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Quiz on WAC-DC Trivia, created by glaverghetta on 20/05/2014.
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Question 1

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Which epidemiological outbreak was especially potent in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, with over 600,000 cases and nearly 8,000 deaths?
Answer
  • Malaria
  • Cholera
  • Tuberculosis
  • Diptheria

Question 2

Question
Israel's national cemetery is named after which Zionist leader?
Answer
  • Chaim Weizmann
  • Theodor Herzl
  • Meir Kahane
  • Meir Bar-Ilan

Question 3

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In which unit of weight is gold measured in Thailand, which is also the name of its currency?
Answer
  • Baht
  • Dong
  • Renminbi
  • Yen

Question 4

Question
In 1997, Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty, the largest city, to which city, formerly known as Aqmola?
Answer
  • Astana
  • Pavlodar
  • Karagandy
  • Atyrau

Question 5

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Who was the first President of Egypt after the revolution in 1952 that saw the overthrow of the king and the end of this country's monarchy?
Answer
  • Gamal 'Abd an-Nasser
  • Mohammad Naguib
  • Anwar Sadat
  • Hosni Mubarak

Question 6

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Which major Chinese Dynasty can trace its roots back to a Mongolian Khan not named Ghengis?
Answer
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Yuan Dynasty
  • Jin Dynasty
  • Qing Dynasty

Question 7

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What is Africa's second most populous country, with a population of approximately 96,633,458 and was a founding member of the United Nations?
Answer
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia

Question 8

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True or False: Brazil extended women the right to vote in national elections before the U.S. did.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

Question
Francesco Schiavone led which Naples-area mafia until his arrest in July of 1998?
Answer
  • La Famiglia
  • Camorra
  • Cosa Nostra
  • 'Ndrangheta

Question 10

Question
Which country was the winner of the 2013 Eurovision song contest?
Answer
  • United Kingdom
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Spain
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