Archaeological Sites
This Neolithic site in present-day Turkey, considered one of the world's first temples, predates Stonehenge by over 6,000 years and features massive carved stones arranged in circles.
What is Göbekli Tepe?
3.9 million square miles in area; about 10 people per square mile; goin' to Saskatoon? We got room for ya
What is Canada?
This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails
What is Baleen?
George Eliot's poem "God Needs Antonio" praises this master maker of musical instruments
What is Stradivarius?
The third-largest island in the world, it touches the Java, Sulu & South China Seas
What is Borneo?
This pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico is known for its large pyramid structures, including the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, and was a significant urban center of the Mesoamerican Classic period.
What is Teotihuacan?
Vatnajokull Glacier calls to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere
What is Iceland?
The most intelligent of all invertebrates is thought to be O. vulgaris, the common type of this cephalopod
What is Octopus?
Lady Mary Chudleigh's "To the Ladies" warns fiancees that this "and servant are the same / But only differ in the name"
What are wives?
A cement quarry near Sucre, judicial capital of this country, is the site of numerous dinosaur tracks
Situated on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, this UNESCO World Heritage site is famous for its nearly 900 monumental statues called moai, created by the Rapa Nui people.
What is Easter Island (Rapa Nui)?
We're one big island! (& several small ones); lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)
What is Madagascar?
Males of this small marine creature carry the fertilized eggs in a brood pouch beneath a prehensile tail
What is a seahorse?
She loved her iambs, as in "Because I could not stop for Death"
Who is Emily Dickinson
A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains
What is Blue Ridge?
This ancient city in modern-day Iraq, known for its ziggurat and the famous Code of Hammurabi, was one of the earliest cradles of civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Bayblon?
A few balboas is a small price to explore a bridge between two continents
What is Panama?
The loggerhead species of this reptile often feeds on jellyfish in the open seas
What is turtle?
The 44 sonnets in an 1850 volume by her are largely in iambic pentameter
Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
This 215-mile-long Australian river shares a name with the capital of Queensland
What is Brisibane?
Located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, this Iron Age site is believed to have been the capital of a powerful kingdom from the 9th to the 13th centuries, known for its advanced trade networks and stone enclosures.
What is Mapungubwe?
3 decades free from being the second name in a paired country, see the Gate of Freedom Monument near the Morava River
What is Slovakia?
This name for a common sea snail is also that of a blue-violet flower
What is periwinkle?
Her 1883 "1492" celebrates "A virgin world where doors of sunset part, / Saying, 'Ho, all who weary, enter here!'"
Who is Emma Lazarus?
Though the majority of this country's population is Hutu, the Tutsi minority has historically held power there
What is Burundi?