Brazil
What is Brazil’s capital city?
a)São Paulo
b)Brasília
c)Rio de Janeiro
Brasília
Which of these counties does Brazil not border?
a)chile
b)venezuela
c)argentina
a)chile
What is the name of the UK's oldest hospital?
a)The Royal London Hospital
b)St Thomas' Hospital
c)St. Bartholomew's Hospital
c)St. Bartholomew's Hospital - from 1078 to 2016
what is the full name of queen elizabeth II?
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
The Amazon is the world's largest river - true of false?
TRUE OR FALSE
What kind of behaviour does 'O jeitinho brasileiro' or ‘The little Brazilian way’ denote?
a)An easy charm with the object of one's desire
b)A tendency for melodrama and romanticism
c)a cheeky bit of rule-bending
c)a cheeky bit of rule-bending
What is the official name of Big Ben - London's famous landmark?
a)The tower of the time
b)The clock tower
c)The monarchy tower
b)The clock tower
Which British King owned his very own polar bear that often went swimming in the Thames river?
a)King Henry III
b)King Haakon
a)King Henry III
Rio’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue lost a thumb in a thunder storm in 2014 - true of false?
TRUE
[Brazil has been the world’s second largest exporter of coffee for 150 years - true of false?
FALSE
Who is the longest reigning monarch in British history?
a)Queen Elizabeth II
b)Queen Elizabeth
c)Queen Victoria
a)Queen Elizabeth II - she has been ruling England for 67 years.
When was the University of Oxford established?
a)1096
b)1568
c)1234
a)1096 - the University of Oxford is the oldest university in the english-speaking world, where evidence of teaching was found as early as 1096
How many favelas does Rio have?
a)60
b)1600
c)600
c) 600
Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil. What is it?
a)Cachaça, sugar and lime
b)Cachaça, clove, cinnamon, lime, ginger and herb
a)Cachaça, sugar and lime
When did Margaret Thatcher serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
a)1979
b)1983
c)1990
a)1979 - from 1979 to 1990
Who is the English engineer and computer scientist who founded the World Wide Web?
a)Timothy John Berners-Lee
b)Matthew Boulton
c)Henry Booth
a)Timothy John Berners-Lee
The national dish of Brazil is feijoada, but what is it exactly?
a) hearty stew made from black beans, sausages and low-grade cuts of pork
b)seafood stewed in diced tomatoes, onions and coriander
a) hearty stew made from black beans, sausages and low-grade cuts of pork
What is the name of the mountain on which the Christ the Redeemer statue sits?
a)Cascatinha
b)Gávea
c)Corcovado
c)Corcovado
When did the United Kingdom join the EU?
a)1 January 1973
b)3 March 1970
c) 4 November 1984
a)1 January 1973
What caused the Great Famine in Ireland, which went on from 1845 to 1849?
a)the economy
b)a shortage of potatos
c)a global crisis
b)a shortage of potatos