The Name of the Game
This ancient Chinese game has the goal of capturing more territory than your opponent.
What is Go?
Mainly Mexican produce (7).
What is Avocado?
This "sugarplum" dynasty was the last to rule Russia before its revolution.
Who are the Romanovs?
This species of fish are famous for swimming against water currents to reach their birthplaces.
What are salmon?
This island is currently the host of the Republic of China.
What is Formosa?
The ball must be prevented from hitting the wicket in this game.
What is cricket?
Fills Venice's canals (8).
What is the Adriatic?
The two English and French leaders who had a secret plan to divide up parts of the Ottoman Empire.
Who are Sykes and Picot?
These critically endangered amphibians have lived in Mexico for millenia - their Nahuatl name reflects this.
What is the axolotl?
This four legged island is Sweden's largest.
What is Gotland?
People slide rocks on ice towards a target in this game.
What is curling?
Sunken city (8).
What is Atlantis?
This U.S. President was famous for his peanut farming business.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
These animals are traditionally hunted by indigenous peoples in the Arctic.
What are seals?
The largest and most populous of Greece's islands.
What is Crete?
In this game, players move their checkers from point to point, aiming to get them off the board.
What is backgammon?
Closest galaxy (9).
What is the Andromeda?
This religious leader called for the first Crusade in 1095.
Who is Pope Urban II?
Native to Africa, these horned antelope are currently the focus of a captive breeding program.
What is the oryx?
This royally-named Canadian island produces one fourth of Canada's potato crop.
What is Prince Edward Island?
Players must move their pawns to the appropriate "home spaces" while apologizing in this game.
What is "Sorry!"?
Largest rainforest (6).
What is the Amazon?
Her ascendancy marked the beginning of the Victorian era.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This sleepy animal is famous for eating eucalyptus.
What is the koala?
These islands are famous for Darwin's stop at them - and their tortoises.
What are the Galapagos Islands?