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This Italian dish consists of layered flat pasta, ragù, and often béchamel sauce.
Lasagna
The capital of France, known for the Eiffel Tower
What is Paris
"Hola" is a common greeting in this widely spoken Romance language
What is Spanish
The longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile
The currency used in Japan
What is the Yen
A traditional Japanese soup made from a stock called "dashi" into which softened paste of this fermented soybean is mixed.
Miso Soup
This city, on the banks of the River Plate, is the capital of Argentina
What is Buenos Aires
This East Asian language uses characters known as Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
What is Japanese
This mountain range separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
What are the Himalayas
This traditional Scottish wind instrument features a bag, chanters, and drones.
What is the bagpipes
This spicy cabbage dish is a staple in Korean cuisine.
Kimchi
The capital and largest city of Thailand, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
What is Bangkok
The most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.
What is Mandarin Chinese
The largest desert in the world that is not a polar desert
What is the Sahara Desert
The running of these animals is a famous, and dangerous, part of the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain.
What are bulls
The name for this pungent blue cheese comes from the English village where it was first made famous.
Stilton
This African capital city's name means "place of cool waters" in the Maasai language
What is Nairobi (Kenya)
The sacred text of Islam, the Quran, was originally written in this Semitic language, now spoken by hundreds of millions across the middle east and north africa
what is Arabic
This strait separates Alaska from Russia
What is the Bering Strait
This annual festival of lights is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists around the world.
What is Diwali
This expensive spice, derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, is often used in paella.
What is Saffron
Though not its country's largest city, this city serves as the capital of Australia
What is Canberra
An artificial language created by L.L. Zamenhof in the late 19th century, intended as a universal second language.
What is Esperanto
The only continent that lies in all four hemispheres
What is Africa
The Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the world's longest rail routes, primarily travels across this country.
What is Russia