Famous Places
What sea separates Europe from Africa?
(What is the Mediterranean Sea?)
A tree that keeps its needles year-round is called this.
(What is an evergreen?)
The world's first successful powered airplane was built by these people.
(Who are the Wright Brothers?)
Paella originated in this country.
(What is Spain?)
A word that means the same as another word is called this.
(What is a synonym?)
The gemstone traditionally associated with July.
(What is a ruby?)
Which Canadian city is known as the "City of Bridges"?
(What is Saskatoon?)
The Northern Lights are also known by this Latin name.
(What is the Aurora Borealis?)
The famous Route 66 originally connected Chicago to this city.
(What is Los Angeles?)
Gouda cheese comes from this country.
(What is the Netherlands?)
A word spelled the same forwards and backwards is called this.
(What is a palindrome?)
This game uses tiles worth points based on the letters printed on them.
(What is Scrabble?)
The Kremlin is located in this city.
(What is Moscow?)
What is the tallest species of tree in the world?
(What is the coast redwood?)
This canal, opened in 1914, dramatically shortened the voyage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
(What is the Panama Canal?)
Pho is a traditional soup from this country.
(What is Vietnam?)
The punctuation mark used to show omitted letters in "don't."
(What is an apostrophe?)
How many squares are on a standard chessboard?
(What is 64?)
Which European river flows through Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade?
(What is the Danube?)
Which bird has the largest wingspan?
(What is the wandering albatross?)
What does the "SS" stand for in ship names like SS Minnow?
(What is Steam Ship?)
Baklava is a popular dessert in this country and throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
(What is Turkey? Accept: Greece.)
This language has the most native speakers in the world.
(What is Mandarin Chinese?)
How many stars appear on the flag of the European Union?
(What is 12?)
Petra, famous for its rock-cut architecture, is located in this country.
(What is Jordan?)
Which mammal has the longest migration of any land mammal?
(What is the caribou?)
What is the world's longest railway line?
(What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?)
Kimchi is the national dish of this country.
(What is South Korea?)
What is the only English word ending in "-mt"?
(What is dreamt?)
This ancient Greek physician is often called the "Father of Medicine."
(Who is Hippocrates?)