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100
This Tanzanian mountain is the tallest in Africa, and its peak is the highest in the world relative to sea level.
What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
100
This state contains the eastern-most point in the United States.
What is Maine?
100
This far-eastern country is sometimes known by a translation of its name, as "The Land of the Rising Sun".
What is Japan?
(日本, Nihon, literally means "root (or origin) of the sun")
100
The American Opossum is the only member of this pouched sub-category of mammals that does not live in Oceania.
What are marsupials?
100
Trannsylvania, the famed home of "Count Dracula" is found in this country.
What is Romania?
200
This Egyptian queen ruled Egypt with her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten at the height of the Dynastic period.
Who is Nefertiti?
200
The kayak is first known to have been used by these people, though the original ones were covered in seal hide.
Who are the Inuit?
(Will also accept Eskimo, Inupiaq, Aleut, or Yupik)
200
The Manila folder is so called because it was originally made from hemp grown in this country.
What is the Philippines?
200
Anyone surviving the 80s will better remember actor Paul Hogan, as this iconic character.
Who is Crocodile Dundee?
200
This geographic region is part of the United Kingdom, but not of Great Britain.
What is Northern Ireland?
300
The shield shown here was a standard accessory for these famed warriors of King Shaka, and appears even now on the flag of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Who are the Zulu?
300
He is the man shown here, with the writing system he created for his native Cherokee language: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ.
Who is Sequoyah?
300
This "Temple City" ruins is one of Cambodia's most popular tourist sites, and was once surrounded my a 3 km moat.
What is Angkor Wat?
300
Critically acclaimed films, The Whale Rider and Once Were Warriors are about the lives of these Natives New Zealanders.
Who are the Maori?
300
Belgium is made up of a French-speaking region, and a Dutch-speaking region. These are the names of those regions. (Will grant 300 each.)
What are Flanders and Waloonia?
400
The distinct style of music heard here originated in the Congo, but has become famous throughout Africa and the world:
What is Soukous?
400
Inspired by the French Revolution, slaves in this country led a successful revolt against their colonizers, ending in 1804. While the colonizers eventually regained control, slavery was abolished here immediately following these events.
What is Haiti?
(Will also accept Hispaniola; half-credit for the Dominican Republic)
400
Not Los Angeles, this "City of Angels" official name is over 60 syllables. In the English speaking world, it is referred to by this much shorter 2-syllable version.
What is Bangkok?
Or: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit
400
This iconic Australian rock band, known for their politically activist songs, reached their peak of popularity in the 90s with songs like "Beds are Burning" and "Blue Sky Mine". Their lead singer later went on to become the Minister for the Environment and Minister for Education
Who is Midnight Oil?
400
Many common Spanish words like izqiuerdo/a (left), conejo (rabbit), and zorro/a (fox) do not have cognates in other Romance languages, as they are borrowed from this language, and not derived from Latin.
What is Basque?
500
This language was Nelson Mandela's mother tongue, known for its uncommon click sounds. His nation or ethnic group shares the same name.
(Bonus 100 pts if you can pronounce it correctly ;) )
What is Xhosa?
500
The oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica, these people independently developed a writing system and the concept of zero, arguably the earliest known usage.
Who are the Olmecs?
(The Babylonians had a zero-like concept a few hundred years earlier, but their zero was more of a place-holder that never occurred in isolation.)500
This country recently caught the UN's attention for preferring "Gross National Happiness" over "Gross National Product" as their indicator of development.
What is Bhutan?
500
This Australian sprinter became the center of controversy at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for displaying the Aboriginal flag alongside the Australian flag after her win at the 400m win, despite unofficial flags being banned.
Who is Cathy Freeman?
500
Sometimes known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds", this man fought to unify Italy in the mid 1800s before going on to help reconstitute Uruguay during its Civil War.
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?