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2006

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Rules of the Game

•Assign a team member to be in charge of recording your team’s answers.

•Carefully record answers on color-coded sheets that correspond with each round – one sheet per table per round.

•Please put away any electronic devices and turn off cell phones.

•At the end of each round, answer sheets will be collected and scored by our volunteers.

•There will be a brief Warm Up followed by four competition rounds…and in the case of a tie, there will be a Sudden Victory round!

•Answer each question within 30 seconds of display.

•The Sudden Victory round will consist of ten additional questions to determine the winner.

Warm-Up RoundWarm-Up Round

Yellow SheetYellow Sheet

1) Robert Mugabe, pictured below,

is the leader of what country?

A. The United KingdomB. The United StatesC. FranceD. Zimbabwe

2) Which island in the Caribbean is divided between France and the Netherlands?

A. HaitiB. SeychellesC. St. Croix D. St. Martin

3) The flag below represents what country?

A. SyriaB. Equatorial Guinea C. Lebanon D. Jordan

4) The Danube River flows directly down the middle of what Hungarian city?

A. BelgradeB. Budapest C. BucharestD. Bratislava

AnswersAnswers

Warm-Up Round

1) Robert Mugabe, pictured below,

is the leader of what country?

A. The United KingdomB. The United StatesC. FranceD. Zimbabwe

2) Which island in the Caribbean is divided between France and the Netherlands?

A. HaitiB. SeychellesC. St. Croix D. St. Martin

A. SyriaB. Equatorial Guinea C.C. LebanonLebanon D. Jordan

3) The flag below represents what country?

A. BelgradeB. BudapestB. Budapest C. BucharestD. Bratislava

4) The Danube River flows directly down the middle of what Hungarian city?

ENDEND

Warm-Up RoundWarm-Up Round

Where in the World?Where in the World?

Round One:Round One: Aqua sheet Aqua sheet

1) The flag below represents what country?

A. Turkmenistan B. Mauritania C. TurkeyD. Tunisia

2) Which country is incorrectly matched with its capital city?

A. El Salvador, San SalvadorB. Panama, Los SantosC. Bangladesh, DhakaD. Guatemala, Guatemala City

3) The flag below represents what country?

A. BulgariaB. HungaryC. Tajikistan D. Romania

4) Libya’s eastern border touches what country?

A. Morocco B. MaliC. GhanaD. EgyptD. Egypt

5) The flag below represents what country? Please fill in the blank.

6) 89% of this country’s population lives in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq.

A. AzerbaijanB. DjiboutiC. BahrainD. Panama

7) The capital city of Brazil is?

A. La PazB. Rio de Janeiro C. Brasilia D. Sao Paulo

8) The map below highlights what African country?

A. SudanB. MaliC. Burkina Faso D. Senegal

A. GeorgiaB. RomaniaC. AlbaniaD. Ukraine

9) All the following countries have direct border contact with the Black Sea, except?

10) The flag below represents what

country? Please fill in the blank.

END END

Round OneRound One

Round Two:Round Two: Purple SheetPurple Sheet

Globe TrottingGlobe Trotting

A. FlorenceB. RomeC. VeniceD. Verona

1) Michelangelo’s “David” is on display in the Galleria dell'Accademia in what Italian city?

2) Where is the “Cape of Good Hope” located?

A. ArgentinaB. MadagascarC. South AfricaD. Australia

A. Bosnia-HerzegovinaB. Croatia C. Lithuania D. Slovenia

3) “The Balkan” countries are located

in south-eastern Europe.All of the following are located in the Balkans except:

4) The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are the U.S., France, Russia, United Kingdom, and ____________.

A. IndiaB. ChinaC. GermanyD. Japan

5) All of the following countries use the “Peso” as their official currency except:

A. ArgentinaB. CubaC. Philippines D. El Salvador

6) “The Scream,” pictured below, was

painted by what Norwegian artist? A. Claude Monet B. Gustave MoreauC. Edvard Munch D. Pablo Picasso

7) The most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world with 105 million people is:

A. Spain B. ArgentinaC. MexicoD. Brazil

8) What country has the highest life

expectancy at birth, with an average of 83.5 years?

A. AndorraB. SwedenC. United StatesD. Swaziland

9) The famed artist, Vincent Van Gogh, was born in what modern day country?

A. FranceB. The NetherlandsC. BelgiumD. Denmark

10) Once known as East Pakistan, this nation has been independent since 1971?

Please fill in the blank.

END END

Round Two

Where in the World? Where in the World? AnswersAnswers

Round OneRound One

A. Turkmenistan B. Mauritania C. TurkeyD. TunisiaD. Tunisia

1) The flag below represents what country?

A. El Salvador, San SalvadorB. Panama, Los SantosC. Bangladesh, DhakaD. Guatemala, Guatemala City

Panama City

2) Which country is incorrectly matched with its capital city?

A. BulgariaB. HungaryC. Tajikistan D. Romania

3) The flag below represents what country?

A. Morocco B. MaliC. GhanaD. EgyptD. Egypt

Here I am!

4) Libya’s eastern border touches what country?

SUDAN

5) The flag below represents what country? Please fill in the blank.

A. AzerbaijanB. DjiboutiC. BahrainD. Panama

6) 89% of this country’s population lives in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq.

A. La PazB. Rio de Janeiro C. Brasilia D. Sao Paulo

7) The capital city of Brazil is?

8) The map below highlights what African country?

A. SudanB. MaliC. Burkina Faso D. Senegal

A. GeorgiaB. RomaniaC. AlbaniaD. Ukraine

9) All the following countries have direct border contact with the Black Sea, except?

ArgentinaArgentina

10) The flag below represents what

country? Please fill in the blank.

Round TwoRound Two

Globe TrottingAnswers

A. FlorenceB. RomeC. VeniceD. Verona

1) Michelangelo’s “David” is on display in the Galleria dell'Accademia in what Italian city?

A. ArgentinaB. MadagascarC. South AfricaD. Australia

2) Where is the “Cape of Good Hope” located?

A. Bosnia-HerzegovinaB. Croatia C. Lithuania D. Slovenia

Lithuania

Balkans

3) All of the following are located in the Balkans except:

A. IndiaB. ChinaC. GermanyD. Japan

4) The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are the U.S., France, Russia, United Kingdom, and ____________.

A. ArgentinaB. CubaC. Philippines D. El SalvadorD. El Salvador

El Salvador uses the dollar & Salvadoran colon

5) All of the following countries use the

Peso as their official currency except:

6) “The Scream,” pictured below, was painted by what Norwegian artist?

A. Claude Monet B. Gustave MoreauC. Edvard Munch D. Pablo Picasso

A. Spain B. ArgentinaC. MexicoD. Brazil

7) The most populous predominantly Spanish-speaking country in the world with 105 million people is:

A. AndorraB. SwedenC. United StatesD. Swaziland

8) What country has the highest life

expectancy at birth, with an average of 83.5 years?

A. FranceB. The NetherlandsC. BelgiumD. Denmark

9) The famed artist, Vincent Van Gogh, was born in what modern day country?

Bangladesh

10) Once known as East Pakistan, this nation has been independent since 1971?

Let’s take a Break!Let’s take a Break!

You’re Doing Great!You’re Doing Great!

Round Three:Round Three: Green sheetGreen sheet

GlobalPittsburghGlobalPittsburgh

A. LeedsB. NorthamptonC. Sheffield D. Manchester

1) Pittsburgh’s Sister City in the United Kingdom is:

2) Theodore Cassidy, the internationally known actor who played “Lurch” on the Addams Family, was born in Pittsburgh.

True or False

3) The flag below represents which members of Pittsburgh's growing international community?

A. MexicanB. Colombian C. Ecuadorian D. Costa Rican

4) The largest number of foreign owned firms in the region are:

A. GermanB. BritishC. JapaneseD. Swedish

5) In 1758, British soldiers captured __________ and renamed it for the British statesman William Pitt.

A. Fort ChathamB. Fort CarnegieC. Fort MellonD. Fort Duquesne

6) The name of Pittsburgh’s first Ethiopian restaurant, Abay, is an Amharic word meaning:

A. Bring Your Own BottleB. Red CongoC. Blue NileD. Ethiopian Queen

7) The Pittsburgh Pirates had how many players on their 2006 roster from

the Dominican Republic?

A. ThreeB. SevenC. TenD. Fifteen

8) All of the following are Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh except:

A. Scottish ClassroomB. Syria-Lebanon RoomC. Egyptian Room D. Norwegian Classroom

A. Croatia B. Slovakia C. Ukraine D. Poland

9) Andy Warhol’s parents were immigrants who moved to Pittsburgh from Milova, in northeast ___________.

10) Pittsburgh Steelers player, Hines

Ward, was born in ____________.

A. Tokyo, JapanB. Pyongyang, N. KoreaC. Seoul, S. Korea D. Hong Kong

ENDEND

Round ThreeRound Three

Round Four:Round Four: Pink sheetPink sheet

International Who’s Who

1) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is Africa's first elected female head of state in what country?

A. Burkina FasoB. BeninC. Sierra LeonD. Liberia

2) "Those islands are Argentina's! Return them, Mr. Blair.“

Who said this concerning the Falkland islands this year?

A. Hugo ChavezB. Fidel CastroC. Nestor KirchnerD. Saddam Hussein

3) Mahmoud Abbas is president of the

______________. A. United Arab EmiratesB. Iraqi Parliament C. Palestinian Natl. AuthorityD. Iraqi Interim government

4) Kim Jong-il, came to power as the leader of North Korea in 1994 as a result of what event?

A. A military coup B. The death of his fatherC. A democratic electionD. The collapse of the Supreme People's Right

5) Fidel Castro entered Havana and overthrew the sitting Batista government on what date:

A. February 14, 1945 B. January 1, 1959C. April 15, 1962 D. June 3, 1971

6) A CNN poll states that this man is “the

most famous and recognizable athlete in

the world.”

His name is _____________.

7) What is the name of the current

leader of Hezbollah ?

A. Ehud Almadi Olmert B. Iyad Ali Allawi C. Sheikh Hassan NasrallahD. Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

8) Match this President with his country’s flag

A.

B.

C.

D.

9) Who is the British billionaire who

recently pledged $3 billion towards fighting global warming?A. Ricky GervaisB. Richard BransonC. Karl PilkingtonD. Stephen Merchant

10) The “Tamil Tiger” rebel group is

primarily associated with what country?

A. AfghanistanB. Sierra Leone C. SingaporeD. Sri Lanka

END END

Round FourRound Four

Round ThreeRound Three

GlobalPittsburgh- Answers

A. LeedsB. NorthamptonC. Sheffield D. Manchester

1) Pittsburgh’s Sister City in the United Kingdom is:

TrueTrue

2) Theodore Cassidy, the internationally known actor who played “Lurch” on the Addams Family, was born in Pittsburgh.

3) The flag below represents which members of Pittsburgh's growing international community?

A. MexicanB. Colombian C. Ecuadorian D. Costa Rican

4) The largest number of foreign owned firms in the region are:

A. GermanB. BritishC. JapaneseD. Swedish

5) In 1758, British soldiers captured __________ and renamed it for the British statesman William Pitt.

A. Fort ChathamB. Fort CarnegieC. Fort MellonD. Fort Duquesne

6) The name of Pittsburgh’s first Ethiopian restaurant, Abay, is an Amharic word meaning:

A. Bring Your Own BottleB. Red CongoC. Blue NileD. Ethiopian Queen

Damaso MarteJuan P. Perez Victor Irving Santos Salomon Torres Ronny Leonel Paulino Jose Antonio Bautista Javier Antonio Guzman

A. ThreeB. SevenC. TenD. Fifteen

7) The Pittsburgh Pirates had how many players on their 2006 roster from

the Dominican Republic?

8) All of the following are Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh except:

A. Scottish ClassroomB. Syria-Lebanon RoomC. Egyptian Room D. Norwegian Classroom

9) Andy Warhol’s parents were immigrants who moved to Pittsburgh from Milova, in northeast ___________.

A. Croatia B. Slovakia C. Ukraine D. Poland

10) Pittsburgh Steelers player, Hines

Ward, was born in ____________.

A. Tokyo, JapanB. Pyongyang, N. KoreaC. Seoul, S. Korea D. Hong Kong

Round 4 Round 4 AnswersAnswers

International Who’s Who

1) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is Africa's first elected female head of state in what country?

A. Burkina FasoB. BeninC. Sierra LeonD. Liberia

2) "Those islands are Argentina's! Return them, Mr. Blair.“

Who said this concerning the Falkland islands this year?

A. Hugo ChavezB. Fidel CastroC. Nestor KirchnerD. Saddam Hussein

A. United Arab EmiratesB. Iraqi Parliament C. Palestinian Natl. AuthorityD. Iraqi Interim government

3) Mahmoud Abbas is president of the

______________.

4) Kim Jong-il, came to power as the leader of North Korea in 1994 as a result of what event?

A. A military coup B. The death of his fatherC. A democratic electionD. The collapse of the Supreme People's Right

5) Fidel Castro entered Havana and overthrew the sitting Batista government on what date:

A. February 14, 1945 B. January 1, 1959C. April 15, 1962 D. June 3, 1971

6) David BeckhamDavid Beckham

7) What is the name of the current

leader of Hezbollah ?

A. Ehud Almadi Olmert B. Iyad Ali Allawi C. Sheikh Hassan NasrallahD. Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

8) Match this President with his

country’s flag:

C.C.

President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Flag: Iran

9) Who is the British billionaire who

recently pledged $3 billion towards

fighting global warming?A. Ricky GervaisB. Richard BransonC. Karl PilkingtonD. Stephen Merchant

10) The “Tamil Tiger” rebel group is

primarily associated with what country?

A. AfghanistanB. Sierra Leone C. SingaporeD. Sri Lanka

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