Q 01/05

Which Japanese city was once called Edo?

A) Osaka

B) Kyoto

C) Nagoya

D) Tokyo

Answer · why

D) Tokyo

Tokyo: after the shogunate fell, Edo was renamed Tokyo, 'eastern capital', in 1868, and Emperor Meiji moved his court there from Kyoto.

Q 02/05

Which country overtook its neighbour in 2023 to become the world's most populous?

A) United States

B) Indonesia

C) China

D) India

Answer · why

D) India

India passed China in 2023 with over 1.4 billion people, a year after China's population began to shrink.

Q 03/05

Which island country was known as Ceylon until 1972?

A) Maldives

B) Sri Lanka

C) Mauritius

D) Seychelles

Answer · why

B) Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka dropped the name Ceylon when it became a republic in 1972, yet its best-known export is still sold under the old name as Ceylon tea.

Q 04/05

Falkland Islands banknotes are pegged at par to which currency?

A) US dollar

B) Euro

C) Pound sterling

D) Australian dollar

Answer · why

C) Pound sterling

Pound sterling: the Falkland Islands pound trades at par with it, and British notes and coins are used interchangeably with local money on the islands...

Q 05/05

Angel Falls, the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, is in which country?

A) Colombia

B) Guyana

C) Venezuela

D) Ecuador

Answer · why

C) Venezuela

Venezuela's Angel Falls is named after US pilot Jimmie Angel, whose plane sank into the marshy summit of Auyán-tepui, leaving him to walk out for 11 d...