QUIZ 716

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. Rising temperatures breed lightning because the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere - the fuel for thunderstorms - increases exponentially as the air gets warmer.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. Kafr Kana, a village near Nazareth, is probably the place where Jesus – according to the New Testament – turned water into wine.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Sheltered by some of the world’s highest mountains, the 8000-meter peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, bordering China and the Tibetan plateau, lies the ancient “Forbidden Kingdom” of Mustang.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Capital Lo Manthang is home to the Loba people, the original inhabitants of Mustang.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. After Nepal became a republic, and Mustang lost the status as a tributary kingdom it had held from the late eighteenth century, and became a district of Nepal.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A