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Questions:

1. What does the S in SWAT stand for?
2. Is a sharecropper a member of the bourgeoisie or the proletariat?
3. In which country does the Naxalite militant Communist movement operate?
4. Which of the following products has Muammar Gaddafi not blamed for the Libyan civil war: alcohol, coffee, tea, or milk?
5. Gram staining is a method of differentiating bacterial species; Gram-positive bacteria have a thick mesh-like cell wall which is stained purple by crystal violet, whereas Gram-negative bacteria have a thinner layer which is stained pink by the counter-stain. Which of the following is not a Gram-negative bacterium: E. coli, Legionella, Salmonella, or Staphylococcus?
6. By what name is Siam now known?
7. The first Secretary General of which organisation stated that its goal was “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”?
8. The capital of which African country is named after the Franco-Italian explorer Pierre de Brazza?
9. Outside of Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), which other country has a population with a majority of Chinese descent?
10. The AUSCANNZUKUS military alliance consists of which five countries?

Answers:

1. Special. (In full, special weapons and tactics.)
2. Proletariat. (A sharecropper is a person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent.)
3. India.
4. Tea.
5. Staphylococcus.
6. Thailand.
7. NATO.
8. The Republic of Congo. (Brazzaville. The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, lies just across the Congo River from Brazzaville.)
9. Singapore.
10. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.