WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HISTORY POST 5: LONGEST RIVERS IN AFRICA AND HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN AFRICA

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THE LONGEST RIVERS IN AFRICA

Nile            6695 km (equiv. 4, 160 mi)

Congo        4700 km (equiv. 2,922 mi)

Niger          4200 km (equiv. 2,611 mi)

Zambesi    2,693 km (equiv. 1,673 mi)

Ubangi       2,300 km (equiv. 1429 mi)

Kasai          2,153 km (equiv. 1,338 mi)

Orange       2,092 km (equiv.1,300 mi)

Limpopo     1,800 km (equiv.1,118 mi)

Senegal       1,641 km (equiv.1,020 mi)

HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN AFRICA

1.       Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

2.       Mt. Kenya, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

3.       Mt. Stanley, Kenya

4.       Margherita Peak, Democratic Republic of  the Congo

5.       Mt. Speke, Democratic Republic of  the Congo

6.       Mt. Baker, Rwenzori National park, Uganda

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WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HISTORY POST 4: FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR SINCE 1991.

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FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS SINCE 1991

1991 LotharMattheus of Germany and Intermilan

1992 Marco Van Basten of Netherland and AC Milan

1993 Roberto Baggio of Italy and Juventus

1994  Romario of Brazil and Barcelona

1995 Gorge Weah of Liberia and AC Milan

1996 Ronaldo of Brazil and Barcelona

1997 Ronaldo of Brazil and Intermilan

1998 ZinedeneZidane of France and Juventus

1999 Rivaldo of Brazil and Barcelona

2000 ZinedeneZidane of France and Juventus

2001 Luis Figo of Potugal and Real Madrid

2002  Ronaldo of Brazil and Real Madrid

2003 ZinedeneZidane of France and Real Madrid

2004 Ronaldinho of Brazil and Barcelona

2005 Ronaldinho of Brazil and Barcelona

2006 Fabio Cannavaro of Italy and eal Madrid

2007 Ricardo Kaka of Brazil and AC Milan

2008 Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Manchester United

2009 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona

2010 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona

2011 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona

2012 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona

2013 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Barcelona

2014  Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid


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WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HISTORY POST 3: FIFA WORLD CUP WINNERS IN HISTORY/INVENTION AND INVENTORS SERIES 3

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WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HISTORY (3^RD POST)

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FIFA WORLD CUP WINNERS IN HISTORY

	YEAR	HOST COUNTRY	WINNER	SCORE
1	1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay 4-2 Argentina
2	1934	Italy	Italy	Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia
3	1938	France	Italy	Italy 4-2 Hungary
4	1942	WORLD WAR	WORLD WAR	WORLD WAR
5	1946	WORLD WAR	WORLD WAR	WORLD WAR
6	1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
7	1954	Switzerland	Germany	Germany 3-2 Hungary
8	1958	Sweden	Brazil	Brazil 5-2 Sweden
9	1962	Chile	Brazil	Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
10	1966	England	England	England 4-2 Germany
11	1970	Mexico	Brazil	Brazil 4-1 Italy
12	1974	Germany	Germany	Germany 2-1 Holland
13	1978	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina 3-1 Holland
14	1982	Spain	Italy	Italy 3-1 Germany
15	1986	Mexico	Argentina	Argentina 3-2 Germany
16	1990	Italy	Germany	Germany 1-0 Argentina
17	1994	USA	Brazil	Brazil 3-2 Italy
18	1998	France	France	France 3-0 Brazil
19	2002	Korea/Japan	Brazil	Brazil 2-0 Germany
20	2006	Germany	Italy	Italy 1-1 France (5-3 pen)
21	2010	South Africa	Spain	Spain 1-0 Netherlands (AET)

INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS SERIES (PART 3)

1.  Inventor of kool-aid

Edwin Perkins

2.  Inventor of the Morse code

Samuel Morse

3.  Inventor of the compact disc (CD)

James Russell

4.  Inventor of the elevator brake

Elisha G.Otis

5.  Inventor of microwave oven

Percy Spencer

6.  Inventor of blue jeans

Levi Strauss

7.  Inventor of the electric fan

Schuyler Wheeler

8.  Inventors of airplane

Orville and Wilbur Wright

9.  Inventor of chewing gum

Thomas Adams

10.           Inventor of car windshield wipers

Mary Anderson

11.           Inventor of telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

12.           Inventor of ear muffs

Chester Greenwood

13.           Inventor of Barbie Doll

Ruth Handler

14.           Inventor of the etch a sketch

Arthur Granjean

15.           Inventor of the snowmobile

Joseph Armand Bombardier

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