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　地 理 ク イ ズ　

　４つの短い英文を読み、地名を答えてください。解答ボタンをクリックすると正解が現れます。

　問題 １ 　It is the highest mountain in Africa.
　It is 5,895 meters high.
　It is in Tanzania.
　The mountain is well-known for coffee.		 　　解　答　　
　問題 ２ 　It is a mountain inJapan.
　It is a volcano but it is not active now.
　It is one of the symbols of Japan.
　It is inShizuoka and Yamanashi prefecture. 		　　解　答　
　問題 ３　 　It is a lake in Britain.
　It is 230 meters deep.
　It is said that some monsters live in this lake.　
　The lake is in Scotland in Britain.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ４　 　It is an island country.
　Its capital is Wellington.
　It is famous for sheep and rugby.
　It is near Australia and the South Pole.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ５ 　It is a very old city in Europe.
　It faces the Mediterranean Sea.
　The first Olympic Games were held there.
　It is the capital of Greece.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ６ 　They are a group of islands.
　They are in the Northern Pacific Ocean.
　They belong to the United States.
　Many Japanese-Americans live there.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ７ 　It is a country in South America.
　People speak Portuguese in this country.
　Many famous soccer players come from there.　
　It produces coffee beans.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ８ 　It is a city in the State of Missouri.
　It faces the Gulf of Mexico.
　It is famous for Dixieland jazz.
　It is on the Mississippi River.		 　　解　答　
　問題 ９ 　It is a very well-known museum.
　It is in France.
　The Mona Lisa is in this museum.
　It is in Paris.		 　　解　答　
　問題 10 　It is a canal.
　Tha canal was constructed by Britain.
　It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.　
　The canal is in Egypt.		 　　解　答　


























　歴 史 ク イ ズ　


　英文を読んで人物を答えてください。４択問題です。解答ボタンをクリックすると正解が現れます。

問題 １　 　Alexander the Great was king of
　which part 　of Greece ?		 　1 The Peloponnesus
　2 Macedonia
　3 Athens
　4 Crete		 　解　答　
問題 ２ 　Who crossed the river Rubicon
　with his army in 49 B.C. and started
　a civil war in Italy ?		 　1 Brutus
　2 Cassius
　3 Julius Caesar
　4 Pompey		 　　解　答
問題　３ 　Who controlled the government of
　China before Mao Tse- Tung ?		 　1 Chou-en Lai
　2 Chiang Kai-chek
　3 The Great of Four
　4 The last Manchu
　　　empress　		 　　解　答
問題 ４ 　In which American city was John F.
　 Kennedy assassinated in 1963 ?		 　1 Houston
　2 Phoenix
　3 Dallas
　4 Las Vegas		 　　解　答
問題 ５ 　What was New York called before
　 it was given 　its present 　name ?		 　1 New London
　2 New Paris
　3 New Copehagen
　4 New Amsterdam		 　　解　答
問題 ６ 　Which German politician wrote
　Mein Kampf ( My Strugle ) ?		 　1 Adolf Hitler
　2 Otto von Bismarck
　3 Helmut Schmidt
　4 Hermann Goering		 　　解　答
問題 ７ 　Whos composed the score for
　West Side Story ?		 　1 Leonard Bernstein
　2 George Gershwin
　3 Johann Strauss
　4 Franz Joseph Haydn		 　　解　答
問題 ８ 　Which was the first city to open
　a length of underground railway ?		 　1 London
　2 Paris
　3　Boston
　4 Berlin		 　　解　答
問題 ９ 　How long was the Hundred Years'
　War ?		 　1 110 years
　2 98 years
　3 100 years
　4 115 years		 　　解　答
問題 10 　Which Russian novelist wrote
　Crime and Punishment ?		 　1 Turgenyev
　2 Dostoevsky
　3 Gorky
　4 Tolstoy		 　　解　答


























　科 学 ク イ ズ　


英文を読んで、答えてください。４択問題です。解答ボタンをクリックすると正解が現れます。

　問題 1 　Which is the fastest mammal on earth
　over short distance ?		 　1 The leopard
　2 The kangaroo
　3 The cheetah
　4 The antelope		 　　解　答　
　問題 2 　What is the international measurement
　 for crude oil ?		 　1 A barrel
　2 A firkin
　3 A gallon (U.S.)
　4 A Allah		 　　解　答
　問題 ３　 　What is 0.125 as a fraction ? 　1 A quarter
　2 An eighth
　3 Two-fifths
　4 Three-sixteenths		 　　解　答
　問題 ４ 　What was the name of the first manned
　spacecraft ?		 　1 Friendship I
　2 Vostok I
　3 Mercury I
　4 Sigma I		 　　解　答
　問題 ５ 　What prize do we connect with the inventor
　of dynamite ?		 　1 The queen's Award to Industy
　2 The William Hardcastle Prize
　3 The Nobel Prize
　4 The Whittaker Prize		 　　解　答
　問題 ６ 　How much of the human brain is water ? 　1 One third
　2 Half
　3 Four-fifths
　4 Three-quarters		 　　解　答
　問題 ７ 　How much of the earth's surface is
　 covered by sea ?		 　1 Three-quarters
　2 Two-thirds
　3 Five-sevenths
　4 Half		 　　解　答
　問題 ８ 　Which living bird has the longest wing-span ? 　1 The golden eagle
　2 The condor
　3 The albatross
　4 The harpy eagle		 　　解　答
　問題 ９ 　After which scientist is the unit of
　energy named ?		 　1 Joule
　2 Newton
　3 Hertz
　4 Pascal		 　　解　答
　問題 10 　Where is the N.A.S.A. mission control center ? 　1 In Washington D.C.
　2 At Cape Kennedy
　3 At Cape Canaveral
　4 In Houston		 　　解　答
































　ノ ン フィ ク ショ ン 問 題　


英文を読んで、答えてください。すべて４択問題です。解答ボタンをクリックすると正解が現れます。

　問題 １　 　Which playwright wrote A Street
　Named Desire ?		 　1 Edward Albee
　2 Tennessee Williams
　3 J.D. Salinger
　4 Arthur Miller		 　　解　答　
　問題 ２　 　How many violin concertos did
　 Beethoven write ?		 　1 One
　2 Nine
　3 Six
　4 Three		 　　解　答
　問題 ３ 　From which planet did superman
　originate ?		 　1 Mars
　2 Venus
　3 Krypton
　4 Andromeda		 　　解　答
　問題 ４ 　To which country does Easter Island
　belong ?		 　1 Australia
　2 Britain
　3 Chile
　4 The U.S.A.		 　　解　答
　問題 ５ 　Who starred in the comedy
　Gentlemen prefer Blondes ?		 　1 Alice White
　2 Ruth Taylor
　3 Marilyn Monroe
　4 Jane Russell		 　　解　答
　問題 ６ 　Which is the largest island
　in the world ?		 　1 Great Britain
　2 Borneo
　3 Greenland
　4 Madagascar		 　　解　答
　問題 ７ 　Venus was the Roman goddess of love,
　but what did the Greeks call her ?		 　1 Athene
　2 Prosperine
　3 Aphrodite
　4 Calypso		 　　解　答
　問題 ８ 　What did Pandora release when
　 she opened her box ?		 　1 Sunshine
　2 Trouble and misery
　3 A handsome youth
　4 A flock of doves		 　　解　答
　問題 ９ 　Mount Everest is the highest mountain
　 but what is the second highest ?		 　1 Annapurna
　2 Mont Blanc
　3 K.2.
　4 chogori		 　　解　答
　問題 10 　Which English novelist wrote
　Far From the Madding Crowd ?		 　1 Charles Dickens
　2 Henry James
　3 Daphne du Maurier
　4 Thomas Hardy		 　　解　答