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  1. The current Chairman of the Federal Reserve is:
    1. Allan Greenspun
    2. Alan Greenspin
    3. Alan Greenspan
    4. Allen Greenspun

  2. The current Prime Minister of Great Britain is:
    1. John Majors
    2. Jack Straw
    3. Tony Blare
    4. None of the Above

  3. The President of France is:
    1. Jean-Marie Le Pen
    2. Lionel Jospin
    3. Francois Bayrou
    4. Jacques Chirac

  4. A composite stock index of Japanese stocks is the:
    1. Hang Seng Index
    2. Tokyo Straits Index
    3. Kyoto Protocol
    4. Nikkei Index

  5. Which of these cities is spelled correctly?
    1. Kandehar
    2. New Deli
    3. Kabull
    4. Peshawar

  6. The current Director of the CIA is:
    1. George Tenent
    2. George Will
    3. Richard Cheney
    4. George Tenet

  7. The international terror group responsible for "9/11" is:
    1. Al Haq
    2. Hamas
    3. Al Quaeda
    4. Al Qaeda
    5. None of the Above

  8. Which Central Asian ethnic group is spelled correctly?
    1. Pashtoons
    2. Uzebeks
    3. Tadjiks
    4. Kirghaz
    5. None of the Above

  9. During the Soviet Afghan War, the following special forces were used by the Soviet Union:
    1. Sealskis
    2. Specialski Forski
    3. spetsnaz
    4. speznatz

  10. The leader of Iraq is:
    1. Sadam Hussane
    2. Sadam Husseen
    3. Saddam Husseen
    4. Saddam Hussein
    5. None of the Above

  11. The current United States Secretary of State is:
    1. Colon Powell
    2. Madeline Albright
    3. Richard Perl
    4. Colin Powell

  12. The American General in Saudi Arabia responsible for victory in the Gulf War is:
    1. Alan Horner
    2. Norman Schwarzkopf
    3. Colin Schwartzkopf
    4. Norman Schwartzkopf
    5. None of the Above

  13. Which city is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
    1. Dhahran
    2. Talil
    3. Mecca
    4. Riyadh
    5. None of the Above

  14. The Russian orbital space station used jointly by the U.S. and Russia during the 1990s was known as:
    1. Orbitya Skysa
    2. Meer
    3. Mir
    4. Mear

  15. The General in charge of Pakistan is:
    1. Mullah Omar
    2. Pervez Musharraf
    3. Hamid Karzai
    4. Gul Agha Shirzai

  16. American soldiers on horseback fought with the Afghan resistance in the year 2001 in which Afghan city?
    1. Kandahar
    2. Kabul
    3. Jalil
    4. Mazar-i-Sharif

  17. China's supreme leader and President is:
    1. Li Pen
    2. Jiang Zemin
    3. Qian Qichen
    4. Deng Xiao Ping

  18. The American military center which coordinated the Gulf War was known by this military acronym:
    1. CINCOM
    2. CINCCENT
    3. CINC
    4. CENTCOM

  19. Afghan resistance fighters who fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan for 10 years from 1979-1989 were known as the:
    1. Muchadeen
    2. Taliban
    3. Talliban
    4. Mujahideen
    5. None of the Above

  20. Which of the following is not a U.S. special forces unit in the U.S. military?
    1. Special Operations Command
    2. SEALS
    3. SAS
    4. Force Recon

  21. A military helicopter used extensively in military operations is:
    1. MH-53 Pay LO
    2. MH-53 Pave Loh
    3. MH-53 Paive Low
    4. MH-53 Pave Low

  22. A strategic city in Iraq, and the closest to Kuwait, is:
    1. As Samawah
    2. Baghdad
    3. Jalibah
    4. Basrah

  23. The two major rivers flowing through Iraq are:
    1. Arno and Nile
    2. Tiber and Nile
    3. Tigris and Euphrates
    4. Tiber and Euphrates

  24. The Prime Minister of India is:
    1. Jaswant Singh
    2. Brajesh Mishra
    3. Atal Vajpayee
    4. Pervez Musharraf

  25. The Indian Defense Minister is:
    1. Brajesh Misra
    2. George Fernandes
    3. Rajiv Gandhi
    4. Uttar Pradesh

  26. Which of the following is not a missile which has been or is being developed by North Korea?
    1. Taepo-Dong
    2. Long-Dong
    3. No-Dong
    4. None of the Above

  27. The capital of North Korea is:
    1. Seoul
    2. Soul
    3. Pyongyang
    4. Pyonyang

  28. Which of the following Balkan cities is spelled correctly?
    1. Garagze
    2. Tuzlah
    3. Vukovar
    4. Banya Luka

  29. In 1999, peace talks to end the Balkan conflict were held in this city:
    1. The Hague
    2. Paris
    3. Kosovo
    4. Rambouillet

  30. This man was elected the President of Yugoslavia in 1999:
    1. Franco Tudjman
    2. Milan Panic
    3. Radovan Karadzic
    4. Slobodan Milosevic

  31. The current U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is:
    1. Henry Cisneros
    2. Andrew Cuomo
    3. Mel Martinez
    4. Norman Mineta

  32. The index for measuring the strength of tornadoes is known as the:
    1. Doppler Index
    2. Richter Index
    3. Oz Index
    4. Fujita-Pearson Index

  33. The Secretary of Commerce in the administration of George W. Bush is:
    1. Norman Mineta
    2. Robert Mosbacher
    3. Elaine L. Chao
    4. Donald L. Evans

  34. Which of the following U.S. Senator's name is spelled incorrectly?
    1. Zell Miller
    2. Richard G. Lugar
    3. John Corzine
    4. Kay Bailey Hutchison
    5. Bill Frist

  35. Of the following Justices of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice is:
    1. Sandra Day O'Connor
    2. Anthony Scalia
    3. Stephen G. Breyer
    4. William H. Rehnquist
    5. None of the Above

  36. Which combinations of Governors and states is incorrect?
    1. Frank Keating-Oklahoma, John Engler-Michigan
    2. George Pataki-New York, Jeb Bush-Florida
    3. Jesse Ventura-Michigan, Bob Taft-Ohio
    4. None of the Above

  37. Which company name is spelled incorrectly?
    1. Kroger
    2. Walgreen
    3. Win-Dixie
    4. Rite Aid

  38. Which country and major currency in use is incorrect?
    1. Germany-Mark
    2. Israel-Shekel
    3. Thailand-Bat
    4. Turkey-Lira
    5. Philippines-Peso

  39. The President of Iran is:
    1. Ayatollah Ali Khameinei
    2. Mohammad Khatami
    3. Ayatollah Khomeini
    4. Saddam Hussein

  40. Which pairing is incorrect for any reason?
    1. Kofi Anan -- U.N. Secretary-General
    2. Ariel Sharon -- Prime Minister, Israel
    3. Junichiro Koizumi -- Prime Minister, Japan
    4. Gerhard Schroeder -- Chancellor, Germany
    5. None of the Above

  41. Which country is spelled incorrectly?
    1. Eritrea
    2. Djibouti
    3. Brunai
    4. Azerbaijan

  42. Which Middle East city/town name is incorrectly spelled?
    1. Ramallah
    2. Jenin
    3. Bethelehem
    4. Nablus


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