kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: geography
Question: Which EU country or US state is not entirely situated on (an) island(s)?
Choices: UK; Hawaii; Rhode Island; Cyprus
Answer: Rhode Island
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Question: Which country or state was the first to be attacked in WWII?
Choices: Denmark; Hawaii; Poland; US Virgin Islands
Answer: Poland
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Question: Where was the colonial settlement New Amsterdam located?
Choices: UK; New Jersey; Holland; The state of New York
Answer: The state of New York
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Question: Which of these is the largest in terms of area?
Choices: Georgia; Florida; Germany; Finland
Answer: Germany
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Question: Which of these peaks is the highest?
Choices: Grossglockner (Austria); McKinley (Alaska); Mont Blanc (France); Mount Elbert (Colorado)
Answer: McKinley (Alaska)
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Question: Which of the following metropolitan areas is the largest in terms of population?
Choices: London; New York City; Paris; Los Angeles
Answer: New York City
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Question: Which river, flowing entirely through a single country or state, is the longest?
Choices: Vistula (Poland); Loire (France); Iowa (Iowa); Illinois (Illinois)
Answer: Vistula (Poland)
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Question: What is the location of the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, established in 1954?
Choices: In the EU; Both have laboratories of equal size.; In the US; In neither of them
Answer: In neither of them
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Question: Which of the following countries and states shares its name with its capital city?
Choices: New York; Malta; Luxembourg; Oklahoma
Answer: Luxembourg
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Question: Which of these cities was established first?
Choices: New York City (New York); Copenhagen (Denmark); Madrid (Spain); Boston (Massachusetts)
Answer: Madrid (Spain)
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Question: Which of the following flags doesnt include a cross?
Choices: the flag of Mississippi; the flag of the UK; the flag of Denmark; the flag of Alaska
Answer: the flag of Alaska
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Question: Birmingham is the most populous city of which country or US state?
Choices: Austria; Alabama; the UK; Utah
Answer: Alabama
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Question: Which one of these is not a Greek Mediterranean island?
Choices: Minorca; Lemnos; Crete; Santorini
Answer: Minorca
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Question: Which one of these Mediterranean islands is the smallest in area?
Choices: Corsica; Cyprus; Crete; Corfu
Answer: Corfu
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Question: What two colors are featured on the flag and coat of arms of Malta, a country consisting of seven Mediterranean islands?
Choices: Green and black; Yellow and purple; White and red; Blue and yellow
Answer: White and red
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Question: Which one of these Mediterranean islands, belonging to Italy, is the largest in area?
Choices: Sardinia; Procida; Capri; Ischia
Answer: Sardinia
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Question: This island, on which the volcano Etna is situated, is the largest Mediterranean island.
Choices: Sicily; Corsica; Rhodes; Sardinia
Answer: Sicily
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Question: Which French Mediterranean island is the birthplace of NapolÃ©on Bonaparte?
Choices: Cyprus; Gozo; Corsica; Montecristo
Answer: Corsica
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Question: Complete the lyrics of this 1999 hit single by the Vengaboys, referring to a Spanish island: 
Choices: y Me High; oah! Were Going To ............; oah! Back To The Island; oah! Were Going To ..........; oah! In The Mediterranean Sea; oah! Were Gonna Have A Party; Ibiza; Majorca; Formentera; Cabrera
Answer: Ibiza
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Question: On April 11, 2002, Al-Qaeda carried out a terrorist attack near a synagogue on which Tunisian island?
Choices: Djerba; Yalikavak; Salih Ada; Kargi Adasi
Answer: Djerba
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Question: Which one of these Mediterranean islands does not belong to the group of the Balearic Islands?
Choices: Ibiza; Mallorca; Capri; Formentera
Answer: Capri
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Question: Which of these Mediterranean islands belongs to Croatia and is home of the endangered Griffon Vulture?
Choices: Filfla; Procida; Cres; Gorgona
Answer: Cres
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Question: What motto do North Carolina license plates carry?
Choices: The Old North State; First In Flight; Nothing Finer; Tarheel State
Answer: First In Flight
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Question: North Carolina has been well represented on the American Idol TV series Which contestant from the state became Americas Idol in 2004?
Choices: Fantasia Barrino; Kerrier Ann Pickler; Clay Aiken; Taylor Hicks
Answer: Fantasia Barrino
Category: geography
Question: In 1838 the Federal Indian Removal Policy was forced into effect by The Treaty of New Echota. Twenty Cherokee Indians, none elected officials of the Cherokee Nation, signed over all Cherokee Territory east of the Mississippi for five million dollars. The Cherokee Indians were then forced to march from their home in the mountain of North Carolina to Okalahoma. This journey became know by what name?
Choices: Journey of No Return; Trail of Tears; Cherokee Death March; March of Sorrow
Answer: Trail of Tears
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Question: This military complex in North Carolina is one of the largest in the world and home to the 82 Airborne, the Golden Knights, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Choices: Fort Bragg; Fort Campbell; Fort Polk; Fort Dix
Answer: Fort Bragg
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Question: Riga is the capital of which Baltic country?
Choices: Estonia; Lithuania; Belarus; Latvia
Answer: Latvia
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Question: What country gained independence from the British Mandate for Palestine in 1948?
Choices: Syria; Sierra Leone; Jordan; Israel
Answer: Israel
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Question: What city is the capital of Madagascar?
Choices: Antananarivo; Toamasina; Harare; Maputo
Answer: Antananarivo
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Question: What river encountered during the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) flows directly into the Pacific Ocean between Washington and Oregon?
Choices: Missouri; Snake; Columbia; Colorado
Answer: Columbia
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Question: Which explorer was the first to reach the South Pole?
Choices: Richard Byrd; Sir Robert Falcon Scott; Roald Amundsen; Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Answer: Roald Amundsen
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Question: What sea captain claimed British possession of the eastern part of Australia in 1770 naming it New South Wales?
Choices: James Cook; Horatio Nelson; Cuthbert Collingwood; Arthur Phillip
Answer: James Cook
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Question: In what South American country was Che Ernesto Guevara born?
Choices: Paraguay; Argentina; Bolivia; Suriname
Answer: Argentina
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Question: Near what sea was the ancient city of Troy located ?
Choices: Aegean; Mediterranean; Ionian; Adriatic
Answer: Aegean
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Question: Which of these rivers runs through the Czech Republic and Germany?
Choices: Elbe River; Rhine River; Danube River; Rhone River
Answer: Elbe River
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Question: Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgel.
Choices: Andorra; Vatican City; San Marino; Malta
Answer: Andorra
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Question: After World War II, this country was split into two states which were not reunited until 1990.
Choices: France; Spain; Austria; Germany
Answer: Germany
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Question: Mount Erebus is a volcano located on this continent.
Choices: Antarctica; Europe; South America; Asia
Answer: Antarctica
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Question: Rastafarianism is a religion that venerates Haile Selassie as a god. Haile Selassie was the emperor of the third most populous country in Africa. Name that country.
Choices: Libya; Ethiopia; Mozambique; Gabon
Answer: Ethiopia
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Question: Name Asias most densely populated country which has about three million people and an area of less than 250 square miles (402 kmÂ²).
Choices: Hokkaido; Taiwan; Laos; Singapore
Answer: Singapore
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Question: In what city in Switzerland is the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) located?
Choices: Geneva; Berne; Born; Bamako
Answer: Geneva
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Question: What is a ridge of coral in the sea called?
Choices: Atoll; Coral Reef; None of these; Coral Island
Answer: Coral Reef
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Question: Jenin is the largest city in the West Bank.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It has been found that the black mineral soil from the Dead Sea area of Israel helps maintain a good, young complexion. What is the name of the Israeli company that exports beauty products from the Dead Sea area?
Choices: Naot; Kfar Gideon; Rafaele; Ahava
Answer: Ahava
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Question: The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in caves at Qumran, are believed to have been made by a group of people called what?
Choices: BHais; Sircurai; Essenes; Sarafai
Answer: Essenes
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Question: It is practically impossible to drown unwillingly in the Dead Sea.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: To which countrys territory does the Dead Sea belong?
Choices: Egypt and Israel share ownership; Israel and Jordan share ownership; Israels territory; Saudi Arabias territory
Answer: Israel and Jordan share ownership
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Question: What is the average salinity of the Dead Sea?
Choices: 11 %; 30 %; 49 %; 54 %
Answer: 30 %
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Question: What body of water feeds the Dead Sea?
Choices: The Euphrates River; The Mediterranean Ocean; The Red Sea; The Jordan River
Answer: The Jordan River
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Question: The Bible tells the story of a woman that was turned into a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea. Who was her famous husband?
Choices: Issac; Abraham; Pharoah; Lot
Answer: Lot
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Question: The Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, is how far below sea level?
Choices: 349  meters; 418 meters; 517  meters; 2608 meters
Answer: 418 meters
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Question: What was the name of the great fortification built in 37-31 BC by Roman king Herod I on a high hill above the Dead Sea?
Choices: Masada; Kadesh-Barnea; Herods Citadel; Vespasians Citadel
Answer: Masada
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Question: The Dead Sea is part of the Great Rift Valley. How far does this valley extend in length?
Choices: 6700 miles; 697 miles; 1697 miles; 3700 miles
Answer: 3700 miles
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Question: No animals or plants live in the Dead Sea .
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What famous California prison was home to Charles Manson?
Choices: The Bastille; Sing Sing; Joliet; Folsom
Answer: Folsom
Category: geography
Question: American politician John McCain was incarcerated at the infamous Hoa Loa Prison, ironically called Hanoi Hilton.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Rosenbergs, who were convicted of conspiracy, were held at what prison?
Choices: Folsom; Alcatraz; Attica; Sing Sing
Answer: Sing Sing
Category: geography
Question: The Tower of London was built primarily to function as a fortress, a royal palace and a prison.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Attica Prison was the locale of a 1975 riot that resulted in 38 deaths.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Nelsons Column, built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelsons death, is a monument in this famous London square.
Choices: Soho Square; Leicester Square; Piccadilly Circus; Trafalgar Square
Answer: Trafalgar Square
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Question: Tiananmen Square, which has been the site of a number of political events and student protests, is located in what Chinese city?
Choices: Beijing; Shanghai; Guangzhou; Taipei
Answer: Beijing
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Question: The Kremlin, a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooks this square to the east.
Choices: Black Square; Azadi Square; Palace Square; Red Square
Answer: Red Square
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Question: What iconic world landmark, sometimes called the Crossroads of the World, was formerly named Longacre Square?
Choices: Grosvenor Square; Times Square; Madison Square; St Jamess Square
Answer: Times Square
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Question: What famous square is located in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome?
Choices: Campo dei Fiori; St. Pauls Square; St. Peters Square; Piazza San Marco
Answer: St. Peters Square
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Question: Grand Place, which is known for its large flower carpet, is the main square of this capital European city.
Choices: Berlin; Paris; Strasbourg; Brussels
Answer: Brussels
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Question: Which square is not correctly matched with the capital city in which it is located?
Choices: Red Square - Moscow; Senate Square - Helsinki; Azadi Square - Karachi; Leicester Square - London
Answer: Azadi Square - Karachi
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Question: Piazza San Marco (St Marks Square), which Napoleon allegedly called The drawing room of Europe, is the principal square of this Italian city.
Choices: Florence; Venice; Rome; Milan
Answer: Venice
Category: geography
Question: What city in Eastern Europe, often associated with the story of Dracula, is also famous for Revolution Square, which was the site of a 1989 revolt?
Choices: Bucharest; Warsaw; Budapest; Prague
Answer: Bucharest
Category: geography
Question: What former president has addressed more than a million people on many occasions on Plaza de la RevoluciÃ³n in Havana?
Choices: Benito Mussolini; Fidel Castro; Salvador Allende; Francisco Franco
Answer: Fidel Castro
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Question: What is the name of the sea that borders the Netherlands?
Choices: Red Sea; Black Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea
Answer: North Sea
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Question: What are the three colours of the national flag of the Netherlands from top to bottom?
Choices: Red, white, and blue; Blue, yellow, and red; Red, blue, and white; Green, red, and white
Answer: Red, white, and blue
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Question: Rotterdam, located in the province of South Holland, is a major Dutch port.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Gouda and Edam are famous types of Dutch cheeses.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the capital city of the Netherlands?
Choices: Amsterdam; Amersfort; The Hague; Zwolle
Answer: Amsterdam
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Question: What two countries border the Netherlands?
Choices: Germany and Lithuania; Germany and France; France and Belgium; Belgium and Germany
Answer: Belgium and Germany
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Question: The name âHollandâ is equivalent to the name the Netherlands.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands. What is the second official language of the country?
Choices: Low Saxon; Frisian; French; English
Answer: Frisian
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Question: Demographically, the Netherlands matches which of this characteristics?
Choices: All of these; Its population is first in average height in the world.; It is one of most densely populated countries in the world.; It is one of the most densely cabled countries in the world.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What Mediterranean island is divided between a Greek community and a Turkish community (although the latter is not internationally recognized as a separate entity)?
Choices: Cyprus; Crete; Corsica; Malta
Answer: Cyprus
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Question: What South American island is shared by Chile and Argentina?
Choices: Islas Malvinas; Tierra Del Fuego; Islas Galapagos; Isla De Pascua
Answer: Tierra Del Fuego
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Question: What island is shared by Indonesia and the nation of East Timor?
Choices: Timor; New Guinea; Borneo; Flores
Answer: Timor
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Question: What European island is partially occupied by a neighbouring island nation, which has led to centuries of dispute?
Choices: Sardinia; Sicily; Iceland; Ireland
Answer: Ireland
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Question: Which of these islands is shared by three countries?
Choices: Luzon; Ireland; Madagascar; Borneo
Answer: Borneo
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Question: What is the name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Choices: Ile dHaiti; Hispaniola; Isla Dominica; Carib Island
Answer: Hispaniola
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Question: What island is shared by the nations of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea?
Choices: Bougainville; New Guinea; Timor; Borneo
Answer: New Guinea
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Question: This tiny Caribbean island is shared by France and the Netherlands.
Choices: St. Lucia; St. Mark; St. Martin; St. Bartholomew
Answer: St. Martin
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Question: The tiny island of MÃ¤rket / MÃ¤rketin in the Baltic Sea is shared by these two nations.
Choices: Sweden and Denmark; Finland and Estonia; Finland and Russia; Finland and Sweden
Answer: Finland and Sweden
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Question: The island of Sebatik, located east of Borneo, is shared by Indonesia and what other nation?
Choices: The Philippines; Singapore; Malaysia; Brunei
Answer: Malaysia
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Question: The word âoceanâ is of Greek origin.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which is the smallest ocean?
Choices: The Atlantic Ocean; The Indian Ocean; The Southern Ocean; The Arctic Ocean
Answer: The Arctic Ocean
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Question: What portion of the Earthâs surface do oceans cover?
Choices: More than two thirds; One third; Half of it; One fourth
Answer: More than two thirds
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Question: The Marianas Trench, the deepest location on the surface of the Earths crust, lies in this ocean.
Choices: The Pacific Ocean; The Southern Ocean; The Indian Ocean; The Atlantic Ocean
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
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Question: The Dead Sea is actually a lake.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earths oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum which has the following meaning.
Choices: The Peaceful Sea; The Lonely Sea; The Smooth Sea; The Lonely Sea
Answer: The Peaceful Sea
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Question: Which one of these Asian rivers does not flow into the Indian Ocean?
Choices: Zambezi; Saigon; Indus; Ganges
Answer: Saigon
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Question: What sea is known to be the only sea without shores?
Choices: The Sargasso Sea; The Norwegian Sea; The Labrador Sea; The Celtic Sea
Answer: The Sargasso Sea
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Question: The Bering Sea is a part of which ocean?
Choices: The Arctic Ocean; The Pacific Ocean; The Indian Ocean; The Atlantic Ocean
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
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Question: The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by this strait.
Choices: The Strait of Gibraltar; The Dardanelles; Strait of Magellan; Strait of Dover
Answer: The Strait of Gibraltar
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Question: The famous Ãle Notre-Dame, an artificial island built from earth excavated for a metropolitan railway, is located in which country?
Choices: England; Canada; France; Switzerland
Answer: Canada
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Question: What is the popular name of the artificial island in Tokyo Bay, whose name is Yume No Shima in Japanese?
Choices: Dream Island; Water Lilly; Wind Island; Sun Island
Answer: Dream Island
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Question: What is the name of the Peruvian floating islands, located in Lake Titicaca?
Choices: Chaka; Laka; Uros; Barro
Answer: Uros
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Question: Which man-made island, located to the southwest of Singapore, was created by joining several natural islands?
Choices: Formoza; Jurong Island; Spiral Island; Neeltje-Jans
Answer: Jurong Island
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Question: What is the name of the artificial island located in the Gatun Lake portion of the Panama Canal?
Choices: Thilafushi; Shui Keng Teng; Chubu; Barro Colorado Island
Answer: Barro Colorado Island
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Question: Which 20-kilometre artificial island, situated in the river Danube, was nicknamed the Copa Kagrana?
Choices: Peberholm; Burj al-Arab; Odaiba; Donauinsel
Answer: Donauinsel
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Question: Rokko island, constructed between 1973 and 1992, is an artificial island situated in which country?
Choices: France; China; The Netherlands; Japan
Answer: Japan
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Question: Which artificial island is situated in San Francisco Bay, between San Francisco and Oakland?
Choices: HulhumalÃ©; Treasure Island; Port Island; Flakfortet
Answer: Treasure Island
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Question: This artificial island, whose name literally means Pepper Islet, is part of the Oresund Bridge, connecting Denmark with Sweden.
Choices: Peberholm; Kansai; Flakfortet; Palm Islands
Answer: Peberholm
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Question: Spiral Island, a small Mexican artificial floating island, was situated on the coast of which sea?
Choices: The Black Sea; The Caribbean Sea; The Aegean Sea; The North Sea
Answer: The Caribbean Sea
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Question: The history of EU began on 25th of March 1957 when the European Economic Community was formed. What is the founding act called?
Choices: Treaty of Paris; Schengen Agreement; Schuman Declaration; Treaty of Rome
Answer: Treaty of Rome
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Question: Which country was not among the founding states of the European Economic Community (the European Union predecessor)?
Choices: Luxembourg; Italy; France; UK
Answer: UK
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Question: When did Ireland join the European Union?
Choices: 1995; 1973; 1960; 1986
Answer: 1973
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Question: The citizens of which country rejected the idea of joining the EU in 1972 and again in 1994?
Choices: Norway; Denmark; Iceland; Finland
Answer: Norway
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Question: The EU has been a western club for most of its history. But which of these western countries has stayed out of the EU?
Choices: Belgium; Spain; Switzerland; Luxembourg
Answer: Switzerland
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Question: Which former Yugoslavian republic was the first to be admitted to the European Union?
Choices: Macedonia; Serbia; Croatia; Slovenia
Answer: Slovenia
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Question: The 6th European Union enlargement took place on May 1 2004. How many countries were admitted then?
Choices: 8; 12; 10; 14
Answer: 10
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Question: Many countries held national referenda before joining the European Union. Which of the following nations showed the highest support for joining (92% in favour)?
Choices: Poland; Ireland; Lithuania; Slovakia
Answer: Slovakia
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Question: What kind of agreement is the Schengen Agreement?
Choices: It is a visionary chapter about a further EU enlargement.; It allows EU citizens to travel without passports within the EU borders.; It regulates the relationships with non-EU countries, especially Russia.; It introduced a common currency - the Euro.
Answer: It allows EU citizens to travel without passports within the EU borders.
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Question: When did the euro become the official currency of the Eurozone?
Choices: 1999; 1994; 2002; 2004
Answer: 2002
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Question: The flag of which US state features a white American Bison on a blue field?
Choices: Nevada; Wyoming; Texas; South Dakota
Answer: Wyoming
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Question: The name of which US state means large creek in the Seneca language?
Choices: Idaho; Ohio; Texas; Wisconsin
Answer: Ohio
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Question: Montgomery is the capital city of this US state, and its largest city is Birmingham.
Choices: Arizona; Alaska; Arkansas; Alabama
Answer: Alabama
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Question: Everglades National Park is located in this US state.
Choices: Hawaii; Nevada; Georgia; Florida
Answer: Florida
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Question: The state drink of this US state is milk, its state bird is the Western Meadowlark, its state flower is the Wild Prairie Rose, and its state slogan is Legendary.
Choices: North Dakota; South Dakota; North Carolina; South Carolina
Answer: North Dakota
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Question: According to one theory, the name of this US state comes from the French word for hurricane.
Choices: Arizona; Oregon; Colorado; Vermont
Answer: Oregon
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Question: Baton Rouge is the capital of what US state?
Choices: New Hampshire; Maine; Louisiana; North Carolina
Answer: Louisiana
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Question: The largest city in what US state hosts Summerfest, or The Worlds Largest Music Festival?
Choices: New Jersey; Wisconsin; Kentucky; Maryland
Answer: Wisconsin
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Question: The name of this US state means great river and its symbol is the magnolia tree.
Choices: Missouri; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Minnesota
Answer: Mississippi
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Question: Which US state has been nicknamed The First State, The Small Wonder, Blue Hen State, and The Diamond State?
Choices: Pennsylvania; Virginia; Delaware; New York
Answer: Delaware
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Question: The smallest monkey on earth is found in the Philippines.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The Ifugao Rice Terraces are  located in Luzon, in the Philippines. If it were possible to place them end to  end, how long would they extend?
Choices: 1,500 miles; 5,800 miles; 8,000 miles; 1,400 miles
Answer: 1,400 miles
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Question: What are the largest cities in the Philippines in terms of land area?
Choices: Manila and Davao City; Zamballes and Puerto Princesa City; Zamballes and Manila; Davao City and Puerto Princesa City
Answer: Davao City and Puerto Princesa City
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Question: The Philippines has the worlds largest deposit of heavy water which can be used for atomic energy, in spectroscopy, and as an automobile fuel. What makes heavy water different from water?
Choices: An extra hydrogen molecule; One  less hydrogen molecule making it HO not H2O; An extra oxygen molecule; The presence of deuterium
Answer: The presence of deuterium
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Question: From 1888-1889, American traders Simon and Thomas Metcalfe brought some men from Manila to the Western Hemisphere. Which state did they bring them to?
Choices: California; Mexico; Oregon; Alaska
Answer: Alaska
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Question: Who was the first  female  President of the Philippines?
Choices: Eleanor Concepcion; Louiza Rizal; Ramona  Magsaysay; Corazon Aquino
Answer: Corazon Aquino
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Question: Who is the first Filipino-American to become Governor of a US state?
Choices: Franklin  Rakata; Jose Nisperos; Jose Rizal; Benjamin Cayetano
Answer: Benjamin Cayetano
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Question: On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. On that day they also launched a similar attack on this American airbase in the Philippines.
Choices: Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; Capas Air Base,Tarlac, Philippines; Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines; Clark Air Force Base, Pampanga, Philippines
Answer: Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines
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Question: Which best  describes the religious distribution of the populace of the Philippines?
Choices: 82% Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim and  3 % Buddhist; 92 % Catholic, 7 % Muslim, 1% all others; 57 % Muslim, 40 % Protestant, 1 % Catholic; 41% Catholic, 38 % Muslim, 10% Buddhist , 9 % Protestant
Answer: 82% Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim and  3 % Buddhist
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Question: This US President was born in South Carolina although he lived in Tennessee when he became president.
Choices: William Henry Harrison; Zachary Taylor; Andrew Jackson; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Andrew Jackson
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Question: Which of the following states borders South Carolina?
Choices: Alabama; Tennessee; Virginia; Georgia
Answer: Georgia
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Question: In 1860 South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: South Carolina is the state whose shape most closely resembles a triangle.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What South Carolina Senator lived to be one hundred years old while still holding office?
Choices: Strom Thurmond; Mike Mansfield; James, (Jimmy)  Byrnes; Fritz Hollings
Answer: Strom Thurmond
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Question: Francis Marion fought the British in the swamps of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War, using guerrilla tactics, that the communist Vietcong in Vietnam would have understood well. For this Marion was given the following nickname.
Choices: The Swamp Fox; The Yankee Ghost; The Carolina Gamecock; The Fighting Gator
Answer: The Swamp Fox
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Question: The Grand Strand is a long stretch of sandy beach situated near which of the following?
Choices: Hilton Head; Follie Beach; Myrtle Beach; Charleston
Answer: Myrtle Beach
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Question: The city of Fargo is the largest city in which of these U.S. states?
Choices: North Carolina; South Dakota; North Dakota; South Carolina
Answer: North Dakota
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Question: Name the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington.
Choices: Seattle; Olympia; Madison; Boise
Answer: Olympia
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Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Cornhusker State?
Choices: Nevada; Ohio; Nebraska; Wyoming
Answer: Nebraska
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Question: Topeka is the capital city of which U.S. state?
Choices: Kansas; Arkansas; Missouri; Colorado
Answer: Kansas
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Question: Which of these nicknames refers to the U.S. state of Idaho?
Choices: Emerald State; Pearl State; Gem State; Golden State
Answer: Gem State
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Question: What does the name of the U.S. state of Utah mean in the Ute language?
Choices: Spirits of the rivers; Children of the winds; People of the mountains; Land around the great lake
Answer: People of the mountains
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Question: Saint Paul is the capital city of what US state?
Choices: Missouri; Minnesota; Mississippi; None of these
Answer: Minnesota
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Question: The Black Sea drains into the Atlantic Ocean via the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean Sea on the South West. On the other, North East side of the Black Sea, there is a small sea which is connected to the Black Sea via the Strait of Kerch. Name this sea.
Choices: The White Sea; The Caspian Sea; The Aral Sea; The Sea of Azov
Answer: The Sea of Azov
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Question: Six countries are located along the Black Sea border. Which one among them has the longest Black Sea coast line (not including the Sea of Azov coast line)?
Choices: Romania; Turkey; Russia; Ukraine
Answer: Turkey
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Question: Not counting Istanbul, which of these cities is located on Bosphorus on the side of the Sea of Marmara and is the biggest city on the coast of the Black Sea?
Choices: Trabzon, Turkey; Sukhumi, Georgia; Varna, Bulgaria; Odessa, Ukraine
Answer: Odessa, Ukraine
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Question: The names of three large rivers flowing into the Black Sea begin with a letter D. Danube, the largest of the three, flows through ten European countries and enters the Black Sea in Romania. The other two end their flow in this country.
Choices: Bulgaria; Turkey; Ukraine; Russia
Answer: Ukraine
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Question: The Black Sea city of Sukhumi is the capital of this republic that proclaimed its independence from Georgia in the 90s.
Choices: Ajaria; Iberia; Ossetia; Abkhazia
Answer: Abkhazia
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Question: The Black Sea, whose waters are known to be meromictic, is the largest water basin in the world where water layers do not intermix, and, thus, lack the dissolved form of what?
Choices: Salt; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Hydrogen Sulfide
Answer: Oxygen
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Question: The Crimean peninsula has been under the control of multiple powers over the centuries. Although it is considered to be an autonomous republic, it is a part of this nation.
Choices: Ukraine; Romania; Bulgaria; Russia
Answer: Ukraine
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Question: From the viewpoint of physical geography and ecology, the Ukrainian territories to the north of the Black Sea are known to contain what?
Choices: Low hills and forests; Steppes or plains; Mountains; Sand desert
Answer: Steppes or plains
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Question: The Black Sea reaches the maximum depth of 2,210 m. Its neighbor, the Sea of Azov, is unique in terms of sea depth for what reason?
Choices: Its floor sinks constantly because it is located on a large basalt plate.; It is the shallowest sea in the world.; It has almost perfectly flat sea floor with a depth of 1370 m.; It has no established sea floor, it changes constantly with currents.
Answer: It is the shallowest sea in the world.
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Question: All these entities are located around the Black Sea except for one. Name the exception.
Choices: Ural mountains; Balkan peninsula; Caucasus mountains; Anatolia
Answer: Ural mountains
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Question: The summit ridge of Mount Everest marks the border between which two Asian countries?
Choices: India and China; Nepal and India; China and Georgia; China and Nepal
Answer: China and Nepal
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Question: The locals of Nepal call the highest mount in the world - Mount Everest -  Sagarmatha. What is the meaning of this name in Sanskrit?
Choices: Holy Mountain; Ice Zone; Leader Among the Others; Head of the Sky
Answer: Head of the Sky
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Question: The highest mountain in the world is named after Sir George Everest, a famous Welshman. What was his profession?
Choices: Defender of human rights; Actor; Surveyor and geographer; President
Answer: Surveyor and geographer
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Question: The Himalayan range, part of which is Mount Everest, stretches across five different countries in Asia. Which of the following countries is not among them?
Choices: Israel; Bhutan; Pakistan; India
Answer: Israel
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Question: Edmund Hillary, the first mountaineer to reach mount Everest, was from what country?
Choices: The USA; Great Britain; Norway; New Zealand
Answer: New Zealand
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Question: What nationality was mathematician and surveyor Radhanath Sikdar, who was the first person to measure the height of Everest?
Choices: Bengali-Indian; Chinese; Pakistani; Tibetan
Answer: Bengali-Indian
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Question: Which of the following paths is one of the two most popular climbing routes to Mount Everest?
Choices: The south ridge from Tibet; The east ridge from Pakistan; The west ridge from India; The southeast ridge from Nepal
Answer: The southeast ridge from Nepal
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Question: What nationality was Junko Tabei - the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest?
Choices: Japanese; Chinese; Indian; Nepalese
Answer: Japanese
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Question: This Italian climber, who was in the first expedition to reach Mount Everest without oxygen tanks, later became the first person to climb the summit alone.
Choices: Reinhold Messner; Laurie Skreslet; Jerzy Kukuczka; Tim Macartney
Answer: Reinhold Messner
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Question: The term death zone refers to high altitudes, where the amount of oxygen cannot sustain human life and altitude acclimatization becomes impossible.  While this definition still applies, mount Everests death zone is significantly more difficult to survive.  Why?
Choices: Visibility is decreased due to constant snowstorms; Extremely low temperatures result in quick freezing of body parts; High wind velocity causes deadly avalanches; Polar bears pose a serious threat to climbers
Answer: Extremely low temperatures result in quick freezing of body parts
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Question: What is the largest island on the planet in terms of territory?
Choices: Madagascar; Sumatra; Greenland; New Guinea
Answer: Greenland
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Question: This island, located north of Australia, is the second-largest island on the planet.
Choices: Tasmania; New Guinea; South Island; Sri Lanka
Answer: New Guinea
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Question: This is the third-largest island on the planet, and it is also known as Kalimantan.
Choices: Bali; Borneo; Taiwan; Java
Answer: Borneo
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Question: This is the fourth-largest island in the world, and it is home to 5% of the plant and animal species on the planet.
Choices: Jamaica; Madagascar; Tasmania; Cuba
Answer: Madagascar
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Question: This is the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island on the planet.
Choices: Sicily; Sardinia; None of these; Cyprus
Answer: None of these
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Question: What is the largest island of Canada, and the fifth-largest island in the world?
Choices: Victoria Island; Baffin Island; Banks Island; Devon Island
Answer: Baffin Island
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Question: What is the most populous island in the world?
Choices: Java; Cuba; Borneo; Honshu
Answer: Java
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Question: This island is located in the Indian Ocean and is also known as Ceylon.
Choices: Borneo; Taiwan; Sumatra; Sri Lanka
Answer: Sri Lanka
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Question: The capital of this island country is Kingston.
Choices: Jamaica; Haiti; Hispaniola; Cuba
Answer: Jamaica
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Question: What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Choices: Crete; Corsica; Sicily; Cyprus
Answer: Sicily
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Question: The geographic North and South Poles are at fixed locations and have not moved.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which nation claims ownership of the South Pole?
Choices: Russia; No nation does.; France; The USA
Answer: No nation does.
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Question: In 1728, he became the first person to sail into the Arctic Ocean and proved that Asia and North America are not joined by land.
Choices: Cook; Bering; Scott; Peary
Answer: Bering
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Question: Who is given credit  for being the first person to reach the North Pole?
Choices: Peary; Bering; Amundsen; Scott
Answer: Peary
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Question: What happened at the North Pole on August 3, 1958?
Choices: The northernmost US city, Naavetau, was founded.; The first airport in the Arctic was built.; A submarine travelled underwater under the Pole.; The last Arctic Moa was killed.
Answer: A submarine travelled underwater under the Pole.
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Question: The first time Antarctica was officially visited is a subject of controversy. Three people have claimed to have achieved this feat. Which of these is not one them?
Choices: Edward Bransfield; Nathaniel B. Palmer; Fabian von Bellinghausen; James Cook
Answer: James Cook
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Question: Which statement is true about the explorer and glaciologist Albert P. Crary?
Choices: He was the first person to set foot on Antarctica.; He was the first pilot to fly across the South Pole.; He was the first person to build a home above the Arctic Circle.; He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.
Answer: He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.
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Question: Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
Choices: Scott; Amundsen; Henson; Peary
Answer: Amundsen
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Question: The temperature at the North Pole is higher than the temperature at the South Pole.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Few animals inhabit the North Pole. Which of these types of animals can never be seen there?
Choices: Penguins; Bears; Birds; Fish
Answer: Penguins
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Question: In 2000, microbes were found at the South Pole.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What river, draining into the Caspian Sea, is the longest in Europe?
Choices: Danube; Ural; Dnieper; Volga
Answer: Volga
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Question: Where are the origins of the Rhine?
Choices: Switzerland; Austria; Belgium; Germany
Answer: Switzerland
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Question: What is the longest river in France?
Choices: Loire; Maine; Odet; Erdre
Answer: Loire
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Question: What river rises in the northwestern Czech Republic, flows through Germany and into the North Sea?
Choices: Elbe; Viskan; Morava; Oste
Answer: Elbe
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Question: What river named after a mythological figure is the longest river of Great Britain?
Choices: Trent; Great Ouse; Thames; Severn
Answer: Severn
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Question: What river flows through ten European countries and is the longest in the European Union?
Choices: Rhine; Dnieper; Danube; Elbe
Answer: Danube
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Question: What river that flows through Spain and Portugal is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula?
Choices: Guadiana; Duero; Guadalquivir; Tagus
Answer: Tagus
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Question: What is the longest river in Poland and the ninth longest in Europe?
Choices: Wda; Nogat; Vistula; Dunajec
Answer: Vistula
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Question: In what country does the River Po rise?
Choices: France; Italy; Belgium; Switzerland
Answer: Italy
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Question: This bridge, that spans the Tagus River, is the longest bridge in Europe.
Choices: Vizcaya Bridge; Guadiana International Bridge; Vasco da Gama Bridge; Merida Bridge
Answer: Vasco da Gama Bridge
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Question: How would you say What is your name? in Tagalog?
Choices: Ilang taong gulang ka na?; Ano ang ginagawa mo?; Ano ang pangalan mo?; Saan ka nakatira?
Answer: Ano ang pangalan mo?
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Question: The Filipino word Bulaklak means flower in English.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What does the Filipino word lungsod mean in English?
Choices: market; city; island; province
Answer: city
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Question: The Filipino word pangalan means name in English. What does the word pangngalan mean?
Choices: address; adjective; noun; verb
Answer: noun
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Question: The Filipino word maganda means beautiful in English.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What Filipino word means money in English?
Choices: tindahan; mura; pera; wala
Answer: pera
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Question: What does the Filipino word salita mean in English?
Choices: word; phrase; sentence; meaning
Answer: word
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Question: How will you say I Love You in Filipino?
Choices: Mahal Kita; Ikaw Na Nga; Sino Ka; Hindi Ko Alam
Answer: Mahal Kita
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Question: Who is considered the Father of Filipino Language?
Choices: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; Ferdinand Marcos; Emilio Aguinaldo; Manuel Quezon
Answer: Manuel Quezon
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Question: This western half of this island is part of Indonesia, while the eastern half is a nation which gained independence in 2002, following hundreds of years of European colonialism and 25 years of Indonesian occupation.
Choices: Borneo; Sumatra; Timor; Celebes
Answer: Timor
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Question: Which Indonesian island is shared by four Indonesian provinces and two other nations: the eastern half of Malaysia and the tiny oil-rich sultanate of Brunei?
Choices: New Guinea; Sumatra; Borneo; Flores
Answer: Borneo
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Question: These islands were the original spice islands, which have drawn traders from all over the world for thousands of years, and were a major factor in causing the European age of exploration, as explorers set out to find the fabled East Indies.
Choices: Ternate, Tidore and Banda; Timor, Flores and Sumba; Celebes and New Guinea; Sumatra and Borneo
Answer: Ternate, Tidore and Banda
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Question: Which Indonesian island was in the news in 2003 when the remains of an extinct variety of small hominids (popularly referred to as Hobbits), measuring about 3 feet in height, were found there?
Choices: Sumatra; New Guinea; Timor; Flores
Answer: Flores
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Question: This island, the second largest in the world, is shared by Indonesia and another country. Because of its impenetrable swamps, jungles and towering mountains, it wasnt explored by outsiders until the past 100 years, and new tribes of humans with stone-age societies are still being discovered in the interior.
Choices: New Guinea; Flores; Celebes; Sumatra
Answer: New Guinea
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Question: This island is the third largest in Indonesia, and is probably known for its coffee. It is also home to unique (and endangered) species of elephants, tigers, and rhinoceroses. It is also one of two islands which have indigenous orangutans.
Choices: Timor; Sumatra; New Guinea; Celebes
Answer: Sumatra
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Question: Which of these describes best the location of the volcanic island of Krakatau (sometimes erroneously called Krakatoa), which had a well-known and devastating eruption on August 23, 1883?
Choices: West of New Guinea; East of Java; Between Java and Sumatra; Off the coast of Borneo
Answer: Between Java and Sumatra
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Question: This volcano, located on the island of Sumbawa, erupted in 1815, generally regarded as the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption killed thousands, and changed global climatic patterns.
Choices: Merapi; Krakatau; Mandiri; Tambora
Answer: Tambora
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Question: Wichita, the county seat of Sedgwick County, is nicknamed what?
Choices: Air Capital; Mountain Capital; Plain Capital; River capital
Answer: Air Capital
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Question: Wichita, a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center, is the capital of Kansas.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This multifunctional facility is located at 225 West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas.
Choices: Exploration Place; None of these; Century II Convention center; Hyatt hotel
Answer: Century II Convention center
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Question: McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Sedgwick County, near Wichita, Kansas.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the name of the European peninsula on which Italy is located?
Choices: Scandinavian Peninsula; Iberian Peninsula; Italian Peninsula; Balkan Peninsula
Answer: Italian Peninsula
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Question: What is the capital and largest city of Italy?
Choices: Milan; Genoa; Rome; Venice
Answer: Rome
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Question: What large mountain range is located entirely within the territory of Italy?
Choices: Alps; Andes; Apennines; Carpathians
Answer: Apennines
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Question: Italy is a major world exporter of which of the following?
Choices: All of these; Sport and luxury vehicles; Motor vehicles; Fashion items
Answer: All of these
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Question: What is the meaning of the Italian word riavvolgere, from which the name of the popular Italian dish ravioli originated?
Choices: Poor peasant; Onion; To wrap; To indulge
Answer: To wrap
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Question: Which of these colors is not present on the national flag of the Italian Republic?
Choices: White; Red; Blue; Green
Answer: Blue
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Question: What is the title of the national anthem of the Italian Republic?
Choices: The Italian Anthem; The Song of the Italians; Italia, Land of Glory; Italian Dream
Answer: The Song of the Italians
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Question: What is the meaning of the name of Italy according to scientists who have studied its origin?
Choices: Land of the holy water; Land of the lamb; Land of young cattle; Land of mountains
Answer: Land of young cattle
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Question: What is the shape of the Italian Peninsula?
Choices: Skull; Boot; Dog; Hand
Answer: Boot
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Question: In which of these years did the Italian national football team win the FIFA World Cup?
Choices: 1982; 2006; All of these; 1938
Answer: All of these
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Question: The first European to explore the Chesapeake Bay surrounded by modern day Maryland and Virginia was the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Maryland is well known as a colony of religious tolerance.  It was the first American colony to fully accept practitioners of which religion?
Choices: Quakers; Presbyterians; Catholics; Jews
Answer: Catholics
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Question: Maryland Day is celebrated every year on what date?
Choices: The first day of crab season; Preakness Saturday; March 25th; March 1st
Answer: March 25th
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Question: Which was the seat of colonial government in Maryland until 1708?
Choices: Annapolis; Port Tobacco; Baltimore; St. Maryâs City
Answer: St. Maryâs City