Andrew's Christmas Quiz

1) What proportion of the worlds countries have reliable falls of yearly snow?     A: 30%     B: 10%    C: 5%
Clue:  There are 195 counties in the world.


2) Where do you find 'County' in the City?
A: Derby   B: Coventry   C: Nottingham
Clue:  And 'The City Ground' is in the county!

3) When traveling from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean through the Panama Canal, are you traveling A: East-West, or B: West-East? 
Clue:  Think of a toilet.

4) The Shetland and Orkney Islands recently adopted new flags based on what?  A: Food   B: Folklore  C: Scandinavia
Clue: Not British.

5) Three national flags feature a prominent flower.  Which one of these countries does not?
A) Iran    B)  Rwanda   C) Hong Kong  D) Maccu

6) Pair these flags by similarly.
A) Montenegro B) Italy  C) Chad   D) Albania   E) Kosovo F) Cyprus   G) Romania   H) Mexico

7) What is the only land border that can clearly be seen from space?
A) Latvia - Estonia  B)  Malaysia- Indonesia  C) Israel- Gaza

8) Ruthenia is in which European Country?  A) Romania  B) Ukraine C) Serbia

9) Which English county hall is not even in the county it serves (and presumable pays rates to it's neighbour!)
A) East Sussex   B) Surrey    C) Berkshire

10) Name the two missing countries- Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North Korea.   A) South Korea  B) Iran  C) Norway D) China






answers 1)a, 2)c, 3)a,4)c, 5)b,6) a-d b-h c-g e-f, 7)c 8)b 9)b 10)c & d.

Interesting facts
1) There is reliable snow in Iran (Mt Damavand), Indonesia (Irian Jaya) and Greece (has ski resorts).
What about countries that have never seen snow?  44 countries- Bangladesh – Benin – Botswana – Burkina Faso – Cambodia – Cameroon – Central African Republic – Chad – Congo – Costa Rica – Cote d’Ivoire – Cuba – Equatorial Guinea – El Salvador – French Guiana – Gabon – Gambia – Ghana – Guinea – Guyana – Honduras – Jamaica – Laos – Liberia – Malaysia – Mali – Mauritania – Mozambique – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – Panama – Paraguay – Philippines – Senegal – Sierra Leone – Somalia – Sudan – Suriname – Thailand – Togo – Uruguay – Zambia – Zimbabwe. (so 77% of countries have access to snow.)
2) Notts County FC is situated in the City of Nottingham, and Nottingham Forrest is in the county/ Rushcliffe (either side of the River Trent.)
3) The journey through the canal is twice the length  'as the crow flies'. (Think toilet 'u' bend.)
4) Shetland and the Orkneys look to their early history for inspiration.
5) Tulips are an important poetic motif in Iran. Rwanda has recently chosen a new flag and ditched the flag with a giant 'R'. Both Maccu and Hong Kong feature flowers, but are they national flags?
6) The Mexican flag is older than the Italian Flag.
7) The contrast between rich and poor is very marked. Haiti and Dominican Republic's border is visible in parts due to deforestation.
8) Ruthenia was once part of Czechoslovakia.
9) Surrey's County Hall is in Kingston on Thames.
10) The country is Russia.  It has a 120 mile border with Norway and a 2600 mile border with China.  The border with North Korea is 9 miles.