1. In September 2007, scientists announced the discovery of the Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat. Mindoro is also the name of one of the major islands of what Southeast Asian country where many residents speak Tagalog?
2. In the summer of 2007, wildfires destroyed nearly 500,000 acres and killed more than 60 people in what country at the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula?
3. In October 2007, Tokelau (TOE-KELL- OW) held a referendum on self-governance that fell 16 votes short of approval. Tokelau is currently administered by what South Pacific island country that is home to the kiwi?
4. In August 2007, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of poisonous dart frog in the cloud forests of what country, located in the northwestern corner of South America?
5. In September 2007, people helped 1 million migrating toads cross a busy road on
Vancouver Island, the largest island on the Pacific coast of which country?
6. In September 2007, officials in what war-torn African country that includes the Darfur region announced that they were postponing the national census due to a lack of adequate funding?
7. In October 2007, Israel confirmed that it had carried out an aerial strike in the country that it captured the Golan Heights from in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Name this country, which lies northeast of Israel.
8. In September 2007, a country on the Horn of Africa celebrated the beginning of the 21st
century due to the use of the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. Name
this country, where the majority of the population is Christian.
9. In October 2007, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor became the first Malaysian in space following a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in which former Soviet republic?
10. In December 2007, after spending eight years in self-imposed exile, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned home to what country, where she was assassinated while campaigning in advance of general elections?
ANSWERS: 1. Philippines 2. Greece 3. New Zealand 4. Colombia 5. Canada 6. Sudan 7. Syria 8. Ethiopia 9. Kazakhstan 10. Pakistan
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
