1. WorldQuest New York 2010 Sample Questions Series 5 The questions that follow are intended to help familiarize teams registered for WorldQuest New York 2010 with the question format of the competition. The questions represent the rounds that will be featured in the competition, and are drawn from the Resource Guide found on the WQNY 2010 webpage. These questions will be used for samples, only.

2. Round 3 Practice: Current Events On November 26, Russia’s parliament approved a statement holding Joseph Stalin responsible for the 1940 murder of __________ officers near the village of Katyn. a. Lithuanian b. German c. Polish d. British

3. Round 3 Practice: Current Events On November 26, Russia’s parliament approved a statement holding Joseph Stalin responsible for the 1940 murder of __________ officers near the village of Katyn. a. Lithuanian b. German c. Polish d. British Source: The New York Times

4. Round 6 Practice: Europe Following the amendments added to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU’s two main treaties will be renamed the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on __________. a. the Single European Currency b. a Unified European Citizenship c. the Functioning of the European Union d. European Defense and Security

5. Round 6 Practice: Europe Following the amendments added to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU’s two main treaties will be renamed the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on __________. a. the Single European Currency b. a Unified European Citizenship c. the Functioning of the European Union d. European Defense and Security Source: European Union

6. Round 10 Practice: Press Freedoms Around the Globe According to the Freedom House Map of Press Freedom which is the only region which showed progress in press freedom in 2009? a. Asia-Pacific b. Europe c. Latin America d. sub-Saharan Africa

7. Round 10 Practice: Press Freedoms Around the Globe According to the Freedom House Map of Press Freedom which is the only region which showed progress in press freedom in 2009? a. Asia-Pacific b. Europe c. Latin America d. sub-Saharan Africa Source: Freedom House