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BOX: General knowledge

Elementary level
1. Where is Mount Everest? (Nepal/Tibet border)
2. How high is Mount Everest? (8,848 metres)
3. Where do anteaters live? (South America)
4. What is the capital city of Uruguay? (Montevideo)
5. Where does the two-humped camel live? (The two-humped
Bactrian camel lives in the Central Asian Steppes.)
6. What are the differences between African and Indian elephants?
(The African elephant has larger ears and longer back legs.)
7. Where is the Eiffel Tower? Which country and which city?
(France/Paris)
8. What is the official language of Chile? (Spanish)
9. What are the colours of the French flag? (Red, white and blue)
10.What colour do you add to blue in order to make purple?
(Red)
11.Which is the longest river in the world? (The Amazon and the
Nile are about the same length.)
12.How long is the longest river in the world? (6,448 km for the
Amazon and 6,670 for the Nile. However, it is impossible to be
absolutely sure.)
13.Which is the highest waterfall in the world? (Salto Angel in
Venezuela - 979 metres)
14.Which is the biggest country: the United Kingdom, France or
Spain?
(The UK: 240,937 km2; France: 547.026 km2; Spain: 504,782
km2)
15.Which river flows through London? (The Thames)
16.What and where is the Valley of the Kings? (A place where
many kings and people of the court were buried - in Luxor,
Egypt.)
17.What is SOS in the international Morse code? (…---…)
18.What is the American English word for the boot of a car?
(Trunk)
19.Where is the Sea of Tranquillity? (The moon)
20.What are the shortest words in English? (a and I).

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