What is the capital of Colombia?
Bogotá
What is the most commonly spoken language in the world?
English (1.132 million speakers)
What country does ramen come from?
Japan
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Orangutan (Asia)
Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?
Scott Morrison
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is a romance language? Explain what it is and name three.
The Romance languages are the modern languages that evolved from Latin between the third and eighth centuries.
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
What type of food is farfalle?
Pasta
Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the world?
Hippo
USA recently issued the first passport with a gender marker for people who are non-binary or gender non-conforming. M is used for male, F is for female. What letter is used for this new category?
X
Where are the Spanish Steps located?
Rome, Italy
Grammatical gender is how the language deals with nouns. Which of the following languages has the most grammatical genders?
English, German, French
What is this classic French dish with chicken braised in wine called?
Coq au vin
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Red Panda (Asia)
Name three countries that have had successful military coups in the past year.
Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad
What is the smallest country in Central America?
El Salvador
Say hello in 5 different languages other than English.
What's this flavorful Thai papaya salad called?
Som Tam
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Wildebeest (Africa)
Which of the following countries just passed a bill to change its capital city?
The Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia
Indonesia just passed a bill to change its capital city from Jakarta, one of the fastest-sinking and most congested cities on Earth, to Kalimantan, a jungle-covered area on the island of Borneo.
What is the name of the only tropical rainforest in the United States?
Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest
What is a tonal language, also known as a tone language?
A language that changes the meaning of the words with vocal pitch
Name five ingredients of a profiterole.
Butter, flour, eggs, cream, sugar
What are the only two mammals are the only ones known to lay eggs?
The anteater and the duck-billed platypus
Who did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thank today via Twitter for their latest offering of support amid its standoff with Russia?
Canada