The Americas
This Colombian singer headlined the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa with the hit song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)."
Who is Shakira?
This famous museum is located on the banks of the Seine River in Paris.
What is the Louvre Museum?
During this holiday, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, many Muslims will fast from sunrise to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
This river, running most famously through Egypt, is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This country's unique wildlife includes dingos, wombats, kangaroos, and kookaburras.
What is Australia?
Celebrated in the United States, this holiday commemorates the day the final enslaved people in Texas learned they were free.
What is Juneteenth?
This international song competition will be held this year in Vienna, Austria and feature (interestingly) several countries outside of Europe.
What is Eurovision?
This traditional Indian garment is made of unstitched fabric draped over the shoulders.
What is a sari?
With the majority of native speakers in the eastern part of Sub-Saharan Africa, this is the most spoken language on the African continent.
What is Swahili?
This collective group of islands, currently controlled by France, includes the Marquesas Islands, widely thought to be origin of both people and language for the rest of the Pacific Islands.
What is French Polynesia?
What was the Inca Empire?
This person was shot in Sarajevo in 1914, triggering the start of World War I.
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
This man is most famous for uniting the Mongol tribes in the 13th Century.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This man, who may have been the richest in the world at the time, went on Hajj from Mali to Mecca in 1324. His gifts of gold in Egypt specifically may have caused an economic downturn by affecting the value of gold.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Made of pounded taro root, or kalo, this traditional Hawaiian food has a somewhat pudding-like consistency.
What is poi?
This is Canada's only Major League Baseball team, which lost the 2025 World Series to the LA Dodgers in seven games.
Who are the Toronto Blue Jays?
I am a Nordic country. My flag has a white background and a blue Nordic cross.
What is Finland?
Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this is currently the tallest building in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
This traditional (primarily) West African dish is made of pounded cassava.
What is fufu?
This dance, often confused with hula at lūʻau, is done with different drums and a choppier style.
What is Tahitian?
This Caribbean religious practice originated from blending of West African traditions brought by enslaved people and colonial Christian practices.
What is Haitian Vodou?
At roughly 0.2 mi2, this is the smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City?
This is the nature-oriented religion is the indigenous religion of Japan.
What is Shinto/Shintoism?
With official races held here between 1967-1985 and 1992-1993, this is the only African country to have hosted a Formula One race.
What is South Africa?
This island in the country of Kiribati uses differently size circular stones with square cutouts as currency.
What is Yap?