Opposites (polar, binary, and otherwise)
Shoutout to my Ex
(Soviet edition)
Olympic wins and misses
Absolutely Random
I'm your biggest 'Han'
100

This famous football player was born in Malmo Sweden to Yugoslav immigrant parents: his father is Muslim while his mother is Catholic

Who is Zlatan Ibrahimović?

100

The biggest of the former Soviet republics in land and size

What/ where is Russia?

100

This Jamaican olympian has been nicknamed 'the greatest sprinter of all time'- fitting for his surname, indeed

Who is Usain Bolt?

100

The word 'desi' is used to refer to the diaspora of not of this country, but of its entire subcontinent

What/where is India?
100

Comprised of 24 letters, it's the writing system of the Korean language

What is Hangul?

200

The show the Big Bang Theory features two best friends: Sheldon, a theoretical physicist and Leonard, this other kind

What is an experimental physicist?

200

Land of the Cosmodrome, the world's first spaceport for orbital and human launches

What/where is Kazakhstan?

200

Land of the 19th century gold rush in mining, this country also boasts the most number of Olympic medals in history

What/Where is the United States of America?

200

French fashion icon and designer Gabrielle Bonheur was known by this four-letter nickname

What is Coco?

200

He did the kessel run in approximately 12 parsecs

Who is Han Solo?

300

In a litmus test, acids and bases are revealed by analyzing changes in these two primary colors

What are blue and red?

300


What/where is Moldova?

300

This Olympic sport is considered the 'deadliest' in terms of number of deaths recorded during the game proper- i.e 2, paralympics included

What is cycling?

300

Many people don't know that this famous song actually hails from this EU member state (listen)

What/where is Romania?

300

The origin of the COVID-19, capital city of Hubei

What/where is Wuhan?

400

In Russian, 'no' and 'yes' translate to this and this respectively?

What are  нет (nyet) and да (da)?

400

A country with a two-toned blue and yellow flag, believed to have originated the soup, "Borscht"

What/where is Ukraine?

400

In 2018, Eteri Tutberidze coached two Russian olympic champions, 1st and 2nd, as Alina Zagitova and Yevgenia Medvedeva fought head-to-head under women's singles in this category

What is figure/ice skating?

400
Not to be confused with Switzerland, the African country that switched its name to eSwatini in April 2018 was formerly known as this

What is Swaziland?

400

The English title of a world-renowned fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about eine Kleiner Bruder und Schwester or in English, little brother and sister

What is Hansel and Gretel?

500

Don't be fooled by these two flags. Though they may be similar in color scheme, the countries they represent are in separate continents

What are/where is Ireland and Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire?
500

Ao äia õe uue oaõieaia õueaua ööau roughly translates into 'the nightly honor of the the dawn's father-in-law's sister's new bean blossom garden's watchdog' in this ex-Commie Baltic country

What/where is Estonia?

500

1992 was a big year for this Southern European city that hosted the Olympics just 6 years after its country had entered the European Union

What is Barcelona?

500

A Law in Wisconsin required all restaurants to serve every meal with butter and this other dairy staple between June 1935 to March 1937

What is cheese?

500

This confederation was founded by north German towns and German merchant communities abroad to protect their mutual trading interests


What is the Hanseatic league?