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Old 04-28-2004, 10:33 AM   #3
Dundee Slaytern
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Join Date: June 10, 2001
Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore
Age: 42
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1) India has a larger population then the United States and the European Union together.

Crikey beans on a frying pan! I seem to recall that the population of USA is 600 million over? India has a 1000 million over citizens. Hmmmm... have absolutely no idea about the population of the countries of the European Union.

Let's see... China has 1.2 billion people. The world has... 6.6 billion? Another billion from the rest of Asia( excluding China and India)... maybe 2 billion from Africa and Australia?

Urgh... I will have to go with... False

2) In the American flag, the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies.

True

3) Tony Blair is England’s Chief of State.

... ...

Eenie-meanie-minee-moe... True

4) The Netherlands, Greece and the United Kingdom are examples of Constitutional Monarchies.

False

5) Nepal shares a border with Pakistan

True

6) Taiwan has a larger population then Greenland

True

7) Monaco is an independent state.

Arrggghhhh! I forgot this one! I remember something about Monaco and France, but what?!?!

True

8) Gerhard Schroeder is the president of Germany.

False

9) In 2001, a little under 13% of the US population lived below the poverty line.

False

10) French and English are the most commonly used languages in Canada.

True

11) Tallinn is the capital of Estonia

WHAT THE FISH?!?!

False?

12) The national currency of Denmark is the Euro

False

13) Croatia is not a member of the European Union.

True

14) China abolished the death penalty in 2002

False

15) The Russian president Putin is a former member of the KGB.

True

Coolest President I ever known.

16) The Dutch often refer to their own country as ‘Holland’

True
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