This holiday involves throwing colored powder at people in India.
What is Holi?
This German word describes pleasure from someone else’s misfortune.
What is Schadenfreude?
Bananas are technically this type of berry.
What is a berry?
This river runs through Egypt and is the longest in Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu.
What is the Inca Empire?
This Spanish festival involves running from bulls.
What is San Fermín (Running of the Bulls)?
This Japanese word means “the sadness of things passing.”
What is Mono no aware?
This country has more castles than anywhere else in the world.
What is Germany?
This country is the only one that borders both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
What is South Africa?
This explorer is credited with “discovering” America in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Thai festival involves massive water fights in the streets.
What is Songkran?
This Portuguese word describes a deep emotional longing.
What is Saudade?
This country has a pink lake due to algae and bacteria.
What is Australia?
This country has the most islands in the world.
What is Sweden?
This Chinese wall stretches over 13,000 miles.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This UK event involves rolling cheese down a hill while people chase it.
What is Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling?
This Danish word describes cozy comfort and contentment.
What is Hygge?
There are more of these fake birds in the world than real ones.
What are flamingo lawn ornaments?
This country has the world’s highest capital city, La Paz.
What is Bolivia?
This country was never officially part of the Roman Empire despite being nearby.
What is Scotland?
This Japanese festival features giant naked men wrestling for sticks.
What is Hadaka Matsuri?
This Filipino word means the urge to pinch something cute.
What is Gigil?
This country has an ATM that dispenses gold.
What is the United Arab Emirates (Dubai)?
This country has the most neighbors, bordering 14 countries.
What is China?
This empire was ruled by Genghis Khan and became the largest contiguous empire in history.
What is the Mongol Empire?