Fun Facts
In what country is flamenco a style of dance?
Spain
What country has the most lakes in the world?
Canada
What language has the second most native speakers?
Spanish
Which major world religions claim Jerusalem as a holy city?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Which country was known to have czars?
Russia
What is the most popular sport in Japan?
Baseball
Which country is 99% covered in a desert?
Libya
What’s the most linguistically diverse COUNTRY in the world?
Papua New Guinea
What country is the most diverse culturally, economically, climatically, racially, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously?
India
What currency is used in Italy?
The Euro
What is Dracula's nationality (according to current political geography)?
Romania
Which country is smaller than New York’s Central Park?
Monaco
Which country speaks an English based creole called Patois?
Jamaica
What is the proper name for the group of people commonly referred to as gypsies?
The Roma
Which country has the most people behind bars?
USA
What country has the most overweight population( according to WHO in 2007)?
Nauru
What country covers the most time zones?
France
Persian is spoken in what country?
Iran
What country has the largest population of Muslims?
Indonesia
Which country is the world’s largest opium producer?
Afghanistan
Which country has the highest per capita consumption of alcohol?
Belarus
What African country is landlocked and completely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho
Language death is happening at an extremely fast rate. This occurs when there are no more native speakers of a language. What is the current rate that languages are dying according to linguists? -one language every two weeks
One language every two weeks
Which ethnicity is spread across Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq?
The Kurds
Which country has more citizens that live abroad than within the country?
Malta