WORLD GEO
Easy: This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Easy: Capital of France?
What is Paris?
Easy: This Japanese dish is made with vinegared rice and often seafood.
What is Sushi?
Easy: This ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza.
What are the Egyptians?
Easy: This sport is played at Wimbledon.
What is Tennis?
Tolerable: World’s largest island?
What is Greenland?
Tolerable: This capital is located on the Danube River and is known for its historic Chain Bridge.
What is Budapest?
Tolerable: This Korean fermented vegetable dish is traditionally made with napa cabbage.
What is Kimchi?
Tolerable: This city was buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
What is Pompeii?
Tolerable (for soccer or futbol fans): The Davis Cup is an international competition in this sport.
What is Tennis?
Heat: This country is the only one that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
Heat: This capital’s name means “place of peace” in Mongolian.
What is Ulaanbaatar?
Heat: This Persian New Year begins at the spring equinox.
What is Nowruz?
Heat: This empire was ruled by Mansa Musa, one of history’s wealthiest people.
What was the Mali Empire?
Heat: This country has won the most Olympic medals in field hockey.
What is India?
Hard: This landlocked country is entirely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
Hard: This capital was once called Christiania.
What is Oslo?
Hard: This Māori ceremonial dance is often performed by New Zealand’s national rugby team.
What is Haka?
Hard: This 1648 peace settlement ended the Thirty Years’ War.
What was the Peace of Westphalia?
Hard-ish: The Jules Rimet Trophy was the original name of this famous sporting trophy.
What is the World Cup?
Insanity: This country is home to the world’s largest inland body of water.
What is Khazakstan?
Insanity: This capital was formerly known as Léopoldville.
What is Kinshasa?
Insanity: This West African system of divination is traditionally practiced by Yoruba babalawos.
What is an Ifa?
Insanity: This 1494 treaty divided newly claimed lands between Spain and Portugal.
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Insanity: The All Blacks are the national team of this country.
What is New Zealand?