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This Neolithic site in present-day Turkey, considered one of the world's first temples, predates Stonehenge by over 6,000 years and features massive carved stones arranged in circles.

What is Göbekli Tepe?

100

3.9 million square miles in area; about 10 people per square mile; goin' to Saskatoon? We got room for ya

What is Canada?

100

This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails

What is Baleen?

100

George Eliot's poem "God Needs Antonio" praises this master maker of musical instruments

What is Stradivarius?

100

The third-largest island in the world, it touches the Java, Sulu & South China Seas

What is Borneo?

200

 This pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico is known for its large pyramid structures, including the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, and was a significant urban center of the Mesoamerican Classic period.

What is Teotihuacan?

200

Vatnajokull Glacier calls to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere

What is Iceland?

200

The most intelligent of all invertebrates is thought to be O. vulgaris, the common type of this cephalopod

What is Octopus?

200

Lady Mary Chudleigh's "To the Ladies" warns fiancees that this "and servant are the same / But only differ in the name"

What are wives?

200

A cement quarry near Sucre, judicial capital of this country, is the site of numerous dinosaur tracks

What is Bolivia?
300

Situated on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, this UNESCO World Heritage site is famous for its nearly 900 monumental statues called moai, created by the Rapa Nui people.

What is Easter Island (Rapa Nui)?

300

We're one big island! (& several small ones); lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)

What is Madagascar?

300

Males of this small marine creature carry the fertilized eggs in a brood pouch beneath a prehensile tail

What is a seahorse?

300

She loved her iambs, as in "Because I could not stop for Death"

Who is Emily Dickinson

300

A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains

What is Blue Ridge?

400

This ancient city in modern-day Iraq, known for its ziggurat and the famous Code of Hammurabi, was one of the earliest cradles of civilization in the Mesopotamian region.

What is Bayblon?

400

A few balboas is a small price to explore a bridge between two continents

What is Panama?

400

The loggerhead species of this reptile often feeds on jellyfish in the open seas

What is turtle?

400

The 44 sonnets in an 1850 volume by her are largely in iambic pentameter

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

400

This 215-mile-long Australian river shares a name with the capital of Queensland

What is Brisibane?

500

Located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, this Iron Age site is believed to have been the capital of a powerful kingdom from the 9th to the 13th centuries, known for its advanced trade networks and stone enclosures.

What is Mapungubwe?

500

3 decades free from being the second name in a paired country, see the Gate of Freedom Monument near the Morava River

What is Slovakia?

500

This name for a common sea snail is also that of a blue-violet flower

What is periwinkle?

500

Her 1883 "1492" celebrates "A virgin world where doors of sunset part, / Saying, 'Ho, all who weary, enter here!'"

Who is Emma Lazarus?

500

Though the majority of this country's population is Hutu, the Tutsi minority has historically held power there

What is Burundi?

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