Geography
This U.S. state is the only one made up entirely of islands.
Hawaii
This 16th President of the United States issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
This genre of music originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is known for its offbeat rhythm and socially conscious lyrics. What is this genre?
Reggae
Which is larger: Asian or African elephants?
African.
This language is known as the most widely spoken Romance language and is an official language on five continents.
eSpanish
This river, the longest in Asia, flows through China and empties into the East China Sea.
Yangtze River
Which event is seen as having triggered the Great Depression of the 1930s?
The Wall Street stock market crash of 1929.
In which clef is music for bass instruments typically written?
The bass clef (clef indicates the pitch notes played)
What is the quetzal?
A bird is known for its bright blue and green plumage and is the national bird of several Central American countries.
This ancient language, no longer spoken as a native language, was used in religious texts and ceremonies in ancient India.
Sanskrit
This river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
Rio Bravo/Rio Grande
Who led the Chinese Communist Revolution?
Mao Zedong
This music genre originated in the United States in the early 20th century and is known for its rhythm, blues, and improvisation. What is it?
Jazz
This mammal is the only one capable of true flight and uses echolocation to navigate in the dark.
Bat.
This Slavic language uses the Cyrillic alphabet and is the most widely spoken native language in Eastern Europe.
Russian
This Mediterranean island, north of Sardinia, is a territorial region of France and is famous as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
The 3rd Prime Minister of Australia, Chris Watson, was the first Labor PM. In which Latin American country was he born?
Chile, in 1867
What is a guitar that has two necks attached to a single body, allowing the player to switch between different tunings or types of strings during a performance?
A twin neck guitar
This invasive ant species, first detected in Australia in the early 2000s, is known for its painful sting and forming extremely large colonies, causing ecological and economic damage. What's its name?
Fire Ant
Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian all belong to this language family, which is distinct from the Indo-European language family. What's it known as?
Uralic
From which region in Africa do very many people in Brazil trace their ancestry?
West Africa
When did the Civil Rights Movement in the USA begin and end?
1954 - 1968
What is a bass guitar playing technique where the strings are struck with the thumb and plucked with the fingers to create a percussive and rhythmic sound?
Slap bass
This venomous creature uses a combination of bacteria-laden saliva and venom injected through grooves in its teeth to subdue prey, and it can detect rotting flesh from several kilometres away using its forked tongue. What is this animal?
Komodo Dragon
Where in the world is Yoruba spoken?
West Africa