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This sea creature has eight arms and three hearts.
What is an octopus?
Teams slide granite stones toward a target called the “house” while sweepers frantically clear their path.
What is curling?
Nicknamed the “City of Light,” this capital is home to the Louvre and Notre-Dame.
What is Paris?
Home of the Whopper, this chain tells you to “Have it your way.”
What is Burger King?
A fertile patch in the desert, where a body of water allows life to flourish.
What is oasis?
Athletes plant a long flexible pole to launch themselves over a bar set more than 6 meters high.
What is pole vault?
The Christ the Redeemer monument watches over this Brazilian city, which hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
A talking Chihuahua once pitched this chain’s Chalupas and Gorditas.
What is Taco Bell?
The largest living bird, it can’t fly but can sprint over 40 mph.
What is an ostrich?
Épée, foil, and sabre are the three weapons used in this sport.
What is fencing?
Considered the birthplace of democracy, this city is crowned by the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
What is Athens?
This fried-chicken chain from New Orleans is named for Gene Hackman’s character in The French Connection.
What is Popeyes?
“Jumbo shrimp” and “deafening silence” are examples of this figure of speech that pairs contradictory terms.
What is an oxymoron?
A 16-pound metal ball is launched from the shoulder from a seven-foot circle in this field event.
What is shot put?
This city is split by the Bosphorus Strait, so it sits on both Europe and Asia.
What is Istanbul?
Its logo is a giant cowboy hat, and its name is actually the phonetic spelling of its founders’ initials.
What is Arby's?
The Washington Monument and Cleopatra’s Needle are both examples of this four-sided, tapering monument topped with a tiny pyramid.
What is an obelisk?
Ten events over two days crown the “world’s greatest athlete” in this track-and-field competition.
What is the decathlon?
The “Bolly” in Bollywood comes from this Indian city’s former name, Bombay, which it dropped in 1995.
What is Mumbai?
Founded in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, this is considered America’s first fast-food hamburger chain, and it's still around today.
What is White Castle?