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Brazil
Taylor Swift
Customs and Traditions
100

A Thai adjective ใจกว้าง consists of words ใจ that means "heart" and กว้าง  that means "wide". What does the word ใจกว้าง mean?

Generous

100

Only 2 years ago was this species of animals reintroduced into Kazakh wilderness from European zoos as their population seemed to have grown from alarmingly low numbers 

Przewalski's horse 

100

Name the capital of Brazil :)

Brasilia

100

What is the SWIFT system used for?

International money transfer and communication of financial messages 

100

In the province of Lopburi in central Thailand there is a tradition to yearly organise a feast for them as they are thought to bring good luck. They never say no to a treat :) 

Monkeys 

200

In Irish the word for "water" is "uisce" and the word for "life" is "beatha". Translate the collocation "uisce beatha" into English in one word.  

Whiskey

200

Precious Reynolds, an 8-year-old from Humboldt County, California, became the third person in the United States to survive this almost always deadly infection without receiving a vaccination shot.

Rabies

200

First level subdivision of Brazil is called like this just like in several other countries 

A state

200

Name the first Taylor Swift's album 

Taylor Swift

200

In Gloucestershire, England, there is a spring celebration where people roll THEM down the hill

Wheels of cheese

300

Iceland has the policy of "Linguistic Purism" that discourages loanwords from entering the Icelandic language. As a result, words for new items and phenomena come from already existing Icelandic words. What does the word "tölva" mean if it's a combination of Icelandic words "tala" (number) and "völva" (prophetess)?

Computer

300

In 1999 skydiver Joan Murray survived a more than 4-kilometre fall after falling on IT. It kept her heart beating due to constant surges of adrenaline pumping in her blood.   

Anthill 

300

Acre is a remote Brazilian region on the Peruvian boarder. To withstand a seasonal severe weather condition, many houses in the region have THEM 

Stilts

300

Common swift is one of few birds than can do this while still flying 

Sleep 

300

There is a tradition in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico to carve such vegetables if they grow too big. The figurines come out nice, tasty and colourful. In theory, the tradition could be adopted in Russia as well ;) 

Radishes

400

A Chinese word "婚介" consists of two characters: "婚" that means wedding and "介" that means to introduce. What does the word "婚介" mean?

Matchmaking 

400

On September 13, 1848 an American railroad construction worker Phineas Gage was pushing an explosive pack into a hole with a tamping iron. Suddenly, the pack exploded throwing the rod through his head. Miraculously, Phineas remained conscious and able to speak. The rod went through his brain but (almost) did not affect any vital parts. His left eye couldn't see and also the incident led to drastic changes in THIS for Phineas. 

His personality

400

Almost 10% (9.94% to be precise) of total population of them live in Brazil. The next country is Mexico that accounts for more than 7%. 

Catholics 

400

The queen of Portugal Juana was the first one to wear a hoop skirt (an undergarment that has a frame of horizontal hoops) for exactly this reason 

To hide her pregnancy 
400

The largest race of such unusual animals was held in Arizona in 2019. Since then the tradition became an annual occurrence.

Ostriches

500

The Vietnamese word for a teacher is "thầy cô".  "Thầy" and "cô" can be used as two separate words with a very similar meaning but yet with a key distinction. Translate them into English. 

"Thầy" means "a male teacher" and "cô" means a female teacher.

500

Famously Cain was condemned to "restless wandering" and immortality for killing his brother Able. What was the motive of the murder? 

Whilst Cain was tilling the ground and picking fruit, Able was caring for their flocks. Cain offered fruit and vegetables to God whereas Able gave him newborn goats, calves and sheep. God loved Able's gifts more and Cain got jealous. 

500

Unfortunately, crime rate in Brazil remains somewhat high and their prisons are still far from being empty. However, inmate can get their sentences reduced if they DO this. The more they do it, the smaller their sentence becomes 

Read books 

500

Usain Bolt is famously the fastest person on Earth. However, this American athlete became the swiftest woman on Earth in 2019 after she ran a 100-metre distance in just 10.75 seconds!  

Sha'Carri Richardson 

500

The Malagasy people (those who populate Madagascar) have a tradition of dancing with the deceased during funerals as a way of celebrating life. But THIS is what makes it especially weird.

They do it ever 7 years

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