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A series of waves in a body of water caused by the displacement of a large volume of water [Japanese]
Tsunami
One of the world's most populous countries, it's in the delta of the Ganges & Brahmaputra Rivers.
What is Bangladesh?
He's the star of the Mission Impossible movies.
Cruise
He was the chief god of the ancient Greeks.
Who is Zeus?
The ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu is perched above the Urubamba River valley in this nation.
What is Peru?
An icon or figure representing a particular person [Sanskrit]
Avatar
Situated underneath Russia and adjacent to China, it's the world's largest landlocked country.
What is Kazakhstan?
She starred as Leslie Knope in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Poehler
They were Zeus's two brothers, the god of the sea and the god of the underworld.
Who are Poseidon and Hades?
Spewing more than 500 million tons of ash into the sky Mount St. Helens erupted in this state in 1980.
What is Washington?
A plain, narrow bed [Urdu]
Cot
The name of this small country wedged among Germany France & Belgium means little fortress.
What is Luxembourg?
She starred in the Fox sitcom New Girl and has appeared in films such as Yes Man, Bridge to Terabithia, and 500 Days of Summer.
Deschanel
It took him 10 years to get back home after fighting in the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
Fuegians are residents of this rugged South American region.
What is Tierra del Fuego?
A wide range of something; a variety [Scandinavian]
Smorgasbord
Providing plentiful irrigation the Zambezi River is an important artery of this country in southern Africa.
What is Mozambique?
He starred in Interstellar and won an Academy Award for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
McConaughey
According to legend, he flew too close to the sun.
Who is Icarus?
This quiet cove of southwest Cuba came to sudden world attention in the spring of 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The time at which something is most powerful or successful [Arabic]
Zenith
More than 600 islands make up The Federated States of this Pacific nation in Oceania.
What is Micronesia?
He starred in the Hangover trilogy and currently hosts the talk show Between Two Ferns.
Galifianakis
This is the only Olympian god to have the same name in Roman and Greek mythology.
Who is Apollo?
This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935.
What is Angel Falls?