Knowledge of the World Quiz

[Dreamer128]

16 true or false questions.

1) India has a larger population then the United States and the European Union together.
2) In the American flag, the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies.
3) Tony Blair is England’s Chief of State.
4) The Netherlands, Greece and the United Kingdom are examples of Constitutional Monarchies.
5) Nepal shares a border with Pakistan
6) Taiwan has a larger population then Greenland
7) Monaco is an independent state.
8) Gerhard Schroeder is the president of Germany.
9) In 2001, a little under 13% of the US population lived below the poverty line.
10) French and English are the most commonly used languages in Canada.
11) Tallinn is the capital of Estonia
12) The national currency of Denmark is the Euro
13) Croatia is not a member of the European Union.
14) China abolished the death penalty in 2002
15) The Russian president Putin is a former member of the KGB.
16) The Dutch often refer to their own country as ‘Holland’

[Stratos]

1. True
2. True (?)
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. True
12. False
13. True
14. False
15. True
16. False (do you?)

[Dundee Slaytern]

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

[Stratos]

What's the first prize, Dreamer?

[Grojlach]

I tend to give fellow Dutchies a stern look whenever one of them refers to our country as "Holland", but that's just because my own pacifist nature keeps me from smacking them on the head for it.

[dplax]

1 False
2 True
3 True
4 False
5 False
6 True
7 True
8 True
9 True
10 True
11 True
12 True
13 True
14 False
15 True
16 False

EDIT: of course some are just guesses.

[ 04-28-2004, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: dplax ]

[harleyquinn]

These are total guesses on some, so don't throw things at me
T
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
F
T

[VulcanRider]

Uh, er, (drawing on my U.S. public school education) all true?

[Aelia Jusa]

1) India has a larger population then the United States and the European Union together.

I thought the US had a population of about 350mil, so I'll say true.

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.

Not sure what chief of state refers to - the Queen would surely be the head of state since she's our head of state, so false?

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

Pretty sure the Netherlands is and the UK is, so true.

5) Nepal shares a border with Pakistan

Dunno, true?

6) Taiwan has a larger population then Greenland

No idea, true?

7) Monaco is an independent state.

True

8) Gerhard Schroeder is the president of Germany.

True? Dunno if president is the right term.

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

Dunno, true?

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

True

11) Tallinn is the capital of Estonia

True

12) The national currency of Denmark is the Euro

I thought they didn't take on 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.

He seems a bit shifty, true?

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

False? LOL funny story about Holland - I have a friend who is dutch; when she came out here she had a driver's licence from Holland, and she rang up to ask whether she had to retake the test or whether her dutch licence would be adequate. The first time she rang she said she was from the Netherlands - the lady said oh no sorry, you'll have to start from scratch. She rang up later and said she was from Holland and they said no problem, your licence is acceptable here

[Dreamer128]

The Answers:

Originally posted by Dreamer128: 1) India has a larger population then the United States and the European Union together. True. India has over 1 Billion inhabitants. 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 Englands Chief of State. False. The British Queen is still officially the Chief of State 4) The Netherlands, Greece and the United Kingdom are examples of Constitutional Monarchies. False. Britain and the Netherlands are constitutional Monarchies. Greece abolished the Monarchy in 1974 5) Nepal shares a border with Pakistan False 6) Taiwan has a larger population then Greenland True 7) Monaco is an independent state. True. It is no longer a part of France 8) Gerhard Schroeder is the president of Germany. False. He is the Chancellor 9) In 2001, a little under 13% of the US population lived below the poverty line. True. It was 12.7% 10) French and English are the most commonly used languages in Canada. True 11) Tallinn is the capital of Estonia True 12) The national currency of Denmark is the Euro False. It was the Krone 13) Croatia is not a member of the European Union. True. Not yet, anyway. 14) China abolished the death penalty in 2002 False 15) The Russian president Putin is a former member of the KGB. True 16) The Dutch often refer to their own country as 'Holland' Definately false.