Flags & Symbols
This is the only country in the world whose national flag is non-rectangular, consisting of two stacked triangles.
What is Nepal?
Tomatoes, potatoes, and chili peppers all originated in this pair of continents before spreading worldwide via trade routes.
What are the Americas (North and South America)?
Made from a tree branch hollowed out naturally by termites, this wind instrument was invented by Indigenous Australians.
What is the Didgeridoo?
This continent contains the largest rainforest in the world as well as the longest mountain range above sea level.
What is South America?
With over 1 billion native speakers, this is the most spoken language in the world by native speaker count.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
The green color commonly found on many national flags usually symbolizes this physical feature of a country.
What is land, agriculture, or nature?
This famous Japanese dish made with wheat noodles in broth actually originated in China before becoming a staple of Japanese street food.
What is Ramen?
This West African string instrument features a hollowed gourd resonator covered in cow skin and functions like a harp.
What is the Kora?
Bordering 14 different countries, this is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
Unlike English, writing systems like Arabic and Hebrew are written and read in this direction across a page.
What is right to left?
The six colors of this African nation's flag—red, white, green, blue, yellow, and black—were chosen in 1994 to represent post-apartheid unity.
What is South Africa?
In many traditional cultures across West Africa and India, it is custom to eat meals using only this hand.
What is the right hand?
Reggae music originated on this Caribbean island nation before spreading globally in the late 20th century.
What is Jamaica?
This river, flowing through northeastern Africa, is historically considered the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This colorful spring holiday, celebrated primarily in India, is known worldwide as the "Festival of Colors."
What is Holi?
The trident featured on the flag of Barbados is missing its handle to symbolize the nation's break from this former colonial power.
What is the United Kingdom (or Great Britain)?
This root crop, also known as yuca or manioc, is a primary calorie source for hundreds of millions of people in tropical regions.
What is cassava?
This vocal technique, famous in Tuva and Mongolia, allows a single singer to produce two distinct musical pitches at the same time.
What is throat singing (or overtone singing)?
Located in the Pacific Ocean, this trench contains the deepest known point on Earth.
What is the Mariana Trench?
Traditional Japanese Kimonos are wrapped left-over-right across the body except during this specific ceremony or event.
What is a funeral?
This term refers to any emblem, coat of arms, or symbol placed on a flag's background field.
What is a charge?
The famous Mexican chocolate-and-spice sauce known as Mole was originally developed in this historic Mesoamerican civilization's culinary tradition.
What is the Aztec (or Mayan) tradition?
The musical term for emphasizing off-beats or unaccented beats, foundational to African rhythm patterns and global pop music, is called this.
What is syncopation?
Istanbul, Turkey, is famous for being the only major city in the world located on these two continents simultaneously.
What are Europe and Asia?
Ghanaian Kente cloth was historically woven exclusively for royalty out of this valuable natural fiber.
What is silk?