Lexicology
What is the name of the alphabet used, for example, in Ukraine?
Cyrillic.
What was Swaziland renamed to?
Eswatini.
Winston Groom wrote what 90s best picture winner, starring a man who plays college football, joins the US Army, becomes a national table tennis star, buys a shrimp boat and runs long distances?
Forrest Gump.
Which country has the only non-rectangular flag?
Nepal.
What brand of canned cooked pork was introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II?
SPAM.
By which particular symbols did the Old Norse population communicate?
Runes.
What was Madras renamed to?
Chennai.
These three movies share one actor.
Traffic, Iron Man 2, Ocean's 11
Who is the actor?
Don Cheadle.
Which country has the most animals on its flag? (Mythical creatures included)
Croatia.
What originally meant the meat of a game animal but now refers primarily to the meat of horned ungulates such as elk or deer?
Venison.
There is a popular belief that the English word for chocolate was derived from the Aztec term "chocolatl".
"Ahuacatl" is another Aztec word for a food that has made its way to English. What does it translate to?
Avocado.
What was Edo renamed to?
Tokyo.
Three films are tied for the most Oscar wins ever, each with 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and what?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Which country has two cows on its national flag?
Andorra.
Traditionally, pate de foie gras was made from the liver of which bird?
Geese.
What is the name given to a simplified language that develops from a mixture of two languages?
Pidgin.
What was Nur-Sultan renamed to?
Astana.
'It Happened One Night' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' won all of the “Big Five” Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay).
Which other movie accomplished this feat?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Three countries have national flags with irrational proportions. Nepal is one, and if using the geometric construction, Iran. The final flag is the only one using the golden ratio.
Which country uses the golden ratio for its flag?
Togo.
The hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining is called a what?
Gammon.
The English word hazard comes from Arabic "al-zahr". What does this literally mean?
Dice, or game of dice.
What was Upper Volta renamed to?
Burkina Faso.
What was Buzz Lightyear's original name during development for Toy Story?
Lunar Larry.
The flags of two countries were identical by coincidence. This fact was not discovered until they competed against each other during the 1936 Olympics. This led to one adding a crown to their flag, and the other their coat of arms.
Which two countries were they?
Liechtenstein and Haiti.
Where does the food "Emmental" come from?
Switzerland.