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True or False?
Regarding CO2 emissions, Germany is among the top 5 polluters worldwide.
False, it's the 7th most polluting country after China, the USA, India, Russia, Japan and Iran.
100
What is the name of Australia's capital?
100
Which famous film star once sang "Happy Birthday" to president Kennedy?
Marilyn Monroe sang at a birthday party for JFK. 
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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. The name of his space shuttle was...
A _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.
100
So far, have there been more Republican or more Democratic US Presidents?
Until today, the USA has had 19 Republican, but only 16 Democratic Presidents.
200
Which country produces the world’s largest quantity of municipal waste per year?
The USA (265 million metric tons),
closely followed by China (215 million).
200
The population of which Asian country makes up around a sixth of the world population?
The poplulation of India.
200
One man is considered to be the father of the American automobile industry. Is it
a) Pierre Chevrolet b) Harley Davidson c) Henry Ford?
It's c) Henry Ford.
200
Which famous Dakota Indian chief participated
in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show?
a) Crazy Horse b) Spotted Elk c) Sitting Bull
It was c) Sitting Bull.
200
John F. Kennedy was president of the USA for
a) under three years.
b) almost four years.
c) over five years.
Kennedy was president for a) under three years,
from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963
300
Tropical rainforests cover just 7% of the surface of the Earth, but host approximately ___% of the world's wildlife.
a) 20% b) 30% c) 40% d) 50%
more than 50% of the world's wildlife
300
This former British colony on the African continent became notorious for its very strict system of racial segregation, which was called "Apartheid" and was only ended in 1991. The name of the country is...
...South Africa
300
The richest man in the USA at present is
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) Elon Musk
c) Jeff Bezos
The wealthiest American is b) Elon Musk.
300
When did Maurice and Richard McDonald open the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California?
a) in 1928 b) in 1938 c) in 1948
They opened it in 1948.
300
Everybody knows that George Washington’s face is on the American one-dollar bill. But the face of which American President is on the 5 dollar bill?
400
Which of these species is most endangered, i.e. of which species there are the fewest left?
a) the Amur tiger
b) the Black rhino
c) the Bornean orang-utan
It's a). 
400
Whose face is featured on the current Canadian 20 dollar note?
The face of Queen Elizabeth II
400
Al Capone, probably America's most famous gangster, operated in a) Chicago b) Detroit c) New York.
Al Capone operated in Chicago.
400
Which Founding Father invented
bifocal glasses?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Alexander Hamilton
c) Thomas Jefferson
It was a) Benjamin Franklin.
400
The faces of which American Presidents are engraved in Mount Rushmore? Name 3 of them.
From left to right you see the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
500
Which of these countries has the highest percentage of forest area?
a) Brasil b) Finland c) Russia
b) Finland (approx. 73%)
(Brasil has 62% and Russia 49% of forest area.)
500
In this country Peter Jackson produced his famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, the native population of this country are neither Hobbits nor Orcs, but...
Maori. 
500
The real name of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan, is
a) Erwin Drumheller.
b) Robert Zimmermann.
c) Albert Falkenstein.
It's c) Robert Zimmermann. 
500
Until today, how many versions did the American flag have?
a) 19 b) 27 c) 34
It's b) 27 versions.
500
Which U.S. president was the first to appear on television?
a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) Harry S. Truman
c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
It was a) Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.
