Yesterday's Answer:


The English name for the city called al-Quds in Arabic is Jerusalem.

Fascinating?! (And yes I could do better--trivia doesn't have to be extremely trivial)

Today's Question:


Give the current name for the country once known as the Belgian Congo.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, February 24, 2012; http://www.alquds.com/; http://translate.google.com/#ar|en|; http://www.goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Tourist%20Information/Discover%20Israel/Cities/Pages/Jerusalem.aspx; http://www.wherejesuswalked.org; http://www.yale.edu/gsp/colonial/belgian_congo/index.html)



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