Most Italian words end in _____
A vowel
This French landmark is the most visited paid monument in the world
The Eiffel Tower
La Tomatina, a festival in Spain, is an event where the participants throw what at each other?
Tomatoes
The name of the set location used to film the Shire in the Lord of the Rings
Hobbiton
Though papyrus originated in Egypt, the first true paper was developed during the Easter Han period in which country?
China (200 BC)
Name 3 of the official languages used within the United Nations (additional points if you can answer all of them)
English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, French
The Taj Mahal in India was built with the help of what animal?
Elephants
In Austria and other parts of Eastern Europe people make offerings to this figure, a foil to St Nick
Krampus
The iconic cliffs of Isla Numbar in Jurassic Park are actually the coast of which Hawaiian Island
Kauai
A mummy nicknamed "The Iceman" was found in the Alps wearing one of these first accessories
A hat
What language has the most native speakers?
Mandarin Chinese
This Egyptian landmark is one of the only remaining "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" that you can still visit
The pyramids of Giza
Paris Hilton is permanently banned from Germany's Oktoberfest for promoting what?
Canned Wine
An Ancient Temple of Petra, Jordan serves as the home of what artifact in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Holy Grail
Attendees at the 1950 Canadian Exhibition were able to play the first ever what?
Video Game "Bertie the Brain"
Besides Antartica and Australia which continent has the least number of spoken languages?
Europe
Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue frequently deals with what weather phenomenon
Lightning strikes
A December Festival in Oaxaca Mexico features this intricately carved vegetable
Radishes
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The earliest instance of prosthetics was found buried with a woman in ancient Iran. What was it specifically made for?
Her Eye
6th Grade level literacy in Mandarin Chinese requires memorization of this many hanzi characters
3000 read, 2,500 written
The Angkor Wat is a major tourist attraction and attracts more than 2.5 million visitors every year as a World Heritage site in this country.
Cambodia
Hannukkah is recognizing the victory of this Jewish group against the Greeks and King Antiochus
The Maccabees
Despite its name, Casablanca was filmed in this location instead of the titular North African city
Burbank California
Jerusalem