A trivia presentation to boggle the mind of the sleepy training/seminar participants. Can be given before or during the lecture or session. I usually use this in my session on Copyreading and Headline Writing in Journalism. It is also usable to other topics. This is my personal presentation I gathered from an old Reader's Digest. Here are the answers for this presentation: 1. Moscow 2. Manila 3. Budapest 4.Bogota 5. Canberra 6. Santiago 7. London 8. Wellington 9.Tripoli 10. Helsinki 11. Ankara 12. Ottawa 13. Cape Town

1. How’s yourHow’s your
Geography IQ?Geography IQ?
Each sentence conceals a worldEach sentence conceals a world
capital, spelled out in consecutivecapital, spelled out in consecutive
letters. Only a globetrotter will findletters. Only a globetrotter will find
them all.them all.

2. 1. Captain Nemo1. Captain Nemo
scowled.scowled.

3. 2. It was a2. It was a
doorman Idoorman I
lacked.lacked.

4. 3. We gave the3. We gave the
rosebud arosebud a
pesticide.pesticide.

5. 4. Lt. Columbo got4. Lt. Columbo got
all mixed up.all mixed up.

6. 5. With less5. With less
violence, the filmviolence, the film
can be R-rated.can be R-rated.

7. 6. Here is the6. Here is the
pheasant Ipheasant I
agonized aboutagonized about
shootingshooting

8. 7. The Red Cross7. The Red Cross
will call on donorswill call on donors
for money.for money.

9. 8. Population is8. Population is
swelling to newswelling to new
heights.heights.

10. 9. You must strip9. You must strip
olives of theirolives of their
skins.skins.

11. 10. We returned10. We returned
three bushels inthree bushels in
kind.kind.

12. 11. Don’t yank a11. Don’t yank a
rabbit by its ears.rabbit by its ears.

13. 12. Peace activists12. Peace activists
boycott a warboycott a war
conference.conference.

14. 13. Would you13. Would you
consider Eric aconsider Eric a
pet owner?pet owner?