GLOBAL IQ QUIZ > PRINTABLE VERSION > ANSWER KEY

1. e. United States (according to 2002 statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau).

2. a. Angola. The capital of Cape Verde is Praia. The capital of Dominica is Roseau. The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo.

3. c. Russia. While Novosibirsk is considered the capital of Siberia, Siberia is not an independent country, but rather a region within Russia.

4. b. Israel. Although English is a commonly used foreign language, the official languages of Israel are Hebrew and Arabic. English is the official language of the Central American country of Belize, with Spanish, Creole, and indigenous languages also being spoken. English and Chichewa are both official languages in the African nation of Malawi. The Mediterranean island of Malta is proud of Maltese, but also considers English a second official language. The same is true of the Asian islands of the Philippines where Filipino is the other official language.

5. a. Bosnia-Herzegovina has 20 km of coastline along the Adriatic Sea. The other countries, while containing lakes and rivers which may connect them to other countries, do not have borders with oceans or seas.

6. c. Tuvalu, an island and former British colony located in Oceania, leased the .tv domain name in 2000 for a period of 12 years.

7. d. All of the above.

8. d. Russia.

9. b. Luxembourg.

10. c. Although the Spanish and Portuguese explorers visited the island and the Dutch and British had interests in the island during their colonial periods, no European countries retain political rights in Borneo. It is divided between Indonesia (the portion known as Indonesian Borneo or Kalimantan), Brunei (all of this tiny sultanate is located on Borneo), and Malaysia (the states of Sabah and Sarawak). The Philippines also claims rights to Sabah.

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9-10 right. This man may have a job for you.
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7-8 right. You're a worldly whiz.

5-6 right. About average. With an atlas, a globe, and the web, the world is at your finger tips.

3-4 right. Not bad. Even from your computer, it's easy to learn more about the world.

1-2 right. There's a big world out there. It's never too late to get to know it.