What do you know about the European Union

[Fero]

I know most Americans don't give a rat's ass about anything outside of American borders, but since most of you seem to be quite up to date on current events, I thought I'd post this little quiz here. It was on one of our newspaper websites, so I had to translate it. If you want to give it a try, I can PM you the answers.
Some questions are kind of retarded, but hey, it's a newspaper quiz.


1. Herman Van Rompuy is often called the President of Europe. What is his official capacity?
A. President of the Council of the EU
B. President of European Parliament
C. President of the European Commission
D. President of the European Council

2. Since when can Europeans use Euro coins and bills?
A. 1998
B. 2000
C. 2002
D. 2004

3. Which area does this map show?

A. Eurozone
B. Schengen Area
C. European Union
D. G8

4. What's the EU's motto?

A. For progress and peace
B. United in diversity
C. Strength by unity
D. Peace by unity

5. Which of these EU-members does not use the Euro?

A. Sweden
B. Slovenia
C. Malta
D. Estonia

6. Who's the president of European parliament?

A. Martin Schulz
B. Jerzy Buzek
C. Javier Solana
D. Olli Rehn

7. The EU boasts 24 official languagues. Which of these languages is not official?

A. Maltese
B. Latvian
C. Luxembourgish
D. Irish
E. Bulgarian

8. What's the role of the European Court of Auditors?

A. Monetary policy.
B. Census of each country and calculation of number of representatives
C. Control of finances and report of allocation of public funds
D. There's no such thing

9. Why are there 12 stars on the EU's flag?

A. Symbol of completeness
B. Reference to the 12 original members
C. No real meaning
D. The Pax Romana was symbolized by 12 stars

10. Which of these countries is a candidate to join the EU?

A. Switzerland
B. Bosnia
C. Albania
D. Turkey

11. The EU receives funds from different sources. Which of these is not a source of funds?

A. Member contributions
B. Import rights
C. Percentage of the value added tax of each member
D. Direct European taxes from each citizen

12. In 1988 no less than 70% of the EU budget was spent on agriculture. How much is this now?

A. >85
B. 70
C. 40
D. 0

13. What's the anthem of the EU?

A. Pomp and Circumstance, based on work by Sir Edward Elgar
B. The European Hymn by Spyridon Samaras
C. Europa over all, melody by Joseph Haydn
D. Ode to joy, Beethoven

 

[chalupa]

Did y'all see Mama June and Sugar Bear's wedding on the TLC?

 

[FenderBender]

Did y'all see Mama June and Sugar Bear's wedding on the TLC?

Are they the king and queen of Europe?

 

[Fero]

 

[Devastation the Almighty]

I know the French lost.

 

[Fero]

The french lost everything but their undeserved sense of accomplishment.

 

[Ciaran]

I got 13 out of 13 right because.

Funnily enough, if there was a similar US questionnaire, the Europeans would do better on average than the US would on our quiz.

That's because we are less ignorant.

 

[Devastation the Almighty]

 

[Ciaran]

Yes Dev, that is a potato. You know what they are because your fat nation makes fries out of them.

 

[BigMattTheHobo]

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I got 13 out of 13 right because.

Funnily enough, if there was a similar US questionnaire, the Europeans would do better on average than the US would on our quiz.

That's because we are less ignorant.

We are pretty dumb, but the big reason for what you said is America has more global influence. Our policies impact the world more than yours.

 

[Devastation the Almighty]

Yes Dev, that is a potato. You know what they are because your fat nation makes fries out of them.

Also hashbrowns.

 

[Ciaran]

Also hashbrowns.

You import those. I doubt your nation has the culinary skills.

 

[Ciaran]

We are pretty dumb, but the big reason for what you said is America has more global influence. Our policies impact the world more than yours.

The big reason that US citizens would score poorly on the EU test is because your policies affect the world more? Nope, it's ignorance. I mean, you guys are so happily ignorant that you'd rather buy a gun to protect yourselves against yourselves than get a passport to see the world!

The big reason that EU citizens would score higher on the US test is because your policies affect the world more? Well that maybe the case, but in actuality the average EU citizen would probably score higher on the US test than the average US citizen would on their own test!

 

[BigMattTheHobo]

Dude, you said Europeans would do better on an American quiz, so I replied that's because we have more global influence. That's it.

 

[Devastation the Almighty]

You import those. I doubt your nation has the culinary skills.

I can out-culinary you any day, Captain Leprechaun.

 

[chalupa]

The leader of the EU has little true power. we know the leaders of the individual states more.

 

[Ciaran]

Dude, you said Europeans would do better on an American quiz, so I replied that's because we have more global influence. That's it.

Yea I disagree is all. I think it's cause your average citizen is the equivalent to Biff from Back to the Future

I can out-culinary you any day, Captain Leprechaun.

No you can't. Lets have an EBN bake off.

 

[Devastation the Almighty]

No you can't. Lets have an EBN bake off.

Let's do it.

How are we gonna do this?

 

[Ciaran]

We appoint an impartial judge.
We have three rounds.

Round 1). Make Nefarious a shitty dessert
Round 2). Chalupa's choice
Round 3). We create a poll and the winning dessert gets created

Best outta three.

Open to your suggestions.

 

[Fero]

Dude, you said Europeans would do better on an American quiz, so I replied that's because we have more global influence. That's it.

The European Union started out as a good idea, but is in reality a pretty powerless organization. Not so bad as the UN, but still.
The original EU could've made a difference, but they've fucked it up by allowing the Eastern Europeans in. Too bad, but it's too late to do anything about it now.