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This nation held elections today, with the affordable housing crisis supplanting asylum policy as the dominant issue in recent weeks.
What is the Netherlands? (Rip Frans Timmermans)
Peru eats the most Cuy of any country, with an estimated 65 million consumed annually; the name Cuy is of Quechua origin, and refers to the sound this animal produces.
What are Guinea Pigs?
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Casu martzu, a Pecorino sheepsmilk cheese, is deliberately infested with maggots; this creates a strong, overwhelming taste and brings health concerns, making it illegal for cheesemakers on this Mediterranean island to commercially produce.
What is Sardinia?
Daily Double!
This Category 5 hurricane is officially the strongest on record to hit this country, causing widespread devastation and resulting in power outages across the island
What is Melissa and Jamaica?
Harold Holt, the former PM of this Nation, disappeared without a trace following a swim in the ocean in December 1967. Fun fact he has a swim center named after him!
What is Australia?
Australian medical researchers preformed a surgery on this fruit in 2018...
What is a Grape?
What did Jack eat for lunch today?
Hint: This meal translates to "Butter Bread", and is popularly enjoyed in the country home to Hamlet, Hans Christian Anderson, and Lego.
What is Danish Smørrebrød?
(I used rye bread, european butter, IKEA pickled herring, cucumbers, radish, capers, red onion, fresh dill, pepper and lemon!)
Paraguay is set to open a consulate in this territory occupied/disputed by Morocco, being among the first South American country to join African and Arab nations in signaling support for Morocco's long running territorial claim.
What is Western Sahara?
Egypt's 'strongman' wrestler, Ashraf Mahrous, pulled a ship using his teeth in this sea, the southern terminus of the Suez Canal.
What is the Red Sea?
Between 2017 and 2018, South Africa experienced 1,060 confirmed cases and about 216 deaths due to a massive outbreak of this food borne bacteria in processed meats; this remains the deadliest known foodborne illness mass infection.
What is Listeria?
(Listeria monocytogenes)
A man has pled guilty to the killing of this Japanese leader in 2022.
Who is Shinzo Abe?
Hákarl, which requires a shark to be buried, fermented, and dried outdoors in order to rid it of ammonia and toxins, is known as this nation's most infamous food; Anthony Bourdain described Hákarl as "the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing" he had ever eaten.
What is Iceland?
Much to the relief of canal boaters, a crocodile spotted turned out to be a hoax made up of taxidermied reptile skin and hay in this nation: "It's not every day we get to say 'we've dealt with a crocodile in Derbyshire!'" exclaimed investigators (haha gators!)
According to the Times of "THIS COUNTRY", this country has emerged as one of the world's safest countries to walk alone at night!
What is the United KingdOman?