Sports
This is the only country to have qualified and played in every single men's FIFA World Cup tournament.
+ 300 if you can tell me many world cups have they won
Brazil (they have won 5 )
She was the only mortal of the three snake-haired Gorgon sisters, making her vulnerable to Perseus's blade.
Medusa
Straddling Europe and Asia, this historic Turkish metropolis is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Istabul
Represented by the symbol K on the periodic table, this element is abundant in bananas.
potassium
This is the specific, highly technical name for the flesh-colored skin flap that hangs under a turkey's throat.
Wattle
This is the specific name for a score of zero in tennis, derived from the French word for "the egg".
Love
This Titaness of divine law and order is traditionally depicted holding the scales of justice while blindfolded.
Double points if you can spell correctly
Themis
Meaning "white mountain" in French, this is the highest peak in the Alps.
Mont Blanc
This type of subatomic particle carries no electrical charge and resides in the nucleus of an atom.
neutron
The mathematical term "googol" (a 1 followed by 100 zeros) was coined in 1920 by this man's 9-year-old nephew.
Edward Kasner
He is the only athlete in sports history to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.
Deion Sanders
According to Hesiod's Theogony, this primeval void was the very first thing to exist, from which the universe emerged.
Chaos
This landlocked nation, bordered by Switzerland and Austria, is one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world.
Liechtenstein
This is the specific, scientific term for the process by which a solid turns directly into a gas, bypassing the liquid state.
sublimation
In 2006, this sovereign nation became the only country in modern history to completely ban plastic bags nationwide by law.
Bangladesh
This multi-sport legend famously tried out for the Chicago White Sox in 1994, playing a stint in minor league baseball.
Michael Jordan
This son of Hermes is the god of rustic music and shepherds, famous for his half-goat form and causing irrational fear.
Pan
This narrow, strategic body of water separates the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman and the open ocean.
Strait of Hormuz
This geological scale, ranging from 1 to 10, is used to measure the scratch resistance and hardness of minerals.
Mohs scale
This specific, obscure word describes the creaking, groaning sound made by a ship's timber under heavy strain at sea.
Querkening
Meaning "the red ones" in German, this is the official nickname of the soccer club Bayern Munich.
Die Roten
Escorted by Charon, souls of the dead drank from this specific underworld river to completely wipe their earthly memories.
+100 for each underworld river you can name
Lethe, other rivers are Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Styx
This is the official, primary administrative capital city of South Africa, housing the executive branch.
Pretoria
These are the specialized, specialized structures within a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
chloroplasts
This European capital city is the only one in the world that directly borders two independent countries (Austria and Hungary).
Slovakia