Thursday 23 February 2017

The World Quiz

As this is the first Quiz, it will be on the world!!! Try to answer all the questions. If you don't know the answer, scroll down to see the answers with the funda.


1.Which country's flag includes a barrel attached to "AK-47" ?



2.Which country is famously called as "India's Teardrop" ?

3.In which British city is the famous "Etihad Stadium" located ?


   

4. The 2018 FIFA World Cup finals is scheduled to take place in Luzhniki Stadium located in which country?

5. Citius, Altius, Fortius is the motto for which global event?

6. If you were to visit ‘Mt. Kilimanjaro’, the tallest mountain in its continent, which continent would you be visiting?

7. The Berlin Wall is located in which country?

8. What is the nickname of the city, where the Statue of Liberty located?

9. Pasta and pizza are a part of which country’s cuisine?

10. Commonly found across the world, it means twice cooked in Latin. What?



ANSWERS


1. Mozambique - Mozambique Flag - Colors meaning-The red stripe represents the Mozambique's struggle for independence. The green symbolizes the land. The black represents the African continent and yellow stands for the mineral wealth of the nation. The yellow star represents the socialist beliefs of the country. The book represents education and the hoe represents the peasants and agriculture. The rifle represents the nation's determination to defend its freedom.

2. Sri Lanka - If you see the world Atlas, you could notice that Sri Lanka looks like a teardrop at the base of India, hence its name. (Similar to Sicily being the ball and Italy the boot)

3. Manchester

4. Russia (Moscow)

5. Olympics - The Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". It was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.

6. Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania, a country in East Africa. The mountain is one of the seven summits (the highest peaks on each of the seven continents), and rises 5,895 meters or 19,340 feet above sea level. It is the tallest freestanding mountain (not part of a mountain range) in the world.

7. Germany - The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.The Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992.

8. The Big Apple (Any nickname of New York is considered as a right answer)

9. Italy

10. Biscuit - The Old French word bescuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquerecoctus (to cook, cooked), and, hence, means "twice-cooked". This is because biscuits were originally cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven. This term was then adapted into English in the 14th century during the Middle Ages, in the Middle English word bisquite, to represent a hard, twice-baked product.



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Other Quizzes :

                             The Etymology Quiz
                                The Tech Quiz
                                   The Food Quiz




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