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What is considered the most prestigious multiple-stage road cycling race in the world?
The longest mountain range in South America
Andes Mountains
This musuem’s original building was first built as a fortress by King Philip II in 1190 to protect the city from Viking raids which then became a royal palace in the 14th century.
Louvre
fluffy animals related to camels and llamas. Their natural fiber resists water and fire
Alpaca
What is Tala’s shoe size?
40
Rare subterranean fungi that grows in underground symbiotic relationships with tree roots - known as the “diamonds of the earth”.
Truffle
ancient space rocks left over from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most of them live in a busy region between Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroids
This European city is older than Rome, sits on seven hills, and houses the world's oldest active bookstore (1732). It suffered a massive earthquake, fire and tsunami that nearly destroyed the city in 1775 on All Saints’ day
Lisbon
This tabletop game was invented by mistake when engineers started the project in 1969 just to see if they could make a puck float on a cushion of air
Air Hockey
Where did Tala travel this summer?
France & Italy
Europeans once feared this food as poisonous and Italians used to call it Pomo d’oro (Golden Apples) because the earliest ______ brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century were often yellow or orange
Tomatoes
an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that means "life" or "breath of life". It is often called the “key of life”
Ankh
This transportation vehicle was built in Arkansas in 1928 by Armbruster, primarily to haul big band jazz musicians and their massive instruments.
Limousine
A landlocked European country who has the oldest operating zoo (1752), restaurant and inn (803 AD), largest ice cave system on Earth (42 km) and tallest waterfall in Europe (380 meters)
Austria
A passionate and dramatic dance that started in the late 19th century in the poor port areas of [Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay]
Tango
a large, unopened flower bud from a massive thistle plant in the daisy family. It was, for many centuries, banned from female consumption because of its so-called aphrodisiac properties
Artichoke
This European country was once the largest in Europe in the 14th century stretching from the Baltic Sea all the way to the Black Sea. It was the last country in “Christian Europe” to convert.
Lithuania
In which Islamic period was the choice of solid black Abayyas grew very popular as a sign of elegance and prestige?
Abbasid (8-13 century)
An ancient food made by pressing coagulated soy milk into solid blocks. It has a history spanning more than 2,000 years
Tofu
a nocturnal mammal native to Africa. Known for its pig-like snout, rabbit-like ears, it is the only living species in its entire taxonomic order, making it a true living fossil with no close living relatives outside of a distant tie to elephants :(
Aardvark
Romans and ancient people used this plant to scent their bath water and clean clothes. It was used by ancient Egyptians in mummification and by royalty for everyday hygiene. It derives its name from a Latin word that means “to wash”
Lavender
a metal device that converts electrical signals into radio waves, or radio waves back into electrical signals
Antenna