Food
Name a national food of Italy (multiple possible answers)
Lasagna, Pizza, Polenta
Name a national sport of Canada (2 possible answers).
Ice hockey, Lacrosse
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is found in what country?
Italy
What is the official language of Nigeria?
English
Which country produces and consumes the most chocolate per capita in Europe?
Switzerland
The national food of Vietnam is?
Pho
Which country held the 2018 Winter Olympics?
South Korea (PyeongChang)
The tallest building and tallest free-standing structure in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is called what?
Burj Khalifa
The word “alphabet” is derived from what language?
Greek (from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta)
What country produces most of the world’s silk?
China (producing 78%, followed by India)
What region of the world does falafel originate from?
The Middle East
What is the national sport of China?
Table Tennis
The Skytree is a broadcasting tower in Japan. It is the 2nd tallest structure in the world. What city is it located in?
Tokyo (specifically Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan)
After English and Mandarin, the most spoken language in the world is?
Hindi (with 615 million speakers)
In what country is “slurping” or loudly eating a sign that you are enjoying your food?
Japan
The national food of the Philippines is?
Chicken Adobo
What country hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
South Africa
In what country is the ancient Incan mountaintop city of Machu Picchu found?
Peru
Which continent has the most spoken languages?
Asia, with 2300 languages, closely followed by Africa, with 2138 languages
Mexicans and other Latin American countries celebrate New Year’s Eve by eating 12 of what fruit at the stroke of midnight?
Grape
Ugali, also called cornmeal fufu or cornmeal porridge, is the national dish of what country (2 possible answers)
Kenya and Tanzania
What country considers capoeira, a form of martial arts including elements of dance, acrobatics, and music, their national sport?
Brazil
What country is the ancient temple Angkor Wat found in?
Cambodia
What country’s language has the longest alphabet?
Cambodia (Khmer, with 74 characters)
Ethiopia uses a calendar how many years behind the rest of the world?
7 (based on the Coptic or Egyptian calendar, which is 7-8 years behind the mainstream Gregorian calendar)