
Qom
6. The oldest continuously inhabited city
in the world is ___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Athens
Baghdad
Damascus
Jerusalem
7. What is the name of the tallest cablestayed bridge in the world, which spans
the valley near the Tarn River in France?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pont de Normandie
Millau Viaduct
Passage de Brest
Pont de Orleans
Royale
8. In October of 2010, the world watched in awe as
33 Chilean miners were rescued after being trapped
underground for more than two months. The mine
was located in which desert, considered to be the
driest on earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Patagonian Desert
Atacama Desert
Sechura Desert
Copiapó Desert
9. Among the non-landlocked countries in
the world, ___________ has the smallest
total amount of coastline.
A. Belgium
B. Jordan
C. Iraq
D. Monaco
10. The natural border separating France
from Spain (is/are) the _______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
French Alps
River Seine
Pyrenees Mountains
River Rouen
11. The five islands known collectively as
the Netherlands Antilles formally
disbanded earlier this month. Which
became independent states?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Only St. Eustatius
Curaçao and St. Maarten
Bonaire and Saba
None of them – they all
became “autonomous
special municipalities”
12. The largest city in Pakistan is _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
Karachi
Peshawar
Lahore
Islamabad
13. _______ is the largest lake located
entirely within Canada.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Beaverhill Lake
Reindeer Lake
Big Trout Lake
Great Bear Lake
14. Which of the following statements is
not true of the Rhone River?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is the only major European river to flow
directly into the Mediterranean Sea.
It flows from Switzerland to France through
the Jura Mountains.
It flows into Lake Geneva.
It bisects the city of Paris.
15. How many sovereign countries are
there in South America?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9
12
14
17
SUPER BONUS CHALLENGE QUESTION:
Name the 22 Administrative Regions
of continental France
(22 possible points)
That’s the end of Round 1!
Please turn in your
answer sheets
Round 1: World Geography
ANSWERS
1. Identify the highlighted country.
A. Albania
2. Japanese relations with China have
been strained this fall over territorial
disputes over a group of uninhabited
islands located in the _____________.
D. East China Sea
3. Identify the highlighted country.
D. Algeria
4. The Metro train system in Paris has how
many lines?
C. 16
5. Which of the following cities lies
within the ethnic Kurdish region of the
Persian Gulf?
A. Mosul
6. The oldest continuously inhabited
city in the world is ____.
C. Damascus
Carbon dating suggests that Damascus has been
inhabited since roughly 6300 BCE.
7. What is the name of the tallest cable-stayed
bridge in the world, which spans the valley near
the Tarn River in France?
B. Millau Viaduct, with a mast summit of 1,125 ft.
8. In October of 2010, the world watched in awe as
33 Chilean miners were rescued after being trapped
underground for more than two months. The mine
was located in which desert, considered to be the
driest on earth?
B. Atacama
Desert
9. Of all the non-landlocked countries in
the world, ___________ has the smallest
total amount of coastline.
D. Monaco
10. The natural border separating France
from Spain (is/are) the ____________
C. Pyrenees Mountains
11. The five islands known collectively as
the Netherlands Antilles formally
disbanded earlier this month. Which
became independent states?
B. Curaçao and St. Maarten
12. The largest city in Pakistan is _____
A. Karachi
13. _______ is the largest lake located entirely
within Canada.
D. Great Bear Lake
14. Which of the following statements is
not true of the Rhone River?
D. It bisects the city of Paris.
15. How many sovereign countries are
there in South America?
B. 12
SUPER BONUS CHALLENGE QUESTION:
The 22 Administrative Regions of Continental France are:
• Alsace
•Aquitaine
• Auvergne
• Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy)
• Bourgogne (Burgundy)
• Bretagne (Brittany)
• Centre
• Champagne-Ardenne
• Corse (Corsica)
• Franche-Comte
•Haute-Normandy (Upper Normandy)
• Ile-de-France
•Languedoc-Roussillon
•Limousin
•Lorraine
•Midi-Pyrenees
•Nord-Pas-de-Calais
•Pays de la Loire
•Picardie
•Poitou-Charentes
•Provence-Alpes-Cote ’d Azur
•Rhone-Alpes
Round 2: Flags and Capitals
1. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Cuba
B. Chile
C. Panama
D. Paraguay
2. The capital of Venezuela is _____.
A. São Paulo
B. Caracas
C. Maracaibo
D. Valencia
3. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Lebanon
B. Syria
C. Jordan
D. Yemen
4. The capital of Sudan is _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Juba
Khartoum
Nyala
N’Djamena
5. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Azerbaijan
B. Tajikistan
C. Uzbekistan
D. Turkmenistan
6. Kosovo is among the newest
independent countries in the world. Its
capital is _____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pristina
Vitina
Istok
Suva Reka
7 . Which of the following countries does
NOT bear a flag featuring bands of red,
white, and blue?
A.
B.
C.
D.
French Guiana
Croatia
Estonia
Luxembourg
8 . The capital of the United Arab
Emirates is ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dubai
Riyadh
Abu Dhabi
Jedda
9. Which country does this flag represent?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Samoa
Singapore
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines
10 . The capital of Italy is ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Milan
Rome
Venice
Florence
11. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Zimbabwe
B. Democratic Republic of
the Congo
C. Rwanda
D. Chad
12 . The capital of Hungary is ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bratislava
Budapest
Ljubljana
Miskolc
That’s the end of Round 2!
Please turn in your
answer sheets
Round 2: Flags and Capitals
ANSWERS
1. Which country does this flag represent?
B. Chile
2. The capital of Venezuela is _____.
B. Caracas
3. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Lebanon
The tree in the middle of the flag is the Lebanese Cedar,
symbolizing steadiness and prosperity.
4. The capital of Sudan is _________.
B. Khartoum
5. Which country does this flag represent?
D. Turkmenistan
6. Kosovo is among the newest
independent countries in the world. Its
capital is ________.
A. Pristina
7. Which of the following countries does
NOT bear a flag featuring bands of red,
white, and blue?
C. Estonia
8 . The capital of the United Arab
Emirates is ______.
C. Abu Dhabi
9. Which country does this flag represent?
C. Myanmar (Burma)
10 . The capital of Italy is ______.
B. Rome
11. Which country does this flag represent?
A. Zimbabwe
12 . The capital of Hungary is ______.
B. Budapest
Current Standings
Round 3: Current Events
1. Ecuador recently opened a Consulate
General in Minnesota. Who is the Consul
General?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ana Luisa Fajer
Christina Urdangarín
Gloria Steine
Silvia Ontaneda Andrade
2. Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor was built
by ________, who plans to also supply
uranium fuel for the next 10 years.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Russia
Turkey
Brazil
China
3. The Tea Party movement is beginning to gain
traction among European conservatives. The
most active European Tea Party group is
thought to be in _______, with 2,000 active
participants.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Italy
Spain
The Netherlands
France
4. This controversial website released
thousands of secret documents detailing
military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq:
A.
B.
C.
D.
TruthOut.org
Wikipedia.org
Wikileaks.org
Politico.com
5. Earlier this month, researchers documenting
what they thought was a dialect of the Aka
culture, in a remote corner of northeast ______,
in fact discovered a previously undocumented
language.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
6. This film won the competitive Palme
d’Or (top prize) for feature films at the
2010 Cannes Film Festival:
A. Tournée (On Tour)
B. Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle
Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
C. Poetry
D. Copie Conforme (Certified Copy)
7. In summer of 2010, Jean Gregoire Sagbo
became the person of African descent
elected to public office in ____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
France
Estonia
Greece
Russia
8. Goodluck Jonathan, current president
of _________, is launching an ambitious
campaign to privatize his country’s power
generation and distribution companies .
A.
B.
C.
D.
Togo
Uganda
Angola
Nigeria
9. Minnesota Twins players Francisco
Liriano and Alexi Casilla are natives of:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Cuba
10. In February 2011, the Minneapolis Institute
of Arts will feature the exhibit The Mourners:
Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy.
From which French city do The Mourners
originate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bordeaux
Paris
Lyon
Dijon
11. 2010 marks the ______ anniversary of
the arrival of the first 3,466 Hmong
refugees in the U.S.
A.
B.
C.
D.
20th anniversary – they arrived in 1990
30th anniversary – they arrived in 1980
35th anniversary – they arrived in 1975
40th anniversary – they arrived in 1970
12. On October 25, 2010, the Singapore Stock
Exchange (SGX) announced an offer to buy its
counterpart in _____ for $8.3 billion.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Australia
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Japan
13. The countries bordering the Persian
Gulf are responsible for what percent
of the world’s oil production?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15%
28%
40%
60%
14 . Russia’s lease on their naval base at
Sevastopol, ______ , expires in May 2017.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine
That’s the end of Round 3!
Please turn in your
answer sheets
Round 3: Current Events
ANSWERS
1. Ecuador recently opened a Consulate
General in Minnesota. Who is the Consul
General?
D. Silvia Ontaneda Andrade
2. Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor was built
by ________, who plans to also supply
uranium fuel for the next 10 years.
A. Russia
3. The Tea Party movement is beginning to gain
traction among European conservatives. The
most active European Tea Party group is
thought to be in _______, with 2,000 active
participants.
A. Italy
4. This controversial website released
thousands of secret documents detailing
military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq:
C. Wikileaks.org
5. Earlier this month, researchers documenting
what they thought was a dialect of the Aka
culture, in a remote corner of northeast ______,
in fact discovered a previously undocumented
language.
B. India
6. This film won the competitive Palme
d’Or (top prize) for feature films at the
2010 Cannes Film Festival:
B. Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat
(Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
7. In summer of 2010, Jean Gregoire Sagbo
became the person of African descent
elected to public office in ____________.
D. Russia
(councilor of
Novozavidovo)
8. Goodluck Jonathan, current president
of _________, is launching an ambitious
campaign to privatize his country’s power
generation and distribution companies.
D. Nigeria
9. Minnesota Twins players Francisco
Liriano and Alexi Casilla are natives of:
B. Dominican Republic
10. In February 2011, the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts will feature the exhibit
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the
Court of Burgundy. From which French
city do The Mourners originate?
D. Dijon
11. 2010 marks the ______ anniversary of
the arrival of the first 3,466 Hmong
refugees in the U.S.
C. 35th anniversary – they arrived in 1975
12. On October 25, 2010, the
Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX)
announced an offer to buy its
counterpart in _____ for $8.3 billion.
A. Australia
13. The countries bordering the Persian
Gulf are responsible for what percent
of the world’s oil production?
B. 28%
14 . Russia’s lease on their naval base at
Sevastopol, ______ , expires in May 2017.
D. Ukraine
Round 4: People in the News
1. On June 2, 2010, Yukio Hatoyama
resigned as Prime Minister of Japan after
only 8 months in office. Who succeeded
him?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hirohisa Fujii
Wataru Kubo
Naoto Kan
Ichiro Ozawa
2. ______ is France’s Minister of Finance.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Martine Billard
Ségolène Royal
Gisèle Halimi
Christine Legarde
3. In Brazil’s runoff presidential election
scheduled for October 31, 2010, Dilma
Rouseff (Worker’s Party) is running
against which candidate representing
the Brazilian Social Democratic Party?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva
Jose Serra
Geraldo Alckmin
Marina Silva
4. Twenty year-old college student Marisol Valles
Garcia made headlines in October 2010 when she
accepted this job in her home town of Praxedis
G. Guerrero, a border town in northern Mexico:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mayor
Police Chief
Fire Chief
Chief Immigration
Officer
5. China’s Communist Party has identified
__________ as the country’s next
President and successor to Hu Jintao.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Liu Qi
Xi Jinping
Wang Chen
Zhu Rongji
6. Former judge Birtukan Mideska was
recently released after spending 5 years
as a political prisoner in ________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Somalia
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
7. This professor at the William Mitchell
College of Law was arrested in Rwanda in May
on charges of denying the country’s official
stance on the 1994 genocide.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mark Harper
Harry Blackwell
Martin Hauser
Peter Erlinder
8. France’s richest woman with a fortune
estimated at $20 billion, Liliane
Bettencourt is among the principal
shareholders of which company that was
founded by her father?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Givenchy
L'Oréal
Lancome
Chanel
9. Minnesotan explorer ______ has
become the first explorer to visit the
North and South Poles and the Summit of
Mount Everest in a single year.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ann Bancroft
Lonnie Dupre
Will Steger
Eric Larsen
10. She was cast as main character Lisbeth
Salander in David Fincher’s upcoming
remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ellen Page
Kristen Stewart
Rooney Mara
Carey Mulligan
11. In September 2010, after Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed
Yuri Luzhkov as Mayor of Moscow after
nearly two decades of service, who was
appointed to the office?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gennady Zyuganov
Sergei Sobyanin
Anatoly Sobchak
Boris Gryzlov
12. Match the 2010 Nobel Laureates to their
respective Nobel Prizes. (5 Possible Points)
A. Andre Geim and
Konstantin Novoselov
B. Liu Xiaobo
C. Richard Heck, Ei-ichi
Negish and Akira Suzuki
D. Robert Edwards
E. Mario Vargas Llosa
____ Physics
____ Literature
____ Peace
____ Medicine
____ Chemistry
That’s the end of Round 4!
Please turn in your
answer sheets
Round 4: People in the News
ANSWERS
1. On June 2, 2010, Yukio Hatoyama
resigned as Prime Minister of Japan
after only 8 months in office. Who
succeeded him?
C. Naoto Kan
2. ______ is France’s Minister of Finance.
D. Christine Legarde
3. In Brazil’s runoff presidential election
scheduled for October 31, 2010, Dilma
Rouseff (Worker’s Party) is running
against which candidate representing the
Brazilian Social Democratic Party?
B. Jose Serra
4. Twenty year-old college student Marisol Valles
Garcia made headlines in October 2010 when she
accepted this job in her home town of Praxedis
G. Guerrero, a border town in northern Mexico:
B. Police Chief
5. China’s Communist Party has identified
__________ as the country’s next
President and successor to Hu Jintao.
B. Xi Jinping
6. Former judge Birtukan Mideska was
recently released after spending 5 years
as a political prisoner in ________.
C. Ethiopia
7. This professor at the William Mitchell
College of Law was arrested in Rwanda in
May on charges of denying the country’s
official stance on the 1994 genocide.
D. Peter Erlinder
8. France’s richest woman with a fortune
estimated at $20 billion, Liliane
Bettencourt is among the principal
shareholders of which company that was
founded by her father?
B. L'Oréal
9. Minnesotan explorer ______ has
become the first explorer to visit the
North and South Poles and the Summit of
Mount Everest in a single year.
D. Eric Larsen
10. She was cast as main character Lisbeth
Salander in David Fincher’s upcoming
remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
C. Rooney Mara
11. In September 2010, after Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed
Yuri Luzhkov as Mayor of Moscow after
nearly two decades of service, who was
appointed to the office?
B. Sergei Sobyanin
12. Match the 2010 Nobel Laureates to their
respective Nobel Prizes. (5 Possible Points)
A) Andre Geim and
Konstantin Novoselov
B) Liu Xiaobo
C) Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negish
and Akira Suzuki
D) Robert Edwards
E) Mario Vargas Llosa
A
E
B
D
C
Physics
Literature
Peace
Medicine
Chemistry
Results
Tie Breaker #1
Name the countries with permanent
seats on the UN Security Council, and
the current UN ambassador for each of
those countries.
Tie Breaker #1 - ANSWER
• China, Ambassador Li Baodong
• France, Ambassador Gérard Araud
• Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
• The United Kingdom, Ambassador Mark Lyall
Grant
• The United States, Ambassador Susan Rice
Tie Breaker #2
Name the currency of each of the
following countries:
1. Argentina
6. Russia
2. France
7. South Africa
3. Japan
8. South Korea
4. Jordan
9. Thailand
5. Malaysia
10. Turkey
Tie Breaker #2 - ANSWER
1. Peso
6. Rubles
2. Euro
7. Rand
3. Yen
8. Won
4. Dinar
9. Baht
5. Ringgits
10. Lira
Results
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