The World Quiz > Easy World Today Quiz

	Easy World Today Quiz 1 - What is the currency of South Korea? The Yuan The Yen The Won The South Korean Dollar 2 - Which of these names is not closely connected with political theory? Thomas Hobbes Karl Marx John Locke Friedrich Schiller 3 - Who are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council? United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States United States, France, Germany, India, Canada Russia, United States, Germany,India, Japan 4 - Which Chinese greater metropolitan area recently passed 20 million inhabitants, becoming China's largest urban center? Beijing Shanghai Hong Kong Guangzhou 5 - In which city is the International Criminal Court situated? New York Geneva The Hague Rome 6 - When did the Korean War officially end? 1949 1951 1953 It never ended 7 - What's the name of Germany's lower house of parliament? Bundesrat Bundestag Bundesversammlung Bundeskanzler 8 - Who was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany before Angela Merkel? Gerhard Schröder Hans Chirac Helmut Kohl Edmund Stoiber 9 - Which of the following affirmations is NOT true for Nigeria in 2003? It launched its first satellite, on a Russian rocket A woman was condemned to death by stoning for adultery It committed troops to a West African peacekeping force in Ivory Coast The election of the first female governor, provoking violent protests in Lagos 10 - Which of those countries does not have a dollar as its currency? Canada Taiwan Zimbabwe South Africa 11 - What are, in order, the most populated nations today? China, India, the United States The United States, China, Japan China, the United States, Japan India, China, Brazil 12 - Who is David Kelly? A British WMD expert The leader of the Unionist in Northern Ireland An American accused of collaborating with Al Qaeda captured in Afghanistan The teenager behind the Slammer virus 13 - Which two countries are the only neighbours of Costa Rica? Mexico and Canada Panama and Mexico Nicaragua and Canada Panama and Nicaragua 14 - How long has Fidel Castro ruled Cuba? 20 years 35 years 45 years 63 years 15 - Of which religion is Manmohan Singh, India's current Prime Minister? Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh 16 - Who was the only President of the United States to serve more than two terms? Harry Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Theodore Roosevelt 17 - What is the name of the main guerilla mouvement to fight the Peruvian government in the 80'? FARC ELN MR-8 Sendero Luminoso 18 - Of the following statements concerning Zimbabwe, which was not true in 2003? Mugabe committed several thousand more troops to the Congo civil war EU diplomatic sanctions on the country were renewed Newly-introduced laws forced much of the press to close A train crash caused over forty victims 19 - Who is Lula da Silva? The last Emperor of Mexico, executed at the beginning of the 19th century The left-wing President of Brazil A high-ranking UN official killed in Bagdad The only latino in George Bush's cabinet 20 - Who was the only US President to have headed a labor union? Gerald Ford Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Homepage