1. Which island has the nickname "The Emerald Isle"?
Ireland
2. Which city is the center of government of the USA?
Washington DC
3. Which country is cut through by the equator, after which it is named?
Ecuador
4. What is the currency of Greece?
The euro, isn't it?
5. Which country is also known as Myanmar?
Burma
6. In 1971, East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan to become an independent country called...what?
I'm fairly sure its not Bangladesh, but that's all I can come up with. Unless its like, Turkmenistan or something like that.
7. Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, lies on the banks of which river?
Euphrates or the Tigris, I think.
8. Which Central American country has had no army since 1948?
Hmm. Nicaragua?
9. Democratic elections in 1990 led to Czechoslovakia's split into two countries - the Czech Republic and which other country?
Slovakia!
10. What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Kinshasha, I think.
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This message last edited by Darth_Katie on 03/04/2011 at 03:38:49 PM
Brainteaser!
- 03/04/2011 03:29:33 PM
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*NM*
9/10, being generous. 
- 03/04/2011 03:37:54 PM
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- 03/04/2011 03:37:54 PM
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I was hoping for something more difficult.
- 03/04/2011 06:11:29 PM
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Yeah, not to be a snob here, but that one was particularly easy... *NM*
- 03/04/2011 06:18:16 PM
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). 
Brainteasers require reasoning and creatively applied logic. That's just regurgitation of facts.
- 03/04/2011 07:44:10 PM
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