Critter Corner
This river-dwelling Egyptian animal kills more people every year than the Nile crocodile.
What is the hippopotamus?
These fierce, seafaring warriors sailed out from Norway over 1,000 years ago in wooden longships to explore and raid.
Who are the Vikings?
In ancient Egypt, this insect became a sacred symbol because it reminded Egyptians of their sun god.
What is the scarab beetle?
This ocean, the largest on Earth, borders the island nation of Japan to the East.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This vegetable is so important to the Irish that a crop failure in the 1840s changed Ireland's history forever.
What is the potato?
First brought to Greece thousands of years ago to protect grain stores from mice, these animals are still fed and cared for by the public today.
What are cats?
This famous modern sporting event originally began in ancient Greece.
What are the Olympic Games?
This Norse god of thunder was so popular that a day of the week—Thursday—was named after him.
Who is Thor?
This massive ocean completely surrounds the island of Ireland.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
You tried this crumbly, salty white cheese that is the most famous cheese in Greece.
What is feta cheese?
The famous penguin Sir Nils Olav received a massive promotion when the King of Norway gave him this noble, medieval title.
What is a Knight?
These secret spies of ancient Japan were experts at sneaking around, using smoke bombs, and climbing trees to escape.
Who are Ninjas?
This real mountain, the tallest in Greece, is where the ancient Greeks believed their twelve chief gods lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
Carved by ancient glaciers, Norway has more of these narrow, steep-sided sea inlets than any other country in the world.
What is a fjord?
Norway consumes more of this quick frozen dinner per person than any other country in the world.
What is frozen pizza?
Japanese macaques, also known as "snow monkeys," stay warm in the winter by taking advantage of these sources of geothermal heat.
What are hot springs?
The entire ancient Egyptian civilization was made possible by this annual event, which transformed the surrounding desert into fertile farmland.
What is the Nile River flooding?
Ancient Greek legend says this goddess won patronage of Athens by gifting the city an olive tree during a contest against Poseidon.
Who is Athena?
Because rugged mountains blocked land travel, the ancient Greeks relied on this body of water as their trade highway.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This popular Egyptian dessert that you sampled turns an everyday grain into a sweet, creamy treat using milk, sugar and cinnamon.
What is rice pudding?
According to legend, Ireland has none of this type of animal because Saint Patrick drove them out.
What are snakes?
Written by monks around 800 AD, this illuminated manuscript is considered Ireland's finest national treasure.
What is the Book of Kells?
According to legend, you will receive the "gift of gab" if you perform this action on Ireland's Blarney Stone.
What is kiss it?
Opened in 1869, this famous Egyptian waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, creating a massive shortcut for ships traveling between Europe and Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
While it's considered bad manners in the West, doing this loudly while eating noodles in Japan is actually a sign that you love the meal.
What is slurping?