Nobel Peace Prizes
In 1962 JFK nominated this first lady from an earlier administration for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Russia annexed this peninsula between the Black Sea & the Sea of Azov in 1783; wouldn't be the last time they tried that, either.
What is Crimea?
According to World Book lists, it's the only continent without an ancient, man-made, or natural wonder.
What is Antarctica?
This one of the 3 main states of matter has no fixed shape or volume.
What is Gas?
These types of islands, such as Horn or Ship, help protect coastal communities from hurricanes.
What are Barrier Islands?
Theodore Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending a war between these 2 countries.
What are Russia and Japan?
Separating Africa from Arabia, the Red Sea is a long, narrow arm of this ocean.
What is the Indian?
Climb all 2,909 stairs to level 160 of this building that opened in 2010; you probably should get permission & remember... hydrate!
What is the Burj Khalifa?
Most scientists recognize that there are this many states of matter, and don't worry about the capitals.
What is Four?
This powerful warm current flows north from the Gulf into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Gulf Stream?
In 1989 the award was given to Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th holder of this religious title.
What is the Dalai Lama?
The Gulf of Finland, bordered by Finland, Russia & Estonia, is an arm of this sea.
What is the North Sea?
You'll take "El Gigante", a 72-foot one of the Moai, or stone statues on this island? Great, now let's talk shipping.
What is Rapa Nui (Easter Island also acceptable)?
Like a teenager or the Moon, matter may go through one of these states, such as liquid or gas.
What is a Phase?
The world's largest fish, these Gulf residents, can gather in large groups to feed near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What are Whale Sharks?
Unlike the other 5 categories, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in this city.
What is Oslo?
The Indus River flows 1,900 miles before emptying into this sea that shares its name with an adjacent peninsula.
What is the Arabian Sea?
Christopher Wren's epitaph at this London cathedral says in Latin, "if you seek his monument, look around you".
What is St. Paul's?"
States of it include plasma & the Bose-Einstein condensate.
What is Matter?
This bird of the genus Actitis gets its name from running along seashores making short, high-pitched noises.
What is a Sandpiper?
In 2019 Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with this rival country.
What is Eritrea?
The 'seven seas' of Medieval Europe were typically regarded as the North, Baltic, Arabian, Red, Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and this ocean.
What is the Atlantic?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The largest church in the world is not located in Europe, rather in this African country, whose population is only about 40% Christian.
What is Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast also acceptable)?
Liquids & solids are states of this that sit there; swirlons, such as flocks of birds, are parts of the newer concept of "active" this.
What is Matter?
As visitors to this island adorned with a casino tore out the grass keeping the sand together, it slowly sunk into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Isle of Capri?