The U.S. bought Alaska from this country for just $7.2 million.
russia
This country is the only one in the world that starts with “O.”
Oman
The only letter not appearing in any U.S. state name.
Q
In The Simpsons, the dad who loves donuts.
homer
This sport uses a shuttlecock.
Badminton
This war started when a certain archduke got assassinated in Sarajevo.
WW1
This city is known as “the Big Apple.”
nye
This is the only U.S. state that begins with the letter “P.”
Pennsylvania
This Disney movie features a snowman who loves warm hugs.
frozen
The first African nation to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.
Egypt
The French queen who (supposedly) said “Let them eat cake.”
Marie Antoinnette
Mount Everest lies on the border of these two countries.
NEPAL AND CHINA
longest non-stop commercial flight
nyc to singapore
The actor who plays Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Johnny depp
The Olympics were once canceled three times in history — all because of this reason
world wars
The Berlin Wall came down in this year, and jeans immediately became cooler.
1989
This capital is the most populated city in the world.
tokyo
This everyday object was invented in China over 2,000 years ago and first used for hygiene.
toilet paper
This Netflix series follows a chess-playing prodigy named Beth Harmon.
queens gambit
The only city to host the Summer Olympics three times (1908, 1948, 2012).
London
The U.S. Civil War began in this year (hint: same decade as Abraham Lincoln’s election).
1861
This sea, bordered by Europe and Asia, is the largest enclosed inland body of water in the world — despite being called a “sea.”
Caspian Sea
This is the only number that is spelled with its letters in alphabetical order in English, and also the only number whose value is equal to the sum of its Roman numerals.
40
This 1999 movie features the line “There is no spoon.”
the matrix
The first recorded rules of this sport were written in 1845 by the Knickerbocker Club in New York.
Baseball