Around the World
This country is home to the world's largest desert, the Sahara.
What is Algeria?
This device, first released in 2007, revolutionized mobile communication.
What is the iPhone?
The Japanese festival “Hanami” is centered around the viewing of these flowers.
What are cherry blossoms?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
“Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘Be the change that you wish to see in the ____.’”
What is world?
The city of Istanbul famously straddles two continents. Name them.
What are Europe and Asia?
This Swedish company popularized flat-pack furniture and DIY assembly.
What is Ikea?
In Spain, this annual festival in Pamplona involves participants running in front of a group of charging cattle through the city streets.
What is the Running of the Bulls (San Fermín)?
This country has the most official languages in the world, with 11 recognized national languages.
What is South Africa?
This South African leader said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This river, the longest in South America, flows through nine countries.
What is the Amazon River?
This South African entrepreneur co-founded PayPal and leads SpaceX and Tesla.
Who is Elon Musk?
During the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, people float small decorated baskets on rivers and lakes. The festival is also known as the "Festival of" what?
What is the Festival of Lights?
This scientist developed the theory of general relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
In this 1942 classic film, Humphrey Bogart's character Rick delivers the line, "Here's looking at you, kid," a phrase now synonymous with romantic nostalgia.
What is Casablanca?
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is located in this country.
What is Tanzania?
This artificial intelligence program, developed by DeepMind, famously defeated the world champion of the board game Go in 2016.
What is AlphaGo?
This Hindu spring festival, known for its colorful powders and joyous street parties, is celebrated in India and Nepal to mark the victory of good over evil.
What is Holi?
This ancient structure, built more than 2,000 years ago, is the largest man-made monument and can be seen from space only with aid, not with the naked eye as commonly believed.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This three-word phrase, spoken by a villainous character in a 2008 superhero film, became a cultural catchphrase symbolizing mischief and chaos.
What is "Why so serious?"
This Asian country is the only one in the world to span 11 time zones.
What is Russia?
The world’s first commercial maglev train began operating in this Asian city in 2004.
What is Shanghai?
This Mexican holiday, observed on November 1st and 2nd, honors deceased loved ones with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This ancient city, buried in volcanic ash in 79 AD, provides one of the best-preserved glimpses into Roman life.
What is Pompeii?
"Pull the lever ______!" Hint: think early 2000s Disney