Places that aren't countries
This fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often called the cradle of civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
He was a major in the French and Indian War, fighting for the British.
Who is George Washington?
Exothermic chemical reactions release energy as heat and light when molecular bonds are broken and reformed.
Why is fire hot?
הטעויות שלי בעברית
What is Hebrew?
This English word originally meant ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese.
What is karaoke?
This region in modern-day Turkey is also called Asia Minor.
What is Anatolia?
She was denied admission into Krakow University in 1894 because she was a woman.
Marie Curie
Rayleigh scattering causes shorter wavelengths of visible light to disperse more than longer ones.
Why is the sky blue?
Единственное место
What is Cyrillic?
This English word for a regular wage comes from the Latin for “salt,” once a form of payment for Roman soldiers.
What is salary?
This European region, once known as Illyria, today includes parts of countries such as Croatia, Bosnia, and Albania.
What are the Balkans?
He worked as an Argentinian bouncer before achieving fame in Italy.
Who is Pope Francis?
Activation of T1R2/T1R3 receptor proteins on the tongue stimulates neural pathways associated with caloric detection.
Why is sugar sweet?
괜찮은 것 같아요
What is Hangul?
This word for a 40-day isolation period during plague outbreaks comes from Venetian Italian, meaning “forty days.”
What is quarantine?
This region, straddling parts of Hungary and Romania, was once ruled by Vlad the Impaler.
What is Transylvania?
An important leader in World War I, it appeared his political prospects were over after the disastrous Battle of Gallipoli.
Who is Winston Churchill?
Rhythmic contractions of laryngeal and diaphragmatic muscles produce low-frequency vibrations, linked to both social communication and potential self-healing behaviors.
Why do cats purr?
ཁྱེད་རང་ག་ནས་ཡིམ
What is Tibetan?
The Canary Islands were named after this animal.
What is a dog?
This region in southern Spain, once under Moorish rule, is famous for flamenco and cities like Seville and Granada.
What is Andalusia?
She was a minor German princess named Sophia who married into the Romanov dynasty at just 16 years old.
Who is Catherine the Great?
Scientists still aren't sure, though proposed functions include memory consolidation, metabolic restoration, and neural waste clearance.
Why do we sleep?
ကြိုဆိုပါတယ်
What is Burmese?
This 1800s author coined the term "chortle".
Who is Lewis Carroll?