World Trivia
Just got the Economist's World in Figures 2007, which ranks every country on just about everything (curious which country has the highest cereal production? It's in there!). But there's some interesting info in there. Below, is a quiz of sorts. See if you can figure out who the top country is (no cheating Miguelito). I'll post the answers early next week.
1. Highest Obesity Rate For Men
a. United States (5th)
b. Lebanon (1st)
c. Panama (4th)
d. Wisconsin
d. Wisconsin
2. Biggest Smokers 
a. United States (not in top 20)
a. United States (not in top 20)
b. South Korea (20th)
c. Greece (1st)
d. Japan (4th)
3. Biggest Beer Drinkers
a. United States (8th)
a. United States (8th)
b. Germany (2nd)
c. Ireland (Not in top 23)
d. Czech Republic (1st)4. Spends highest % of GDP on Defence
a. United States (23rd)
b. North Korea (1st)
c. Switzerland (Not in top 23)
d. Myanmar (4th)
5. Spends highest % of GDP on health care
a. United States (1st)
b. Switzerland
(2nd)c. Congo (lowest)
d. Cuba (Don't know)
6. Highest Divorce Rate
a. United States (2nd)
a. United States (2nd)
b. Aruba (1st)
c. Belize (tied for lowest)
d. Columbia (tied for lowest)
7. Cleanest Air
a. United States
(not in top or bottom 25)
7. Cleanest Air
a. United States
(not in top or bottom 25)b. New Zealand (9th)
c. Uganda (1st)
d. Gary
8. Highest Quality of Life
a. United States (10th)
b. Niger (worst)
c. Sierra Leone (second worst)
d. Norway (1st)
Labels: Current Events
posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 11:05 pm
7 Comments:
I'm going with a/c/d/b/a/b/b/d.
Espera un momento, por favor! I didn't know we were supposed to divulge our answers. Well, now that M5M has chimed in (didn't read his answesr)here are my thoughts.
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. D
WTF - Why did you have to throw Wisconsin in the fattest-fucking-place-on-Earth question?! Geezuz!!
Okay, I am guessing"
1.a 2.c 3.b 4.a 5.d 6.a 7.c 8.d - Although #8 should be Bhutan since they measure the wealth of the country in gross national happiness.
Chuckdiddy,
Why have you received the Economist world in figures and we have not? Are you on some special plan with them? What have I done to deserve such ingratitude with that organization?
Having lived in Belize, I can clearly attest to it having the highest divorce rate. It's good to be #1 in something though...
How about most incarcerated? Surprised? nah....
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/06/02/con-nation-illustrated/
Is 75% a C in your class, Mr. ChuckDaddy?
Some suprises
1. US was only 5th for obese.
2. 6 of the top 9 obese countries were Middle East countries. I'm curious why. And since West Bank (8th) and Lebanon (1st) are both up there, it doesn't seem to be from fat cat oil money.
3. There's a high number of divorce and marraige rates on island nations. (Aruba, Guam and Puerto Rico are top ten for divorces. Cyprus, Bermuda, Barbados, Fiji, and Cayman Islands for marraige.)
4. Even thouhg the US is the 5th most obese nation, we aren't in the top 19 for diebetes or heart disease.
Norway here I come!
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