Strange Sports
This winter sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
What is biathlon?
This is the largest continent on Earth by land area.
What is Asia?
This creature is half-lion, half-eagle and often guards treasure in mythology.
What is a griffin?
In the world of Harry Potter, this warm, sweet drink is served in pubs like The Three Broomsticks and is famous among Hogwarts students.
What is Butterbeer?
This holiday in the U.S. is celebrated on July 4th with fireworks, parades, and barbecues.
What is Independence Day?
Competitors in this sport throw large, round hay bales down a hill in Wales every year.
What is Hay Bale Rolling?
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This country boarders the most countries in Asia, tied with Russia.
According to legend, this sea creature lures sailors to their doom with its beautiful singing voice.
What is a siren?
In The Simpsons, Homer’s favorite donut often has this kind of colorful topping.
What is pink frosting / sprinkles?
In Spain, this festival has participants throwing thousands of tomatoes at each other every August.
What is La Tomatina?
Inspired by a popular book series, this sport is played on broomsticks, with players trying to score points with quaffles while avoiding bludgers and catching a tiny golden snitch.
What is Quidditch?
Straddling two continents, this country’s largest city, Istanbul, was historically called Byzantium and later Constantinople.
What is Turkey?
This multi-headed dog guards the gates of the Underworld in Greek mythology.
What is Cerberus?
In Pokémon, this food item can be fed to Pokémon to restore 10 HP or heal them from status conditions, and comes in many varieties like Oran and Sitrus.
What is a berry?
Known as the “Festival of Lights,” this Hindu holiday celebrates the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
Originating in the English village of Wetton in the 1970s, this quirky sport pits competitors foot-to-foot in a contest of strength, endurance, and strategy.
What is toe wrestling?
This river, the second longest in the world after the Nile, flows through 10 countries in southern Africa before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Congo River?
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A Persian myth tells of this fire-breathing bird that dies in flames and is reborn from its ashes.
This blue, tangy drink in Avatar: The Last Airbender is sold by street vendors and is made from a fruit called the “plum banana.”
What is Cactus Juice?
Celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd, this festival honors deceased loved ones with altars, marigolds, sugar skulls, and favorite foods of the departed.
What is Día de los Muertos?
This Southeast Asian sport is like volleyball, but players use their feet, head, knees, and chest to hit a rattan ball over the net instead of their hands.
What is Sepak Takraw?
These two landlocked countries are located in South Africa.
What are Lesotho and Eswatini?
In Japanese folklore, this shapeshifting fox spirit can take the form of a beautiful woman, a child, or even an inanimate object, and is often depicted as tricking humans.
What is a kitsune?
In The Hunger Games, this poisonous berry is famously used by Katniss Everdeen to threaten the Capitol in the first book and movie.
What are Nightlock berries?
This Mongolian festival, held every summer, includes wrestling, horse racing, and archery, and is considered the country’s most important national celebration.
What is Naadam?