Holidays
How do the people of northern India celebrate the spring festival of Holi?
with hunting competitions
with lots of water
at solemn church services
What is with lots of water? In northern India, people welcome the spring with a Holi celebration, which consists of a large water fight.
What substance is a rhino horn made of?
What is hair?
Which non-polar desert is the biggest desert in the world?
The Sahara desert in North Africa is the biggest desert in the world outside the polar regions. The Sahara stretches over 10 countries and is almost as big as the USA.
Which now-US state saw an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the overthrowing of a queen in 1893?
What is Hawaii?
Although Hawaii did not become a state until 1959, it has played a huge role in American history. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 saw the United States enter World War II. Hawaii was also the only state to have a monarchy and one of a few to be its own nation. Pro-American forces overthrew Queen Lydia Liliuokalani in 1893 and the islands became part of the United States at that time.
Where was the kiwi fruit first grown?
a) New Zealand
b) China
c) Australia
d) Chile
What is China?
What does the term "Hanukkah" mean?
celebration
love
dedication
What is dedication? Celebrated in November or December, Hanukkah — a word that means "dedication" — is an important holiday in the Jewish faith.
Which animal has a brain smaller than its eyeball?
What is an ostrich?
Which two countries share the longest border in the world?
The longest border is between the United States of America and Canada. It is over 8893 km/ 5525 miles long.
What city was the first capital of the United States?
What is New York City?
Which of these fruits is not native to North America?
a) Blueberry
b) Apple
c) Cranberry
d) Grape
What is an apple?
Which religion celebrates Basant?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
What is Hinduism? Basant is a Hindu holiday where people use kites to celebrate and carry messages to the gods.
Which animal uses echolocation to move around in the dark?
What is a bat?
Which is the world's largest country by size?
Russia is the largest country by size, followed by Canada, China, and the USA.
What country gifted the United States with the Statue of Liberty?
What is France?
Which fruit has the highest oil content?
a) Peach
b) Avocado
c) Olive
d) Mango
What is an olive?
In which country would you be most likely to celebrate the holiday Tet?
China
Vietnam
Japan
What is Tet? Tet is the Vietnamese New Year, an opportunity to remember ancestors while celebrating the year to come.
Only two mammals lay eggs. Which ones?
What are the spiny anteater and the duck-billed platypus?
Which is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
The Andes in South America are the longest mountain range stretching over 7600 km/ 4700 miles from north to south.
The "Lost Colony" was the nickname of which colony?
Massachusetts
Jamestown
Roanoke
Virginia
What is Roanoke? When John White, the leader of Roanoke, went to get supplies from England, he was delayed by the war with England and Spain. When he returned 3 years later, the colonists had disappeared.
In Greek mythology, in the stories of Persephone, what is said to be the fruit of the underworld?
a) Grape
b) Pineapple
c) Pomegranate
d) Orange
What is a pomegranate?
Celebrated in the spring, Vesak is a major holiday in this religion.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
What is Buddhism? Vesak is a major Buddhist holiday that celebrates the day that the Buddha achieved enlightenment.
A troglobite is an animal that cannot survive outside of which habitat?
What is a cave?
Which city is situated on two continents?
Istanbul in Turkey is located both on the Asian and European continent as the city spreads over two sides of the Bosporus. The strait is the boundary between Asia and Europe.
Which European country became a major ally to the United States during the Revolutionary War?
What is France?
Every year there are, on average, how many banana-related accidents?
a) 20
b) 300
c) 100
d) 50
What is 300?