Where in the World?
The Forbidden City
What is China?
Rotund feline
What is a fat cat?
Observations of the Bullet Cluster are considered indisputable evidence for the existence of this type of matter, which does not interact with light.
What is dark matter?
This Russian empress came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III
Who is Catherine the Great?
Celebrated in February or March the day before Ash Wednesday, this big New Orleans holiday is famous for its elaborate parades, masked balls, and bead-throwing
What is Mardi Gras?
Angkor Wat
What is Cambodia?
What is a fish dish?
While fighting on the Eastern front of WWI, Karl Schwarzschild derived the first exact solution to Einstein's Field Equations, which predicted the existence of this. Karl was killed a year later (rip).
What are black holes?
The most famous nurse of the Crimean War, historians now wonder if she was queer.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Celebrated on December 13th, this holiday named after a saint marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Sweden and involves a procession of girls dressed in white robes with candles on their heads
What is St Lucia's Day?
Mount Etna
What is Italy?
Friendly Ancient Egyptian
Chummy mummy
The moons of this planet are all named after characters from Shakespeare plays.
What is Uranus?
Her contributions to the study of DNA went largely unrecognized during her life, and many people believe she was robbed of a Nobel prize by Watson & Crick
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This island nation celebrates "Obon," a Buddhist holiday held in mid-August, where families honor the spirits of their ancestors through traditional dances, lantern lighting, and visiting graves
What is Japan?
Ha Long Bay
What is Vietnam?
Big bet
What is a major wager?
In 1774, Charles Messier published a catalogue of seemingly random astronomical observations. In reality, the objects listed shared the same trait in that none of them were this type of object.
What is a comet?
Who is Theodora?
This is the world’s largest food fight, held annually in Buñol, Spain and featuring a common red vegetable
What is La Tomatina?
Sigiriya
What is Sri Lanka?
Sweet dish after a meal that is unreactive (much like a Noble gas)
What is an inert dessert?
According to the Giant Impact Hypothesis, debris from an ancient collision between Earth and this planet (named after one of the 12 titans) formed the Moon.
After her land was annexed by the Romans and her people attacked following the death of her husband, this British Iceni queen led an uprising so brutal that it created a layer of ash visible to archeologists today & named after her
Think: ~60 CE
Who is Boudica?
This African country celebrates "Timkat" on January 19th, commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River with colorful processions, rituals, and the reenactment of the baptism
What is Ethiopia?