NATIONAL INQUIRERS

International

1. Rank these countries by the number of guns for every 100 residents, from highest to lowest: Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany, United States, Russia, Iraq.

2. In how many countries are same-sex relationships outlawed (to the nearest five)?

3. How many countries are members of the Universal Postal Union, the United Nations agency that coordinates postal policies between states and internationally?

4. The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, or Sesame, is a notable scientific enterprise because of the countries involved; name at least six of them.

5. The members of which faith have, on average, the highest number of years of schooling?

6. Which is the world’s fastest growing religion and what is its projected growth between 2015 and 2060?

7. There are two non-member permanent observer states at the United Nations; which are they?

8. In 2015 and 2016 what were the three most common countries of origin for those seeking asylum for the first time in Europe?

9. Which of the following countries is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: France, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Turkey?

10. The Hague Convention covers what?

11. How many people in the world are in prison, to the nearest million?

12. In 2013, the most recent year for which reliable data exists, what proportion of the world’s population was officially deemed to be poor (to the nearest 3%)?

13. In which five countries or regions are the United Nations’ largest peacekeeping missions stationed?

14. Since its creation in 2002, how many detainees have been brought to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (to the nearest 25)?

15. Name five countries in which voting is compulsory.

16. Approximately what proportion of pregnancies worldwide end in abortion?

17. Since its establishment in 1945, the United Nations has had nine secretary-generals. Name at least five and where they came from.

18. Put these countries in order, from highest to lowest, for their marriage rates: Switzerland, Japan, Italy, China, Russia, Britain.

19. The signatories to the Paris accord have agreed to limit the increase in the global average temperature to what?

20. In which of these countries does the foreign-born population make up more or less than 10% of the total: Sweden, America, Britain, Russia, France? Is the proportion growing or shrinking?

21. How many mountains around the world soar above 8,000 metres (26,247ft)?

22. In 21 countries, including Nigeria, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the national minimum age of criminal responsibility is the lowest in the world. What is it?

23. Which is the cheapest citizenship you can buy?

24. In which years were the following international organisations founded: a) the United Nations b) the World Health Organization c) the World Trade Organization?

25. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of OPEC, an intergovernmental organization with 14 members that was founded in Baghdad in 1960: a) Qatar b) Algeria c) Brazil d) Venezuela e) Iraq?

26. The International Criminal Court has faced criticism because the 39 individuals indicted in the first 15 years of its existence all have one thing in common. What?

27. What proportion of the world’s adults smoke?

28. What was the significance of United Nations Resolution 1441?

29. Between 1966 and 2016, what proportion of countries in the world at some point had a female head of state or government (excluding monarchs) for at least a year?

30. Among members of the OECD, a group of rich countries, which offers the most generous maternity leave?

31. In 1960 Fidel Castro spent 4 hours and 29 minutes setting a world record—for what?

32. Smallpox is the only infectious disease ever to have been eradicated. In what year was this officially declared?

33. Which three countries have the highest murder rates in the world (as a proportion of the population)?

34. Of the million most visited websites, what percentage is dedicated to pornography (answers within 5 percentage points)?

35. What proportion of the world’s population lives in cities?

36. What is notable about more than half of all births in Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Egypt?

37. In which cities do the following organisations have their headquarters: a) the United Nations b) the International Criminal Court c) International Energy Agency d) the International Pacific Halibut Commission?

38. Around a third of countries now meet the International Labour Organisation’s standards on maternity leave (at least 14 weeks off for new mothers, paid at two-thirds their salary and funded publicly). What proportion meets the IlO’s standards for paternity leave?

39. What is the United Nations’ foreign aid target for donor countries?

40. Which cities hosted the summer Olympics in the following years: a) 1896 b) 1936 c) 1972 d) 1992?

41. The most destructive eruption on earth in the past 500 years happened in which century and in which country?

42. What proportion of countries has laws or policies penalising blasphemy?

43. World life expectancy is currently what? Which country’s citizens have the longest life expectancy and which have the shortest?

44. The Nobel Peace Prize has on two occasions been shared by three people. Name either trio.

45. Which was the first country to offer e-residency?

46. Which three countries boast the most meth labs (as calculated by the number of labs shut down by their governments)?

47. Which country is thought to have broadcast the first debates between candidates vying to be the head of government?

48. What does the Doomsday Clock measure?

49. In 2014 the World Health Organization held its first summit on ending what?

50. Which continent is the least safe for road users?