2. Brazil

3. Uruguay

4. France

5. Argentina

6. Which country hosted the 1950 World Cup?

7. Uruguay

8. Italy

9. France

10. Brazil

11. The record for most goals scored in one World Cup is 13, which player holds this record?

12. Pele

13. Just Fontaine

14. Maradona

15. Gerd Muller

16. The 1962 World Cup saw a game describe by the BBC as “The most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football.” Which team did Chile face in this game?

17. Argentina

18. France

19. Italy

20. Uruguay

21. In the 1970 World Cup Jairzinho made history for completing which achievement?

22. He scored in three consecutive World Cups

23. He scored 3 hat tricks

24. He scored in every round

25. He scored for two different countries

26. In May 1904 FIFA was founded in which city?

27. London

28. Berlin

29. Paris

30. Madrid

31. Under which FIFA’s president’s reign was the first noteworthy international competition, the 1908 Olympic Games in London, organized?

32. Robert Guerin

33. Daniel Burley Woolfall

34. Jules Rimet

35. Arthur Drewry

36. Which one of the Specialist Banks is privately owned?

37. The Oman Development Bank

38. The Oman Housing Bank

39. The Alliance Housing Bank

40. None of the above

41. Where do most of the Oil exports go?

42. Thailand

43. US

44. Korea

45. China

46. What is one of Oman’s major economic goals?

47. Increase oil production

48. Diversify the sources of national income

49. Developing the medical sector

50. Answers C and A

51. What are aflaj?

52. Desalinated water

53. Wells, and Dams

54. Wadis

55. All of the above

56. When did Oman change its flag?

57. 1980

58. 1990

59. 1970

60. None of the above

61. What is not one of the types of Islamic Sects practiced in Oman?

62. Ibadhis

63. Sunnis

64. Shias

65. Muatazilites

66. In mid March Forbes magazine issued the 2010 list for the richest people who headed this list?

67. Carlos Slim

68. Bill Gates

69. Warren Buffet

71. 5

72. 10

73. 20

74. 25

75. Stalin’s man-made famine was aimed a killing which group of people?

76. The Herero

77. The Kulaks

78. The Jews

79. The Hutus

80. Which of the following was not one of the reasons behind the genocide in Rwanda 1994?

81. The European introduction of class consciousness

82. The introduction of modern weapons

83. Missionary teachings

84. The Tutsis ownership of land

85. Which 19th Century British economist’s theory of comparative advantage posits that countries should specialize in producing what they do best and most efficiently, and trade those goods for the goods they do not?

86. Adam Smith

87. John Maynard Keynes

88. David Ricardo

89. Ronald J. Bee

90. The US, with about 5 % of the world’s population, consumes about how much of the annual global energy production?

91. 16%

92. 26%

93. 30%

94. 36%

95. OPEC, founded in 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq, grew to include 12 of the most important oil producers by 1973. Which of the following countries is not part of the OPEC?

96. Angola

97. Nigeria

98. Argentina

99. Ecuador

100. Which of the following is not one of Pakistan’s strategic goals in Afghanistan?

101. Eliminate Indian influence

102. Eliminate Pashtun ethnic nationalism

103. Eliminate the TTP

104. Maintaining dependence of the US on Pakistan for security cooperation

105. Russia’s reemergence on the world scene following its precipitous decline in the post-cold war decade has been fueled almost exclusively by what?

106. Its military power

107. The rising prices of oil and natural gas

108. Its scientific and technological breakthroughs

109. Its changing demographics

110. What is the most effective way to prevent Influenza infection?

111. Vaccination

112. Keeping away from infected people

113. Taking more vitamin C

114. Washing your hands more often

115. What type of influenza is not included in seasonal vaccines

116. Type A

117. Type B

118. Type C

119. Type D

120. How many deaths are estimated annually from Influenza epidemics?

121. 100,000 to 200,000

122. 250,000 to 500,000

123. 500,000 to 750,000

124. 750,000 to 1 million

125. Who does the WHO recommend as the highest priority group for annual Influenza vaccination?

126. Elderly individuals

127. People with chronic conditions

128. Pregnant women

129. Health care workers

130. Avian influenza was first identified in Italy in which year?

131. 1878

132. 1928

133. 1988

134. 2008

135. Of the hundreds of strains of avian influenza A viruses, only four are know to have caused human infections, which of the following is not one of these strains?

136. H5N1

137. H9N3

138. H7N3

139. H7N7

140. The H5N1 virus is of the greatest present concern for human health due to several reasons, which of the following is not one of these reasons?

141. H5N1 virus has caused by far the greatest number of deaths

142. It has crossed the species barrier to infect humans

143. More birds are carrying the H5N1 virus

144. H5N1, if given enough opportunities, will develop the characteristics it needs to start another influenza pandemic

145. The Armenians practiced --------------- religion

146. Muslim

147. Christian

148. Armenian

149. Judaism

150. What does the word Ukraine mean

151. The land

152. The Borderland

153. The Afterlife

154. None of the above

155. Which Island has the most well known music

156. Polynesia

157. Micronesia

158. Melanesia

159. None of the above