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Fill in the Blanks (Interesting Facts)

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Last updated: May 2, 2019
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1. ______ is the largest city in the Philippines
Manila ✓
Quezon city ✓
Cebu city ✓
Davao city ✓
2. In the Middle Ages, some people believed that narwhal tusks came from _______.
Dragons ✓
Basilisks ✓
Dinosaurs ✓
Unicorns ✓
3. France's longest land border is with ______.
Italy ✓
Germany ✓
Spain ✓
Brazil ✓
4. The largest island in the United States is ________.
Puerto Rico ✓
Hawaii (The Big Island) ✓
Vancouver Island ✓
Kodiak Island ✓
5. In the year 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, and Freud all lived in the city of ______.
Berlin ✓
Salzburg ✓
Nuremberg ✓
Vienna ✓
6. People from Moscow are known as _______.
Mosconians ✓
Moscovians ✓
Muscovites ✓
Muscovans ✓
7. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin Were All Nominated for the __________.
Praemium Imperiale ✓
Nobel Prize in Literature ✓
Nobel Peace Prize ✓
Fields Medal ✓
8. _______ is the U.S. state that is geographically closest to Africa.
New York ✓
Florida ✓
South Carolina ✓
Maine ✓
9. 250 million years ago, most of the Earth's land mass was on one giant continent - ________.
Pangaea ✓
Congo Craton ✓
Atlantis ✓
Eurasia ✓
10. The places in the original version of the board game "Monopoly" were inspired by _______.
Atlanta, Georgia ✓
New York City, New York ✓
Atlantic City, New Jersey ✓
London, UK ✓
11. In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX stated that ______________ were instruments of Satan and ordered that they be exterminated throughout Europe.
Witches ✓
Venomous salamanders ✓
Black cats ✓
Rats ✓
12. Cleopatra was ______.
Roman ✓
Greek ✓
Egyptian ✓
Babylonian ✓
13. The official name of _______ is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon.
Kuala Lumpur ✓
Bangkok ✓
Hanoi ✓
Ayutthaya ✓
14. ______ is the only U.S. state that produces coffee commercially.
Florida ✓
California ✓
Hawaii ✓
Texas ✓
15. The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is ______.
Switzerland ✓
Qatar ✓
Nepal ✓
Barbados ✓
16. Iceland became an independent country in ____.
1234 A.D. ✓
1814 A.D ✓
1944 A.D ✓
1975 A.D ✓
17. Every U.S. state has increased in population since 1960 with one exception - __________.
Wyoming ✓
West-Virginia ✓
Alaska ✓
Vermont ✓
18. Thanks to its many overseas territories, ____________ has more time zones than any country on Earth. With 12 times zones, it has one more than Russia and the United States, which have 11.
France ✓
The UK ✓
The Netherlands ✓
Spain ✓
19. Wojtek was a _____ who served in the Polish army during WWII. Employed to haul ammunition, he was initially given the rank of private but was later promoted to corporal.
Dog ✓
Wolf ✓
Horse ✓
Bear ✓
20. The story of Aladdin is supposed to take place in ______, not the Middle East.
India ✓
Russia ✓
China ✓
Italy ✓
21. About 10 million slaves were brought from Africa to the New World. The vast majority went to Brazil and the Caribbean. Only about __% ended up in what is now the United States.
62 ✓
50 ✓
14 ✓
6 ✓
22. When first introduce (in 11th century Italy), ______ alarmed religious leaders who said that using artificial hands was an offense to God.
Pitchforks ✓
Tongs ✓
Spoons ✓
Forks ✓
23. The guillotine was invented as a humane way to execute someone. But it wasn't only used during the French Revolution. France used it to execute people until ____.
1868 ✓
1889 ✓
1977 ✓
1989 ✓
24. One of history's most successful pirates was a Chinese _________ named Ching Shih. She commanded a fleet of over 1,500 ships and 80,000 sailors.
Soldier ✓
Slave ✓
Empress ✓
Prostitute ✓
25. About __% of the world's gold was mined in South Africa
62 ✓
50 ✓
14 ✓
6 ✓
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