Q 01/05

Which river flows out of Lake Geneva at the city of Geneva?

A) Aare

B) Ticino

C) Rhône

D) Rhine

Answer · why

C) Rhône

The Rhône. It pours into the lake's far end cloudy with glacial silt, and the lake settles the load out, so the river leaves Geneva clear until the mu...

Q 02/05

Which language is official in both the city and canton of Geneva?

A) Romansh

B) German

C) French

D) Italian

Answer · why

C) French

French. It remains the everyday language even though a large share of residents are foreigners, drawn by the city's international agencies and banks.

Q 03/05

Which is the only Swiss city with more residents than Geneva?

A) Basel

B) Zurich

C) Bern

D) Lausanne

Answer · why

B) Zurich

Zurich. The city of Geneva covers only about 16 square kilometres, so most people in its urban area live outside the city limits, in suburbs that spre...

Q 04/05

A 1985 summit in Geneva brought which two Cold War leaders face to face for the first time?

A) Reagan and Chernenko

B) Thatcher and Gorbachev

C) Reagan and Gorbachev

D) Thatcher and Chernenko

Answer · why

C) Reagan and Gorbachev

Reagan and Gorbachev. They talked alone, with only interpreters, in a lakeside pool house, and their joint statement declared that a nuclear war canno...

Q 05/05

Which international body did Geneva host after World War I?

A) The World Court

B) The Council of Europe

C) The Comintern

D) The League of Nations

Answer · why

D) The League of Nations

The League of Nations. Its assembly first met in Geneva in November 1920, but the United States never joined, even though President Woodrow Wilson had...