PIRATE HOME BASES
WORLD INSTRUMENTS
WHAT'S THE POINT?
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
SPILL THE T
A SOUTHWARD VOYAGE THROUGH EUROPE
400
CAPTAIN KIDD AND OTHER PIRATES USED THIS LARGEST INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND'S CITY OF ILE SAINT-MARIE AS A PLACE TO REPAIR SHIPS
WHAT IS MADAGASCAR?
400
THIS ANCIENT WIND INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED BY INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE FROM ARNHEM LAND
WHAT IS THE DIDGERIDOO?
400
POINT PEDRO, HISTORICALLY USED BY DUTCH AND PORTUGUESE MERCHANTS, IS THE NORTHERNMOST TOWN ON THIS ISLAND COUNTRY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INDIA
WHAT IS SRI LANKA?
400
THE CANADIAN VERSION OF THIS SPORT HAS 12 MEN ON A SIDE AND THE FIELD IS 110 YARD LONG
WHAT IS [CANADIAN RULES] FOOTBALL?
400
TAKAKKAW FALLS, THE SECOND-TALLEST WATERFALL IN CANADA, IS FOUND IN THE YOHO NATIONAL PARK OF THIS WESTERNMOST CANADIAN PROVINCE
WHAT IS BRITISH COLUMBIA?
400
LET'S START IN DENMARK AT A MUSEUM NAMED FOR THESE NORSE SEAFARERS; THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST RECONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF THEIR SHIPS
WHAT ARE THE VIKINGS?
800
BLACKBEARD AND CALICO JACK WERE AMONG THOSE WHO USED THIS BAHAMIAN CAPITAL AS THEIR MAIN STAGING GROUND FOR ATTACKS
WHAT IS NASSAU?
800
RAVI SHANKAR, A NOTABLE INFLUENCE ON THE BEATLES, PLAYED THIS STRING INSTRUMENT WIDELY HEARD IN HINDUSTANI MUSIC
WHAT IS THE SITAR?
800
THE WORLD'S FIRST LASER BEAM LIGHTHOUSE IS FOUND ON POINT DANGER, WHICH IS POSITIONED ON THE BORDER OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THIS ROYALLY-NAMED STATE
WHAT IS QUEENSLAND?
800
DATING BACK TO ANCIENT EGYPT, THIS SPORT, ALSO CALLED KEGLING, CAN KEEP YOU IN THE GUTTER
WHAT IS BOWLING?
800
ACCORDING TO SOME MEASUREMENTS, THIS COUNTRY'S TUGELA FALLS, IN ITS KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE, IS ACTUALLY THE TALLEST WATERFALL ON EARTH
WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA?
800
THE PEACE PALACE IN THE HAGUE WAS FUNDED BY THIS U.S. STEEL MAGNATE IN THE HOPES THAT ALL NATIONS COULD MEET THERE TO TALK AND PREVENT WAR
WHO IS [ANDREW] CARNEGIE?
1200
THE MASSIVE FLEET OF CHING SHIH, A FEMALE CHINESE PIRATE, CONTROLLED THIS SEA NEAR HER HOME BASE IN GUANGDONG
WHAT IS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?
1200
ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATION OF ORIGIN IS DEBATED, THIS INSTRUMENT, MADE UP OF MULTIPLE PIPES ODF INCREASING LENGTHS, WAS DEVELOPED BY ANDEAN PEOPLES
WHAT IS THE PAN FLUTE?
1200
POINT VENUS, NAMED BY JAMES COOK, WAS THE OBSERVATORY SITE OF THE TRANSIT OF VENUS FOUND ON THIS FRENCH POLYNESIAN ISLAND
WHAT IS TAHITI?
1200
IN 1843 NORWAY HELD THE FIRST COMPETTION IN THE NORDIC TYPE OF THIS WINTER SPORT
WHAT IS SKIING?
1200
TEQUENDAMA FALLS IS A CULTURAL ICON TO THE MUSICA PEOPLE JUST OUTSIDE THIS COLOMBIAN CAPITAL
WHAT IS BOGOTA?
1200
THE DISTINCTIVE SILHOUETTE OF FRANCE'S MONT-SAINT-MICHEL WAS AN INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN OF MINAS TIRITH IN THIS HUGE 2003 FILM
WHAT IS THE LORD OF THE RINGS; THE RETURN OF THE KING?
1600
THIS JAMAICAN CITY, BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION BY EARTHQUAKE, WAS A HEAVILY FORTIFIED BASE FOR PRIVATEERS SUCH AS HENRY MORGAN
WHAT IS PORT ROYAL?
1600
THIS PEAR-SHAPED, FRETLESS ARABIC INSTRUMENT IS CONSIDERED THE ANCESTOR OF THE WESTERN LUTE
WHAT IS THE OUD?
1600
FOUND IT! KNOWN AS THE "OCEANIC POLE OF INACCESSIBILITY," THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE POINT IN THE OCEAN FARTHEST FROM ANY LAND ON EARTH
WHAT IS POINT NEMO?
1600
ORIGINATING IN PERSIA, THIS SPORT GAINED POPULARITY WITH BRITISH OFFICERS IN INDIA WHO LIKED HORSING AROUND
WHAT IS POLO?
1600
TEGENUNGAN WATERFALL IS A SCENIC SPOT OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF UBUD ON THIS SMALL HINDU-MAJORITY INDONESIAN ISLAND
WHAT IS BALI?
1600
THOUGH IT WAS ONCE CALLED OLISSIPPO AND IS HISTORICALLY A CITY OF SEAFARERS, IT IS ONLY LEGEND THAT THIS CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY ULYSSES
WHAT IS LISBON?
2000
THIS SHALLOW ISLAND IN MODERN DAY NORTH CAROLINA WAS BLACKBEARD'S FAVORITE HIDEOUT AND LOCATION OF HIS FINAL BATTLE
WHAT IS OCRACOKE ISLAND?
2000
THIS TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FOLK INSTRUMENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ICONIC TRIANGULAR BODY
WHAT IS THE BALALAIKA?
2000
THIS POINT, MARKING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS, IS THE NORTHERNMOST POINT IN US TERRITORY
WHAT IS POINT BARROW?
2000
TAKING ITS NAME FROM THE FRENCH FOR "SLED", THIS SPORT HELD ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL RACE IN 1883
WHAT IS LUGE?
2000
TAUGHANNOCK FALLS, THE TALLEST WATERFALL IN THE US EAST OF THE ROCKIES, IS FOUND NEAR THIS STATE'S CITY OF ITHACA
WHAT IS NEW YORK?
2000
LET'S END OUR TRIP AT THIS BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY BY CLIMBING TO VISIT THE BARBARY MACAQUES, THE ONLY WILD APES OR MONKEYS FOUND IN EUROPE
WHAT IS GIBRALTAR?