kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: general
Question: What should be done according to a Russian superstition when someone has left the house and gone on a long journey?
Choices: An extra dish is left on the table.; Their radio or TV should not be turned off until they come back.; Their room and their possessions should not be cleaned up until they have arrived.; Their room should be locked up so that nobody would enter.
Answer: Their room and their possessions should not be cleaned up until they have arrived.
Category: general
Question: There is a Russian tradition of spitting three times to chase away bad luck, similar to knocking on wood. Where should one spit?
Choices: In front of their feet; Over their right shoulder; Over their left shoulder; Through their crossed fingers
Answer: Over their left shoulder
Category: general
Question: What should one do on examination day in order not to chase away good luck according to Russian superstition?
Choices: One should not cut their nails.; All of these; One should not wear anything new.; One should not make their bed.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What kind of presents are considered to be taboo according to Russian superstition?
Choices: Perfumes; Black objects; Sharp objects; Baby clothes
Answer: Sharp objects
Category: general
Question: Where shouldnt unmarried people sit if they dont want to stay single for a long time according to Russian superstition?
Choices: At the corner of the table; At a crossroad; Under the table; Under an oak tree
Answer: At the corner of the table
Category: general
Question: What should a stranger say when seeing a baby less that an year old according to Russian tradition?
Choices: They should not speak or smile; Oh, what an ugly child!; May you grow tall and healthy!; May God guide your way!
Answer: Oh, what an ugly child!
Category: general
Question: How is a latecomer punished in Russian traditions?
Choices: They are seated away from the table.; They are not allowed to sit.; They are forced to drink a full glass of alcohol.; They are forbidden to take off their coat.
Answer: They are forced to drink a full glass of alcohol.
Category: general
Question: What will happen very soon if the cat is washing its face according to Russian beliefs?
Choices: Guests will come.; It is going to rain.; Somebody will die.; Someone will get pregnant.
Answer: Guests will come.
Category: general
Question: What does sneezing while talking mean according to Russian superstition?
Choices: The person is telling the truth.; They will be healthy and will live long.; The sneezing person is lying.; The sneezing person will receive money soon.
Answer: The person is telling the truth.
Category: general
Question: What will happen if a fork or a spoon falls on the ground according to Russian superstition?
Choices: A female guest will come.; A male child will be born in the house.; The person who dropped it will have to work very hard.; The crops will be abundant.
Answer: A female guest will come.
Category: general
Question: Which of the following movies does not star Will Ferrell?
Choices: Mrs. Doubtfire; Super star; Zoolander; Elf
Answer: Mrs. Doubtfire
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Question: What is the name of the first routine that Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy do together in the movie Blades of Glory?
Choices: Dont Want to Miss a Thing; Together; Fire and Water; Fire and Ice
Answer: Fire and Ice
Category: general
Question: How was the FIFA World Cup Won in 2006?
Choices: None of these; The winner was decided by the end of the regular time.; penalty kick shootout; One team won in overtime.
Answer: penalty kick shootout
Category: general
Question: If there is a one way street and there are two cars going the opposite direction, is either of the drivers breaking the law?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
Category: general
Question: Why did King Oedipus marry his mother according to the Greek legend?
Choices: To keep their riches withing the family; Because he fell in love with her; He didnt known she was his mother.; Because the gods forced him to do it
Answer: He didnt known she was his mother.
Category: general
Question: Name the actor who starred in the 2007 drama movie There Will Be Blood.
Choices: Kevin Spacey; Sean Penn; Keanu Reeves; Daniel Day-Lewis
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
Category: general
Question: What blood song did Michael Jackson release in 1997?
Choices: Blood on the Bar; Blood on the Scene; Blood on My Hands; Blood on the Dance Floor
Answer: Blood on the Dance Floor
Category: general
Question: What actor starred as mercenary Danny Archer in the 2006 movie Blood Diamond?
Choices: Tom Cruise; Ben Affleck; Leonardo DiCaprio; Jamie Foxx
Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio
Category: general
Question: What is the title of a 1971 Academy Award-nominated movie directed by John Schlesinger?
Choices: Monday Bloody Monday; Sunday Bloody Sunday; Wednesday Bloody Wednesday; Thursday Bloody Thursday
Answer: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Category: general
Question: What female musician released the single Red Blooded Woman in 2004?
Choices: Beyonce Knowles; Britney Spears; Christina Aguilera; Kylie Minogue
Answer: Kylie Minogue
Category: general
Question: What action star played the lead role in the 1988 movie Bloodsport?
Choices: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Sylvester Stallone; Bruce Willis; Jean-Claude Van Damme
Answer: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Category: general
Question: The term cheiromancy, also known as palm reading, is derived from Greek. What does it literally mean?
Choices: Secrets of the hand; Fortune telling; Skin testing; Hand divination
Answer: Hand divination
Category: general
Question: In what country is the art of palm reading believed to have originated?
Choices: Greece; India; Persia; China
Answer: India
Category: general
Question: What characteristics of the palm are explored by palm readers to predict the future or estimate the personality of its owner?
Choices: The fingers of the hand; The lines of the skin; All of these; The bumps of the skin
Answer: All of these
Category: general
Question: According to a theory, palm readers should explore only the left hand of people which of the following people?
Choices: Unmarried people; Women; Men; Children
Answer: Women
Category: general
Question: What classification of the hands do modern palmists most often use to define the personality of the owner?
Choices: All of these; By elements; By seasons; By animals
Answer: By elements
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Question: Which of these is not within the lines of the palm explored by palm readers?
Choices: Life line; Head line; Heart line; Past line
Answer: Past line
Category: general
Question: What is the Sun line of the human palm associated with in palmistry?
Choices: Relationships; Future; Fame; Children
Answer: Fame
Category: general
Question: Cheirognomy is part of chiromancy, or palm reading. What is the object of its study?
Choices: The mounts of the palm; The fingers; The feet and toes; The fingernails
Answer: The mounts of the palm
Category: general
Question: How are the people having rectangular palms, flushed skin and short fingers classified according to palmistry?
Choices: Dragon; Storm; Fire; Summer
Answer: Fire
Category: general
Question: Which line of the palm is traditionally examined first by palm readers?
Choices: Heart line; Life line; Sun line; Mercury line
Answer: Heart line
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Choices: Tirana; Kabul; Dushanbe; Tashkent
Answer: Kabul
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Choices: Canberra; Sydney; Melbourne; Ottawa
Answer: Canberra
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Belgium?
Choices: Amsterdam; Luxemburg; Brussels; Stockholm
Answer: Brussels
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Greece?
Choices: Ankara; Athens; Sofia; Thessaloniki
Answer: Athens
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Italy?
Choices: Venice; Rome; Naples; Milan
Answer: Rome
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Israel?
Choices: Tel Aviv; Kabul; Jerusalem; Islamabad
Answer: Jerusalem
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Germany?
Choices: Frankfurt; Berlin; Munich; Hamburg
Answer: Berlin
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital of Norway?
Choices: Stockholm; Helsinki; Oslo; Copenhagen
Answer: Oslo
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital and largest city of Hawaii, the 50th US state?
Choices: Little Rock; Dover; Frankfort; Honolulu
Answer: Honolulu
Category: geography
Question: When the streams Biya and Katun join in Altai Krai, they form this mighty river. It is located in West Siberia, Russia and has many names- the Siberian Tatars call it Omar or Umar, the Samoyedes- Kolta or Kuay and to the Ostiaks it is known as the As, Yag, Kolta and Yema. It joins the Irtysh river, forming the longest river flow in Russia. What is its name?
Choices: Ural; Volga; Ob; Lena
Answer: Ob
Category: geography
Question: Although the Amazon river is generally regarded as the second-longest in the world, it is the river with greatest total flow, carrying more than the Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers combined.  It ends in the Atlantic Ocean, but it is believed to begin its long journey from this mountain peak.
Choices: Nevado Mismi; Misti; Cotopaxi; Mount Chimborazo
Answer: Nevado Mismi
Category: geography
Question: This is the longest river in Asia and its Chinese name, Chang Jiang, is literally translated to Long River. The critically endangered Chinese River Dolphin and Chinese paddlefish live only in this river. It takes its source in the Qinghai Province, flows for 6,380km (3964miles) and finally empties into the East China Sea. What is the name of this river?
Choices: Irtysh; Huai River; Yangtze; Mekong
Answer: Yangtze
Category: geography
Question: Huang He is the second-longest river in China. Its source is in the Kunlun Mountains at 4,500m (14,764 feet) above sea level. Due to the silts that the river carries, the color of its waters becomes so unnatural that it gave the name of the river . What is the color of the waters of Huang He?
Choices: Brown; Orange; Yellow; Red
Answer: Yellow
Category: geography
Question: It is the second-longest river in the United States. The longest one, Missouri, joins it to form the longest river flow in North America. This river flows through ten states- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana and mouths into the Gulf of Mexico. I am not going to ask you about its name, but about its source. What is the origin of the Mississippi river?
Choices: Lake Superior; Lake Pepin; Lake Itasca; Cass Lake
Answer: Lake Itasca
Category: geography
Question: This is the twelfth-longest river in the world. It runs through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. There are various theories about the source and the exact length of the river because there are several effluents of it that are too difficult to explore. Due to the many rapids and waterfalls, as well as the extreme changes in the flow of the river, sailing is extremely difficult. What is the name of this river?
Choices: Mekong; Saskatchewan; Angara; Brahmaputra
Answer: Mekong
Category: geography
Question: The longest river in Europe is Volga. But do you know which is the second longest one? It flows through several major European cities, such as Ulm, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade. The river empties in the Black Sea on the terrirories of Romania and Ukraine.
Choices: Don; Dniepr; Danube; Emba
Answer: Danube
Category: geography
Question: The Ganges river is considered to be a holy in India. There is a Hindu legend that the river was created from the sweat of the feet of Vishnu, collected by Brahma. According to Hindu beliefs, if you bathe in the waters of Ganges, it will wash away your sins. However this is not very hygienic, as the river is badly polluted by cremated corpses, carcasses, waste from factories and more.  Where does this river empty?
Choices: The Bay of Bengal; Lop Nur; The Quarry Bay; Kara Sea
Answer: The Bay of Bengal
Category: geography
Question: Victoria Falls is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The falls are named after Queen Victoria by David Livingstone, the explorer who visited them in 1855. The falls are 128 m (420 ft) high and are situated on this river.
Choices: Zambezi; Congo; Gambia; Orange
Answer: Zambezi
Category: geography
Question: The Nile is generally considered the longest river in the world.  The source of this mighty river remained unknown for centuries. Finally Lake Victoria was decided to be its source, although there are other theories. Lake Victoria is located on the territories of these three countries.
Choices: Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya; Zambia, Angola and Sudan; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania; Egypt, Morocco and Zimbabwe
Answer: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
Category: geography
Question: Name the line, which is the same distance from the North Pole and South Pole and runs horizontally around the world.
Choices: Tropic of Capricorn; Equator; Tropic of Cancer; Prime Meridian
Answer: Equator
Category: geography
Question: What term refers to the horizontal line, 23.5 degrees S, which passes through South America, Africa, and Australia?
Choices: Tropic of Cancer; Prime Meridian; Tropic of Capricorn; Equator
Answer: Tropic of Capricorn
Category: geography
Question: Which continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Choices: South America, Africa, and Australia; Australia and Antarctica; South America, Australia and Antarctica; South America and Australia
Answer: Australia and Antarctica
Category: geography
Question: Which continents (landmasses, not peripheral islands) are entirely in the Northern Hemisphere?
Choices: North America and Europe; Europe, Africa and Asia; North America, Africa, and Asia; North America, Europe, and Asia
Answer: North America, Europe, and Asia
Category: geography
Question: Which continents are entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Choices: North America, Europe, and Asia; Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia; Australia and Antarctica; North America and South America
Answer: North America and South America
Category: geography
Question: Which feature on a map helps determine direction?
Choices: a key; a legend; a compass rose; a scale
Answer: a compass rose
Category: geography
Question: Which of these is not a type of map projection?
Choices: Robinson; Crusoe; Mercator; Interrupted
Answer: Crusoe
Category: geography
Question: Which of these continents is largest (by territory)?
Choices: South America; Antarctica; North America; Europe
Answer: North America
Category: geography
Question: Which of these countries is smallest (by territory)?
Choices: Seychelles; Liechtenstein; San Marino; Marshall Islands
Answer: San Marino
Category: geography
Question: Which of these US cities is largest (by population)?
Choices: Houston; Phoenix; Philadelphia; San Antonio
Answer: Houston
Category: geography
Question: Which of these mountains is highest?
Choices: Puncak Jaya; Mount McKinley; Mount Elbrus; Mount Kilimanjaro
Answer: Mount McKinley
Category: geography
Question: Which of these lakes is deepest?
Choices: Caspian Sea; Malawi or Nyasa; Tanganyika; Issyk-Kul
Answer: Tanganyika
Category: geography
Question: Which of these rivers is longest?
Choices: Lena; Huang; Amur; Ob-Irtysh
Answer: Huang
Category: geography
Question: Which of these seas is largest?
Choices: Bering; Arabian Sea; Mediterranean; Gulf of Mexico
Answer: Mediterranean
Category: geography
Question: Which of these deserts is largest?
Choices: Chihuahuan; Syrian; Thar; Great Sandy
Answer: Syrian
Category: geography
Question: Which of these inhabited places is wettest?
Choices: Moulein; Sylhet; Baguio; Lae
Answer: Moulein
Category: geography
Question: Which of these oceans has the greatest depth?
Choices: Pacific Ocean; Indian Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Arctic Ocean
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Category: geography
Question: The rivers - the Tajo, the Ebro, the Duero, and the Guadiana, are located in this country.
Choices: Columbia; Portugal; Spain; Brazil
Answer: Spain
Category: geography
Question: The volcanoes - Akan, Aso, Mount Fuji and Rausu are located in this country.
Choices: Japan; Malaysia; North Korea; Indonesia
Answer: Japan
Category: geography
Question: Onega, Khanka and Chudskoye are three of the many lakes in this country.
Choices: Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Ukraine; Russia
Answer: Russia
Category: geography
Question: The valleys of the Yellow River and the Pearl River are two of the seven main national valleys in this country.
Choices: Burma; China; Thailand; India
Answer: China
Category: geography
Question: Pico da Bandeira, Pico do Cruzeiro and Pedra da Mina are three of the numerous mountains located in this South American country.
Choices: Argentina; Chili; Brazil; Peru
Answer: Brazil
Category: geography
Question: Chauvet Cave and Meyrieres Cave are two caves located in this European state.
Choices: France; Netherlands; Spain; Belgium
Answer: France
Category: geography
Question: Kainji Lake and Lake Chad are considered lakes of this country.
Choices: Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad
Answer: Nigeria
Category: geography
Question: Mitchell, Jardine, Staaten, Flinders, Leichhardt, and Nicholson are just few of the rivers in this country.
Choices: Indonesia; Australia; Papua New Guinea; New Zealand
Answer: Australia
Category: geography
Question: Kaskaspakte, Akka and Sielmmacohkka are three mountains in this country.
Choices: Norway; Finland; Denmark; Sweden
Answer: Sweden
Category: geography
Question: Dasht-e Kavir and Kavir-e Lut are deserts located in this Asian country.
Choices: India; Iran; Pakistan; Iraq
Answer: Iran
Category: geography
Question: Which two countries border the Dead Sea?
Choices: Jordan and Israel; Lebanon and Jordan; Syria and Jordan; Lebanon and Israel
Answer: Jordan and Israel
Category: geography
Question: Is it true that Yasseir Arafat became chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 2004?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: geography
Question: What are the three Benelux countries?
Choices: Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg; Finland, Sweden and Denmark; The U.S.A., Canada and Mexico; Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize
Answer: Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
Category: geography
Question: Did the 13 colonies declare their independence in 1776?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: geography
Question: Europe is the smallest continent.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: geography
Question: What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
Choices: Lines of latitude; Lines of longitude; Parallel to the Greenwhich Meridian; None of these
Answer: Lines of latitude
Category: geography
Question: Which statement about the emu and the kangaroo is not true?
Choices: Both are indigenous only to Australia.; Both are on the national emblem of Australia.; Both are incapable of flying.; Both are incapable of  walking backwards.
Answer: Both are indigenous only to Australia.
Category: geography
Question: What was the former name of the city of Istanbul ?
Choices: Constantinople; Persia; Zaire; Siam
Answer: Constantinople
Category: geography
Question: Where would you find the shortest river in the world?
Choices: Wales; Ecuador; Tasmania; Montana
Answer: Montana
Category: geography
Question: What major geographical feature is located at 23.5 degrees North latitude?
Choices: The Equator; The Arctic Circle; The Tropic of Capricorn; The Tropic of Cancer
Answer: The Tropic of Cancer
Category: geography
Question: Which would be found at 39 degrees 43 minutes North latitude?
Choices: The Tropic of Cancer; The Tropic of Capricorn; The majority of the Mason-Dixon Line.; The border between Canada and  Washington State.
Answer: The majority of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Category: geography
Question: Which country held the record for the highest birth rate in the 2005 world statistics?
Choices: Niger; Uganda; Mali; Vatican City
Answer: Niger
Category: geography
Question: How many US states border the Gulf of Mexico?
Choices: 4; 3; 5; 10
Answer: 5
Category: geography
Question: Measuring at the Equator, what is the closest approximation of the Earths circumference?
Choices: 24,900,000 miles; 24,900 miles; 249,000 miles; 2,490,000 miles
Answer: 24,900 miles
Category: geography
Question: The people of which country watched the most TV per week in 2005?
Choices: Thailand; The Philippines; The USA; Egypt
Answer: Thailand
Category: geography
Question: How many US states border the Pacific Ocean?
Choices: 11; 4; 5; 3
Answer: 5
Category: geography
Question: Which one of these ski resorts is not located in the Alps?
Choices: Kitzbuhel; Zermatt; Mont-Tremblant; Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Answer: Mont-Tremblant
Category: geography
Question: The tallest mountain peak in the US is Mount McKinley. This is the second tallest.
Choices: Mount Saint Elias; Glacier Peak; Mount Washington; Gannett Peak
Answer: Mount Saint Elias
Category: geography
Question: Which one of these mountains is not a volcano?
Choices: Mauna Kea; Mount St. Helens; Mount Vesuvius; Mount Aspiring
Answer: Mount Aspiring
Category: geography
Question: The highest mountain peak on our planet is Mount Everest. It was first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. What is the home country of Sir Edmund Hillary?
Choices: United Kingdom; The United States; France; New Zealand
Answer: New Zealand
Category: geography
Question: Which saltwater lake, bordered on the west by Azerbaijan and Russia, is the largest inland body of water in the world?
Choices: Tanganyika; Victoria; Baikal; Caspian Sea
Answer: Caspian Sea
Category: geography
Question: This country, situated in North Europe, has almost 200 000 lakes - more than any other country in the world.
Choices: Finland; Sweden; The Netherlands; Georgia
Answer: Finland
Category: geography
Question: Which body of water, situated in Southern Siberia, is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake on Earth?
Choices: Onega; Ladoga; Huron; Baikal
Answer: Baikal
Category: geography
Question: This water body, which is South Americas largest freshwater lake, is the highest commercially navigable lake.
Choices: Nyasa; Nicaragua; Titicaca; Michigan
Answer: Titicaca
Category: geography
Question: This country has more than 60% of worlds lakes due to its special drainage system.
Choices: Australia; Russia; Canada; The USA
Answer: Canada
Category: geography
Question: This freshwater-lake island, with a surface area of 2,766 kmÂ², is the biggest on Earth.
Choices: Islandlake; Ainslie; Manitoulin Island; Isle of Wight
Answer: Manitoulin Island
Category: geography
Question: What Canadian lake is the largest in the world, located on an island?
Choices: Nettilling Lake; Aral; Winnipeg; Michigan
Answer: Nettilling Lake
Category: geography
Question: This is the lowest lake on Earth, situated at about 400 meters below sea level on the border between Israel and Jordan.
Choices: Issyk-Kul; Balkhash; Urmia; Dead Sea
Answer: Dead Sea
Category: geography
Question: Which tiny lake located in Tibet is the highest lake on Earth?
Choices: Lhagba Pool; Rush Lake; Laguna Lobato; Poquentica Lake
Answer: Lhagba Pool
Category: geography
Question: With a surface area of about 82,000 kmÂ², this lake between Ontario and Minnesota is the largest single freshwater lake in the world.
Choices: Turkana; Michigan; Lake Superior; Onega
Answer: Lake Superior
Category: geography
Question: The word volcano comes from the name of the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. Who is the analogue of Vulcan in Greek mythology?
Choices: Hephaestus; Helios; Hermes; Zeus
Answer: Hephaestus
Category: geography
Question: If magma contains more than 65% silica, the lava is called this.
Choices: felsic or acidic; thick; mafic or basic; dense
Answer: felsic or acidic
Category: geography
Question: Phreatic eruptions occur when the temperature of magma is relatively low and it solidifies very quickly, sometimes blocking the vent of the volcano.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: geography
Question: Yellowstone Caldera is considered a supervolcano because within the past two million years it has erupted extremely violently three times . The most recent eruption occurred this long ago, and spread volcanic ash over most of the North American continent.
Choices: 1,510,000 years; 40,000 years; 640,000 years; 17,000 years
Answer: 640,000 years
Category: geography
Question: Which of the following states of America is an inland one and has an official motto that does not come from Latin?
Choices: Montana; Virginia; Oklahoma; South Carolina
Answer: Montana
Category: geography
Question: Which of the following states has an official motto In God we trust, which is also the official motto of the United States of America?
Choices: Georgia; Washington; South Dakota; Florida
Answer: Florida
Category: geography
Question: Three of these US states have an official motto related to liberty. Spot the odd one.
Choices: Iowa; Oklahoma; New Jersey; New Hampshire
Answer: Oklahoma
Category: geography
Question: This famous Latin maxim, which is the official motto of South Carolina, means While I breathe, I hope.
Choices: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice; Nil sine numine; Salus populi suprema lex esto; Dum spiro spero
Answer: Dum spiro spero
Category: geography
Question: Three of the following US states have a motto consisting of one single word in English. Which one does not belong to the group?
Choices: Utah; Texas; West Virginia; Rhode Island
Answer: West Virginia
Category: geography
Question: North to the Future is the official motto of this US state, which is the largest in area.
Choices: Texas; Alaska; Nevada; Colorado
Answer: Alaska
Category: geography
Question: Which of the following maxims, meaning The people rule, is the official state motto of Arkansas?
Choices: Esto perpetua; Regnat populus; Dirigo; Ditat Deus
Answer: Regnat populus
Category: geography
Question: This famous exclamation, which has been attributed to ancient scientist Archimedes, is the official state motto of California.
Choices: Excelsior!; Virtute et armis; Ad astra per aspera; Eureka
Answer: Eureka
Category: geography
Question: The official motto of this state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States comes from Chinook Jargon.
Choices: Wisconsin; Washington; Pennsylvania; New York
Answer: Washington
Category: geography
Question: Which of these states has an official motto that doesnt include the word rights in it?
Choices: Iowa; Indiana; Wyoming; Alabama
Answer: Indiana
Category: geography
Question: Which volcano, located on Ross Island, Antarctica, is the southernmost active volcano on Earth?
Choices: Mayon Volcano; Cold Bay Volcano; Mount Erebus; Teide
Answer: Mount Erebus
Category: geography
Question: This volcano, which is the largest in Europe, is located on the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Choices: Mount Etna; Hekla; El Misti; Santorini
Answer: Mount Etna
Category: geography
Question: PopocatÃ©petl, a volcano whose name means Smoking Mountain, is 70 km away from the capital of which American country?
Choices: Mexico; Peru; Canada; Argentina
Answer: Mexico
Category: geography
Question: Mount Vesuvius, that is notorious for the destruction of two Roman cities in the year 79, was linked most closely to which hero and demigod?
Choices: Asclepius; Apollo; Zeus; Hercules
Answer: Hercules
Category: geography
Question: What is the biggest extinct volcano in Ecuador, situated in the Andes mountain.
Choices: Chimborazo; Ojos Del Salado; Llullaillaco; Cotopaxi
Answer: Chimborazo
Category: geography
Question: This dormant volcano, which is 66 km northeast of Tehran, is the symbol of Iranian resistance against foreign rule.
Choices: Mount Hood; Krakatoa; Mount Damavand; Krafla
Answer: Mount Damavand
Category: geography
Question: This active volcano, whose name means long mountain in Hawaiian, is one of the five peaks that form the Island of Hawaii.
Choices: Cotopaxi; Mauna Loa; Mount Kea; Hekla
Answer: Mauna Loa
Category: geography
Question: What volcano located on the island of Tenerife represents the highest mountain on Spanish territories?
Choices: Teide; Stromboli; Santorini; Duvalo
Answer: Teide
Category: geography
Question: The name of this volcano, located on the Alaska Peninsula, means new eruption.
Choices: Newatsa; Mount Rainier; Novarupta; Mount Hood
Answer: Novarupta
Category: geography
Question: Which is the volcanically active region that is situated in a famous national US park and has a territory of 55 kilometers by 72 kilometers?
Choices: Yosemite Valley; Yellowstone Caldera; Mount Shasta; Cold Bay Volcano
Answer: Yellowstone Caldera
Category: geography
Question: Where is the southernmost point in all 50 states?
Choices: Texas; Hawaii; Florida; California
Answer: Hawaii
Category: geography
Question: And where is the lowest point in the USA, North America, and western hemisphere? I need the state and national park name.
Choices: Maine, Acadia NP; California, Death Valley NP; Arizona, Grand Canyon NP; Wyoming, Yellowstone NP
Answer: California, Death Valley NP
Category: geography
Question: The state with the largest area in the lower 48 is?
Choices: California; Texas; Montana; Arizona
Answer: Texas
Category: geography
Question: England, Norway, Belgium and Denmark all border this sea.
Choices: Baltic sea; Black sea; North sea; Aegean sea
Answer: North sea
Category: geography
Question: Towards the beginning of the new millennium, three of these four countries had a population of approximately 32 million people. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Algeria; Kenya; Colombia; Morocco
Answer: Colombia
Category: geography
Question: Canada, the United States and China are three countries whose total area is approximately 12 million sq km.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: geography
Question: The US is one of the leading countries in the number plastic surgery procedures.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: geography
Question: In the beginning of the new millennium, Russias, Iraqs and Saudi Arabias oil reserves were above 100 billion bbl.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: geography
Question: USA is considered to be one of the most popular destinations, where thousands of immigrants come to seek asylum. Just one of these four states is similar in to USA in this respect.
Choices: France; Finland; Japan; Portugal
Answer: France
Category: geography
Question: Ireland, Germany and Austria are famous for the high consumption of this alcohol.
Choices: Brandy; Beer; Wine; Vodka
Answer: Beer
Category: geography
Question: Dominica, New Zealand and Finland are three countries with high crime rates.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: geography
Question: All of these countries and commonwealth territories have a high divorce rate except one.
Choices: Puerto Rico; Russia; Sri Lanka; Qatar
Answer: Sri Lanka
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Question: This island is well known in scientific fields for being home of five percent of the worlds plant and animal species, with 80% of them unique to it. The island is also the fourth biggest on Earth, with population of about 17,500,000 people.
Choices: Greenland; Madagascar; New Guinea; Tasmania
Answer: Madagascar
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Question: In Greek mythology, this island is the legendary birthplace of the goddess of beauty, love, and passion, the charming Aphrodite, where according to the legend, she emerged from the sea foam.
Choices: Crete; Cyprus; Limnos; Rhodes
Answer: Cyprus
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Question: Because of its spectacular nature forms, one of this insular countrys islands has been a set for the filming of many movie productions, including the highly successful, Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Choices: The Philippines; New Zealand; Indonesia; New Guinea
Answer: New Zealand
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Question: Despite being the largest in the world, this island is sparsely populated, due to its unfavourable climate.
Choices: Greenland; New Guinea; Victoria Island; Madagascar
Answer: Greenland
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Question: Being the most populous in the world, with bigger population than Australia and Antarctica, the density of this islands inhabitants forced the countrys government to start transmigration programs, aimed at resettling people to other, less-crowded parts of the country.
Choices: Java; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi
Answer: Java
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Question: This is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, famous for one of the worlds most active volcanoes - Etna.
Choices: Sicily; Crete; Sardinia; Corse
Answer: Sicily
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Question: Al Nakheel Properties, one of the leading real estate developers in Dubai and creator of the worldwide famous Palm Islands, is also the initiator of another grand project of artificial islands, which resembles the shape of what?
Choices: A seashell; The globe; A human face; A dolphin
Answer: The globe
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Question: Which of the following is a traditional Vietnamese clothing, worn primarily by women?
Choices: Qipao; Ão dÃ i; Nhu; Raglan
Answer: Ão dÃ i
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Question: The gowni is a typical national costume in which African country?
Choices: Tanzania; Malawi; Uganda; Indonesia
Answer: Tanzania
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Question: These knee-breeches made of leather are a traditional Bavarian garment.
Choices: Kilt; Lederhosen; Kisen; Wrestlers
Answer: Lederhosen
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Question: Hijab, which is also a term meaning barrier, is worn as a traditional clothing in which countries?
Choices: African; European; Arabic; Latin
Answer: Arabic
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Question: Which of these national costumes is closely related to Sikhism - a religion that comes from 16th-century northern India?
Choices: Khalsa; Sari; Turban; Sayyid
Answer: Turban
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Question: Barong is the embroidered formal garment of which country in South-East Asia?
Choices: Russia; Indonesia; The Philippines; Japan
Answer: The Philippines
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Question: Which of these national costumes does not belong to a European nation?
Choices: Hanfu; Tracht; Kilt; Kroje
Answer: Hanfu
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Question: Which one of the following national costumes is not Chinese?
Choices: Kente cloth; Qipao; Cheongsam; Mao suit
Answer: Kente cloth
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Question: Which of these pieces of clothing is worn on the head?
Choices: Fez; Mitumba; Koto; Kiondo
Answer: Fez
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Question: Three of the enlisted national garments are African, while the fourth one is Norwegian. Which one?
Choices: Sanafil; Bunad; Dashiki; Boubou
Answer: Bunad
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Question: According to the legend, which of these is a part of the Three Fortunate Concealments that protect Britain from any danger coming from the sea?
Choices: The head of Bran the Blessed; Stone of Destiny; The Dragons; The bones of Gwerthefyr the Blessed
Answer: The head of Bran the Blessed
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Question: While driving or walking down Kings Cross Road and Farringdon Road in London few people are aware that unseen beneath them runs which river?
Choices: River Thames; River Avon (Shakespeares Avon); River Rhodda; River Fleet
Answer: River Fleet
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Question: Who made the statue of King Richard I outside the Houses of Parliament in Old Palace Yard in London?
Choices: John Doubleday; Baron Carlo Marochetti; Sir George Frampton; Joseph Edgar Boehm
Answer: Baron Carlo Marochetti
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Question: The Great Pavement, a hidden, unknown to most tourists and seldom-displayed treasure, is located in which building in London?
Choices: Buckingham Palace; Tate Gallery; St Jamess Palace; Westminster Abbey
Answer: Westminster Abbey
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Question: The Jewel Tower, built in 1366, is physically separated from the Palace of Westminster in London.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The famous department store Harrods that occupies an entire block is located on which road in London?
Choices: Abbey Road; Threadneedle Street; Brompton Road; Fleet Street
Answer: Brompton Road
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Question: The Old Royal Observatory, which is a part of the National Maritime Museum in London, was built in what year?
Choices: 1675; 1765; 1567; 1657
Answer: 1675
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Question: This famous writer, whose house was at 17 Gough Square in London, said: When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all life can afford.
Choices: Charles Dickens; Dr Samuel Johnson; Thomas Chestre; Tomas John Dibdin
Answer: Dr Samuel Johnson
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Question: The Badwater basin, the lowest point in North America, is located in which US valley?
Choices: Sun Valley; Death Valley; Big Smoky Valley; Hudson Valley
Answer: Death Valley
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Question: The Big Smoky Valley, that runs between the Toiyabe Range and the Toquima Range, is located in which US state?
Choices: Minnesota; Indiana; Oregon; Nevada
Answer: Nevada
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Question: The Grand Valley is an extended populated agricultural valley located along which US river?
Choices: Alabama River; Mississippi River; Colorado River; Missouri River
Answer: Colorado River
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Question: Which scenic US valley was described by conservationist John Muir in the following way: (...) None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.?
Choices: Willamette Valley; Yosemite Valley; Sun Valley; Yakima Valley
Answer: Yosemite Valley
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Question: This densely populated valley in the state of Utah is enclosed by steep mountains in every direction except the northwest.
Choices: St. Lawrence Valley; Livermore Valley; Las Vegas Valley; Salt Lake Valley
Answer: Salt Lake Valley
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Question: The Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia derives its name from a Native American expression meaning what?
Choices: Beautiful Daughter of the Fields; Beautiful Mother of the Fruits; Beautiful Mother of the Land; Beautiful Daughter of the Stars
Answer: Beautiful Daughter of the Stars
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Question: The Sonoma Valley in California is famous in the USA for its long-lived and high quality wine industry.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Menomonee Valley along the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has what peculiar shape?
Choices: S-shape; Y-shape; U-shape; V-shape
Answer: U-shape
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Question: Owens Valley, the arid ranching valley of the Owens River, stretches for approximately 75 miles (120 km) on the territory of which US state?
Choices: California; Arkansas; Alabama; Arizona
Answer: California
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Question: According to the 2000 Census, what is the approximate population of The Bronx, New York?
Choices: 530,000; 1.3 million; 930,000; 130,000
Answer: 1.3 million
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Question: Who was the first European to see The Bronx, NY?
Choices: Henry Hutchinson; Jonas Bronck; Henry Hudson; Jonas Valerian
Answer: Henry Hudson
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Question: Which one of these statements is true about The Bronx, NY?
Choices: The only borough with a zoo; The only borough  that has no colleges; The only borough that is not an island; The highest  borough above sea level .
Answer: The only borough that is not an island
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Question: In 1643, a Native American uprising killed this unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group, and pioneer in Rhode Island and the Bronx.
Choices: Peter Cooper; Richard Morris; Anne Hutchinson; Roger Williams
Answer: Anne Hutchinson
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Question: This oldest house in The Bronx, build in 1748, is New York Citys first house museum, operated since 1897 as a public museum by The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York.
Choices: Valerian House; Van Cortlandt House; Throgs Neck; Fordam Arms
Answer: Van Cortlandt House
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Question: In 1776, 400 British and Hessian troops land in The Bronx.  A group of 400 American troops held them off while Washington got the main army away safely.  What was this battle called ?
Choices: The Battle of Pells Point; The Battle of Throgs Neck; The Battle of Eastchester; The Battle of The Bronx
Answer: The Battle of Pells Point
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Question: The first college in The Bronx, known as this today, was built in 1884.
Choices: Mercy College; Manhattan College; Fordham University; Lehman College
Answer: Fordham University
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Question: Edgar Allen Poe wrote this famous poem in The Bronx in 1846.
Choices: Call Me Ishmal; Our American War; Annabel Lee; Hiawatha
Answer: Annabel Lee
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Question: In 1899, this  world famous institution was opened in The Bronx.
Choices: Columbia University; The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame; The Bronx Zoo; The American Hall of Fame
Answer: The Bronx Zoo
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Question: This world famous building opened in The Bronx in 1923.
Choices: The Top of the Sixes; Yankee Stadium; The Louis Morris Building; The Shlump Towers
Answer: Yankee Stadium
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Question: What are the colors on the flag of  The Bronx, NY?
Choices: Red, White, Blue; Blue, White, Green; Blue, White, Orange; Red, Green, Orange
Answer: Blue, White, Orange
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Question: Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of this US state.
Choices: Arkansas; Wichita; Kansas; Topeka
Answer: Arkansas
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Question: What US state borders the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland?
Choices: Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia; North Carolina
Answer: West Virginia
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Question: Which US state is nicknamed The Pine Tree State?
Choices: New Hampshire; Missouri; Massachusetts; Maine
Answer: Maine
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Question: The southern region of what US state is known as Little Egypt?
Choices: Virginia; Illinois; Ohio; Maryland
Answer: Illinois
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Question: The capital city of this US state is Trenton, and its largest city is Newark.
Choices: Montana; New Hampshire; New Mexico; New Jersey
Answer: New Jersey
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Question: The name of which American state means red people in the Choctaw language?
Choices: Ohio; Oklahoma; North Dakota; Oregon
Answer: Oklahoma
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Question: What US state is known as The Volunteer State?
Choices: Utah; Delaware; Tennessee; Colorado
Answer: Tennessee
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Question: The flag of what US state features a gold torch and nineteen stars on a blue rectangular field?
Choices: Illinois; Idaho; Indiana; Iowa
Answer: Indiana
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Question: What US state is known as the Peach State?
Choices: Louisiana; Georgia; Montana; Connecticut
Answer: Georgia
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Question: The name of this US state means flat water and is derived from the name of the Platte River that flows through the state.
Choices: Montana; Nebraska; Utah; Oklahoma
Answer: Nebraska
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Question: Which country is known as Ãsterreich in their native language?
Choices: Bulgaria; Germany; Austria; The Netherlands
Answer: Austria
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Question: Which countrys capital city is considered de facto capital of the European Union?
Choices: UKs; Hollands; Belgiums; Frances
Answer: Belgiums
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Question: Which country has the river Danube as most of its northern border?
Choices: Austria; Hungary; Bulgaria; Romania
Answer: Bulgaria
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Question: Which EU member is divided into a Greek and a Turkish part?
Choices: Greece; Slovenia; Cyprus; Bulgaria
Answer: Cyprus
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Question: Which countrys first president was VÃ¡clav Havel, a writer and dramatist?
Choices: Hungary; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia
Answer: Czech Republic
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Question: Which Nordic country was first to enter the European Union?
Choices: Denmark; Sweden; Finland; Norway
Answer: Denmark
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Question: Which European Union member is home to Santa Claus?
Choices: Finland; Cyprus; Turkey; Sweden
Answer: Finland
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Question: Which of the EU founding members is the country of LibertÃ©, ÃgalitÃ©, FraternitÃ©?
Choices: France; UK; Germany; Italy
Answer: France
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Question: Which European Union member has the greatest number of islands?
Choices: Greece; Italy; UK; Denmark
Answer: Greece
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Question: Which country is the only member of the European Union that is partly located in Africa?
Choices: France; UK; Spain; Malta
Answer: Spain
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Question: Which EU member has a significant part of its territory below sea level?
Choices: Belgium; The Netherlands; Poland; Estonia
Answer: The Netherlands
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Question: This European Union member was once known for huge migration of its people, mainly to the US and UK. Nowadays, however, it attracts many immigrants from new EU members.
Choices: Spain; Ireland; Italy; Germany
Answer: Ireland
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Question: Which EU member was the largest country in Europe in XIV century, but now has land area of just 65 000 sq. km?
Choices: Denmark; Lithuania; Austria; Netherlands
Answer: Lithuania
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Question: Which mini country was among the European Union founding members?
Choices: Luxembourg; Malta; Monaco; Liechtenstien
Answer: Luxembourg
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Question: In which European Union member the native people make up only 60% of the total population?
Choices: Poland; Austria; Latvia; France
Answer: Latvia
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Question: Which former British colony joined the European Union in 2004?
Choices: Gibraltar; Ireland; Syria; Malta
Answer: Malta
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Question: Which country is the biggest contributor to the European Union budget?
Choices: UK; Germany; Italy; France
Answer: Germany
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Question: Which country has twice rejected European Union membership in national referendums?
Choices: Poland; Norway; Turkey; UK
Answer: Norway
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Question: Which European Union member was the first country to reject communist rule and thus sparkle the liberation of so called Eastern Block?
Choices: Czech Republic; Romania; Germany; Poland
Answer: Poland
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Question: Where is the European Unions westernmost point not counting overseas territories?
Choices: In Spains Canary islands; In Portugals Azores islands; In Iceland; In Ireland
Answer: In Portugals Azores islands
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Question: Which EU member state was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Dacia?
Choices: Macedonia; Bulgaria; Romania; Slovenia
Answer: Romania
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Question: Which country is the youngest independent state to be a member of the European Union? (It has been an independent country only since 1993.)
Choices: Montenegro; Slovenia; Slovakia; Cyprus
Answer: Slovakia
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Question: In May 2004 the European Union accepted 10 new countries. Which of them was first to adopt the Euro as its national currency?
Choices: Slovenia; Poland; Slovakia; Estonia
Answer: Slovenia
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Question: Which country associated with banking is not a member of the European Union?
Choices: Luxembourg; UK; Austria; Switzerland
Answer: Switzerland
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Question: In which country is the European Unionâs biggest lake located?
Choices: In Finland; In Poland; In Sweden; In Hungary
Answer: In Sweden
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Question: Which Muslim country was recognized as a candidate for accession in the EU on December 12th, 1999 at the Helsinki summit of the European Council?
Choices: Israel; Morocco; Syria; Turkey
Answer: Turkey
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Question: All but three European Union official languages are from the Indo-European family. They are Finnish, Estonian and which other language?
Choices: Greek; Hungarian; Polsih; Bulgarian
Answer: Hungarian
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Question: Most of the European Union members are also part of a Schengen Agreement that allows their citizens to travel without passports across the member states. Which EU member is outside of the Schengen group?
Choices: Lithuania; UK; Poland; Denmark
Answer: UK
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Question: Which member of the European Union completely surrounds two countries that are outside of the club?
Choices: Austria; France; Spain; Italy
Answer: Italy
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Question: The head of John the Baptist can be seen in the Amiens Cathedral.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Wat Chiang Man is a temple in Thailand. In it, fifteen of these animals represent a sea of unformed matter upon which the cosmos of the Chedi floats.
Choices: Fish; Monkeys; Birds; Elephants
Answer: Elephants
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Question: The Shaolin temples are perhaps the Buddhist monasteries best known in the West. The word Shaolin means this.
Choices: Blue Sky; Silent Soul; Young Forest; Pure Water
Answer: Young Forest