1. In February 2011, restoration began on 10 silent films from the early 1900s that were thought to have been lost until the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library gave copies to the United States. The library is in a city southwest of Lake Ladoga (la-duh-guh) in what country?
2. In February 2011, government officials in a city in the foothills of the Hindu Kush accused private security firms of violating regulations. These firms were protecting embassies and military bases in what country that borders Turkmenistan?
3. In preparation for an international meeting in April 2011, people in the state of Kerala (ker-uh-luh), on the Arabian Sea, encouraged their leaders to join a worldwide ban on a pesticide used on cashew trees and other crops. Kerala is in what country?
4. In March 2011, tens of thousands of refugees entered Tunisia because they were fleeing violence in the wake of an uprising against Moammar Gadhafi in what neighboring country?
5. In February 2011, protestors demanded the removal of their country’s football association chairman amid accusations of corruption. These protests occurred in what country that includes Sulawesi and part of Borneo?
6. In January 2011, skiers held an event to revive tourism at a country’s only ski resort, which is located in the Swat Valley and was largely ruined when the Taliban took control of the area. This resort is in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (ky-ber-pahk-toon-kwah) Province, formerly known as North-West Frontier Province, in what country?
7. Christians make up more than 80 percent of the population in Mizoram state, but only about 2 percent of the population in the country where Mizoram is located. Name this country.
8. The British army suffered a significant defeat at the battle of Isandlwana in 1879. This battle took place about 90 miles north of Pietermaritzburg, a provincial capital in what present-day country?
9. What is the Italian term commonly used for sediment deposits that connect a shoreline with an offshore island?
10. Tungurahua, which means “throat of fire” in the Quechua language, is one of the most active volcanoes in which South American country?
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. Russia 2. Afghanistan 3. India 4. Libya 5. Indonesia 6. Pakistan 7. India 8. South Africa 9. Tombolo 10. Ecuador
