Test Your Knowledge of the World

Foreign Policy has posted an 8 question quiz about the current state of the world. See how you do:

1. What city has Europe’s largest Muslim population?
   
   1. London
   2. Moscow
   3. Paris
   
   
2. What percentage of Chinese men are smokers?
   
   1. 27
   2. 47
   3. 67
   
   
3. How many journalists were killed around the world in 2006?
   
   1. 36
   2. 56
   3. 106
   
   
4. In 2002, there was one direct flight per week between India and China. In 2006, there were ____ weekly flights.
   
   1. 26
   2. 46
   3. 66
   
   
5. What country has the greatest number of threatened species?
   
   1. China
   2. Ecuador
   3. Indonesia
   
   
6. What percentage of Afghanistan’s total cultivated area is used for poppy cultivation?
   
   1. 7
   2. 47
   3. 87
   
   
7. Which country devotes a higher proportion of its gross domestic product to military expenditures?
   
   1. Russia
   2. Saudi Arabia
   3. United States
   
   
8. In 1995, the United States’ share of global manufacturing was 22.4 percent. In 2005, its share was ____ percent.
   
   1. 11.1
   2. 16.1
   3. 21.1

Check your answers here. You'll probably be surprised.