| 1. What's the new name of Burma? | 1. Myanmar |
| 2. Who is the newly elected President of Ecuador? | 2. Jamil Mahuad Witt |
| 3. Name the Balkan territory with a majority population of Albanian Muslims that is a province in the rump state of Yugoslavia and that seeks independence. | 3. Kosovo |
| 4. What's the official name of the pooling of colder water that occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean after an El Niño event?? | 4. La Niña |
| 5. Name the two East African cities that suffered terrorist attacks in August, 1998. | 5. Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam. |
| 6. What is the capital of Slovenia? | 6. Ljubljana |
| 7. Name the two major rivers in China that flooded dangerously during the 1998 summer: | 7. Chang Jiang (Yangzi) and the Huang He (Yellow). |
| 8. Which two countries played in the finals of the World Cup of Soccer in July, 1998? | 8. France (winner) and Brazil (second place) |
| 9. What is a tarn? | 9. A small mountain lake formed when the basin in a glacial cirque fills with water. |
| 10. What's the name of Argentina's President? | 10. Carlos Saul Menem |
| 11. In which ocean would you find the Galapagos Islands? | 11. The Pacific Ocean |
| 12. Who invaded militarily the island of Grenada? | 12. The United States |
| 13. Which European country is an "island" state, surrounded by the European Union? | 13. Switzerland |
| 14. Where would you find the Baluchi peoples? | 14. Primarily in southwest Pakistan |
| 15. Who are the Taliban? | 15. A Fundamentalist Muslim political group currently in control of Afghanistan. |
| 16. What is the "dry adiabatic lapse rate" of unsaturated air? | 16. About 9.8 degrees C. per kilometer |
| 17. Where would you encounter the Mistral winds? | 17. In southern Europe, particularly France. |
| 18. Name the territory over which Pakistan and India are in conflict: | 18. Jammu and Kashmir |
| 19. Where would you find Ibo-speaking peoples? | 19. Southeast Nigeria, West Africa |
| 20. Which is further west, the Panama Canal or Bowling Green, Kentucky? | 20. Bowling Green is 86.26 degrees West, while the Panama Canal is about 79.10 degrees West. |