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Although she wears lederhosen, Jaime Lee Curtis’ character in Trading Places insists she is from this country.

What is Sweden?

200

Technically Colton Haynes has only played a werewolf twice, but playing a Jackal on The Nine Lives of Chloe King and this creature on Teen Wolf, are close enough.

What is a kanima?

200

Both Ralph Macchio and William Zapka reprised their roles from this franchise to play the fathers of Sam LaRusso and Robby Keane, respectively, on this webseries turned Netflix Original.

What is The Karate Kid?

200

Fans of this 1998 show were outraged when it was remade in 2018 without Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, and Holly Marie Combs, despite the creators explaining that this show was not meant to be a continuation of the original series.

What is Charmed?

200

When Jeangu Macrooy represented the Netherlands in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest he sang a song about rising up against oppressors to honor this former Dutch colony, his home country.

What is Suriname?

400

Despite being under its sovereignty since 1920, not all laws of this country apply to the arctic island of Svalbard.

What is Norway?

400

For her 11th birthday, this actress had an evil stepsister themed party, which may have prepared her for her roles not only in Cinderella, but also in Ella Enchanted, Into the Woods, and Fairy Tales.

Who is Lucy Punch?

400

The titular character from this CW show has two dads, a biological one and an adoptive one, both of whom were teen stars back in their day.

What is Nancy Drew?

400

Both actors that played this character in Fantastic Four — one in the original and one in the remake — also play another role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America and Killmonger, respectively.

Who is The Human Torch?

400

Due to the colony of French Guinea, France’s longest border is technically not with any European country, but instead with this South American country.

What is Brazil?

600

Due to its remote location, this country’s language has remained so untouched that today’s citizens can still read texts from the Vikings.

What is Iceland?

600

If this actress had a nickel for every time she played a widow with a twin brother who is addicted to drugs, she’d have two nickels, for her work on The Haunting of Hill House and You.

Who is Victoria Pedretti? 

600

Due to the non-linear nature of the show, Milo Ventimiglia is actually a year younger than Justin Hartley and Sterling K. Brown, who play his sons on This is Us, but he is three years older than this actress who plays his daughter.

Who is Chrissy Metz?

600

Scott Major, Isabella Mistry, and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor were the only three actors from this long running Australian show to came back to reprise their roles in the mostly unrelated reboot in 2022.

What is Heartbreak High?

600

In certain places, including Bolivia and Peru, both a European language and indigenous languages hold official status, but this territory is the only place in the Americas where only an indigenous language has official status, although students are still required to learn the colonizer language in school.

This territory is the only place in the Americas where only an indigenous language has official status, although students are still required to learn the colonizer language in school.

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Despite inarguably being a European country, the majority of this country actually lies geographically in the Americas.

What is Denmark?

800

Before she was on Lucifer, Aimee Garcia had an appearance on this CW show, where she played a sweet religious girl who had to battle demons in her workplace.

What is Supernatural?

800

Better known to you as the lead in That Thing You Do, I know Tom Everett Scott from playing this character’s dad on 13 Reasons Why.

Who is Tyler Down?

800

Jenna Ortega and Christina Ricci have both taken on the role of Wednesday Addams, but it was this actress who first portrayed her in the 1964 series.

Who is Lisa Loring?

800

Support from the American Colonization Society may have allowed this country founded by former US slaves to be one of only two nations to stay free from European control after the Scramble for Africa.

What is Liberia?

1000

This country is the only one of the Nordics that has an official language not derived from the Indo-European family, but instead the Uralic.

What is Finnish?

1000

Lucy Fry has played quite a few non-human characters, including an alien, a mermaid, and a vampire, but surprisingly she played a human, not a werewolf, on this horror tv series that aired in 2016.

What is Wolf Creek?

1000

This actor who plays Tom Keller may have been the only parent on Riverdale who you didn’t recognize as a former teen heartthrob, although he did begin acting at 18 with appearances on Danger Bay.

Who is Martin Cummings?

1000

The Finnish show Sekasin (or Mental, in English) has been remade four times; in France, Germany, Italy, and most recently this Eastern European country.

What is Poland?

1000

This region of the US, which would eventually become Maryland and Virginia, served as one of the first penal colonies of Great Britain, long before they began bringing their convicts to Australia.

What are the Chesapeake Colonies?