| This ocean reaches its maximum depth, over 24,000 feet, in the Java Trench |
the Indian Ocean |
200 |
October 17, 2022 |
| Geographically, this largest island in the world is part of North America |
Greenland |
400 |
October 17, 2022 |
| France's overseas possessions include this one in South America once known for its penal colonies like Devil's Island |
French Guiana |
600 |
October 17, 2022 |
| It's the oldest existing freshwater lake as well as the deepest |
Lake Baikal |
800 |
October 17, 2022 |
| Much of this tiny country that's surrounded by another is located on Mount Titano |
San Marino |
|
October 17, 2022 |
| Chinese has more than a billion speakers, with this form being the most common |
Mandarin |
200 |
May 22, 2020 |
| This lake in the Cascade Mountains is the deepest lake in the United States |
Crater Lake |
400 |
May 22, 2020 |
| Named for a Germanic people, this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark |
Jutland |
800 |
May 22, 2020 |
| The word "The" is officially part of the name of this tiny African country, highlighted on the map |
The Gambia |
1000 |
May 22, 2020 |
| The Bass Strait separates this smallest state of Australia from the mainland |
Tasmania |
|
May 22, 2020 |
| An ice sheet covers more than 80% of this largest island in the world |
Greenland |
200 |
May 30, 2019 |
| It's the very short name for the longest river in Italy |
the Po |
400 |
May 30, 2019 |
| The only active volcano on the European mainland, it had its first recorded eruption in 79 A.D. |
Vesuvius |
600 |
May 30, 2019 |
| The Black Sea is the northern border of the Asian part of Turkey, this region |
Asia Minor (or Anatolia) |
1000 |
May 30, 2019 |
| This African country is known in German as Elfenbeinküste |
Cote d\'Ivoire (or the Ivory Coast) |
|
May 30, 2019 |
| The Grand Canyon is a gorge in Arizona; Grand Cayman is an island in this sea |
the Caribbean |
200 |
December 14, 2017 |
| Letzeburgisch is the national language of this European country |
Luxembourg |
400 |
December 14, 2017 |
| Hey, it's easy to kick back, relax & float on this body of water, 9 times saltier than the ocean & extremely dense |
the Dead Sea |
600 |
December 14, 2017 |
| Approximately 78% of Cypriots are of this religion |
Greek Orthodox |
1000 |
December 14, 2017 |
| This 4-letter African country has a short coastline along the Bight of Benin |
Togo |
|
December 14, 2017 |
| It's the most widely spoken first language in Israel |
Hebrew |
200 |
July 30, 2013 |
| Peking is another name for this city |
Beijing |
400 |
July 30, 2013 |
| It's a one-word term for a tropical rainforest, especially one in Africa, loud with monkeys & parrots |
a jungle |
600 |
July 30, 2013 |
| In 2013 Queen Beatrix of this country abdicated in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander |
the Netherlands |
800 |
July 30, 2013 |
| Llangollen in this country of the United Kingdom is just over the border from England |
Wales |
1000 |
July 30, 2013 |
| The Cantabrian Mountains extend for 300 miles south from the Pyrenees to Cape Finisterre in this country |
Spain |
200 |
March 21, 2008 |
| This country's ADF sent troops to the Solomon Islands in 2006 to help restore order following riots |
Australia |
400 |
March 21, 2008 |
| The magnificent ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque were discovered in this country in 1773 |
Mexico |
600 |
March 21, 2008 |
| 9,094 feet high, Mount Roraima is found at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela & this country |
Brazil |
1000 |
March 21, 2008 |
| In 1989, a year of political change in Europe, this country that borders China changed its name |
Myanmar |
|
March 21, 2008 |
| Lots of peridot has been found on the island of Zebirget in this "colorful" sea off Africa |
the Red Sea |
200 |
January 9, 2008 |
| Quite simply, this semolina favorite is the national dish of Algeria |
couscous |
400 |
January 9, 2008 |
| 1/3 of the people in this South American country live in Montevideo; most of its 15 million sheep don't |
Uruguay |
600 |
January 9, 2008 |
| Mount Shkhara in these mountains is the highest peak in Georgia (the country, not the state) |
the Caucasus Mountains |
800 |
January 9, 2008 |
| Once a slave-trading center established by the Portuguese, Bissau is now the proud capital of this country |
Guinea-Bissau |
1000 |
January 9, 2008 |
| This South American country grows twice as much coffee as Colombia |
Brazil |
100 |
February 18, 1997 |
| Tradition says this small republic was founded by a Christian stonecutter named Marinus |
San Marino |
200 |
February 18, 1997 |
| In population, Brandon is the second-largest city in Manitoba; this is the largest |
Winnipeg |
300 |
February 18, 1997 |
| The sultan of this country on the island of Borneo is also his country's minister of defense |
Brunei |
400 |
February 18, 1997 |
| Though popular, Noninke & Wolof are also spoken there, this is the official language of Mauritania |
Arabic |
|
February 18, 1997 |
| Romanians enjoy eating mamaliga, a bread or mush made from this meal |
Cornmeal |
100 |
November 20, 1996 |
| Dominica was discovered on this day of the week, hence its name |
Sunday |
200 |
November 20, 1996 |
| The Count of Urgel was the first known ruler of this country in the Pyrenees |
Andorra |
300 |
November 20, 1996 |
| In Rio de Janeiro, this "sweet" landmark is known as Pan de Azucar |
Sugarloaf Mountain |
400 |
November 20, 1996 |
| The Schwedagon pagoda in this Myanmar city may have been built more than 2000 years ago |
Yangon |
500 |
November 20, 1996 |
| The Virgin of Guadalupe is this country's patron saint |
Mexico |
100 |
February 15, 1996 |
| This city is home to the Icelandic Opera |
Reykjavik |
200 |
February 15, 1996 |
| The 2 official languages of instruction at the University of Helsinki are Swedish & this |
Finnish |
300 |
February 15, 1996 |
| Sutherland Falls, the fifth-highest waterfall in the world, is on this country's South Island |
New Zealand |
400 |
February 15, 1996 |
| Artifacts from the Chaco War are displayed in the Military History Museum in this Paraguayan capital |
Asuncion |
|
February 15, 1996 |
| The name of Wagga Wagga, a city in this country, is an Aboriginal word meaning "many crows" |
Australia |
100 |
December 25, 1995 |
| A statue of the young Queen Victoria graces the Library of Parliament in this capital of Canada |
Ottawa |
200 |
December 25, 1995 |
| Battambang, the 2nd-largest urban area in this country, contains 10th century ruins of the Khmer Empire |
Cambodia |
300 |
December 25, 1995 |
| You'll find this capital of the Dominican Republic at the mouth of the Ozama River |
Santo Domingo |
500 |
December 25, 1995 |
| Latakia, which lies on this sea, is one of Syria's busiest ports |
the Mediterranean Sea |
|
December 25, 1995 |
| The Portuguese call this country a Nova Zelandia |
New Zealand |
100 |
October 13, 1995 |
| The island of Dominica lies in the eastern part of this sea, between Martinique & Guadeloupe |
the Caribbean |
200 |
October 13, 1995 |
| In 1984 one of these fish bearing a crown was added to New Brunswick's coat of arms |
an Atlantic salmon |
300 |
October 13, 1995 |
| It's the state religion of Malta |
Roman Catholocism |
400 |
October 13, 1995 |
| Swedish is this country's 2nd official language, but only about 6% of the people speak it |
Finland |
500 |
October 13, 1995 |
| The greatest concentration of islands in this ocean is in the Caribbean region |
the Atlantic |
100 |
September 18, 1995 |
| It's the only Portuguese- speaking nation in the Western Hemisphere |
Brazil |
200 |
September 18, 1995 |
| At 500,000 square miles, this desert covers most of Mongolia |
the Gobi |
300 |
September 18, 1995 |
| Bluefields, Nicaragua is the principal town on this coast named for Indians, not for insects |
the Mosquito Coast |
500 |
September 18, 1995 |
| The 4 largest countries in population are China, India, the U.S. & this island nation |
Indonesia |
|
September 18, 1995 |
| The key in Cuba's coat of arms symbolizes that Cuba is the key to this gulf |
Gulf of Mexico |
100 |
May 30, 1995 |
| Prince Albert is this tiny European country's heir apparent |
Monaco |
200 |
May 30, 1995 |
| Simon Bolivar's birthplace is one of the main attractions in this Venezuelan capital |
Caracas |
300 |
May 30, 1995 |
| The university of this Bulgarian capital was founded in 1888 |
Sofia |
400 |
May 30, 1995 |
| Flamingos sometimes outnumber people on this Caribbean island, the "B" of the ABC Islands |
Bonaire |
500 |
May 30, 1995 |
| These islands about 100 miles north of Scotland are famous for their sheepdogs & ponies |
Shetland Islands |
100 |
November 14, 1994 |
| The Sanjuanito is considered the national dance of this country that is crossed by the equator |
Ecuador |
200 |
November 14, 1994 |
| Over half the population of this Malaysian capital is of Chinese ethnicity |
Kuala Lumpur |
300 |
November 14, 1994 |
| You'll find the Museum of Catalan Art in this Spanish city, the capital of Catalonia |
Barcelona |
400 |
November 14, 1994 |
| Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, lies on this sea |
the Caspian Sea |
|
November 14, 1994 |
| The Via Condotti is one of the most elegant shopping streets in this capital city |
Rome |
100 |
October 27, 1993 |
| This country's Bellelay cheese was named for the abbey where it was created in the canton of Bern |
Switzerland |
200 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Some of the ancestors of this country's Batak people, who live in Sumatra, were cannibals |
Indonesia |
300 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Manus is the largest of the Admiralty Islands, which are found in this ocean |
the Pacific |
400 |
October 27, 1993 |
| Kashmiri arts & crafts are on display in the Pratap Singh Museum in Srinagar in this country |
India |
500 |
October 27, 1993 |
| The earliest Ancient Egyptian boats were propelled by these; paddles & oars came later |
poles |
100 |
July 19, 1993 |
| If you're driving in Mexico & see the word "alto" on a sign, don't sing; do this |
stop |
200 |
July 19, 1993 |
| The passamezzo, a dance from this country, is similar to the pavane but faster |
Italy |
300 |
July 19, 1993 |
| The city of Osaka is located on this island |
Honshu |
400 |
July 19, 1993 |
| These people for whom a war was named now call themselves Afrikaners |
the Boers |
500 |
July 19, 1993 |
| While kids in the U.S. have to learn 26 of these, kids in Cambodia have to learn 72 |
letters of the alphabet |
100 |
May 27, 1993 |
| This country's Kathmandu Valley was once home to 3 principalities |
Nepal |
200 |
May 27, 1993 |
| The 1494 line that split South America between Spain & Portugal also split this north Atlantic island |
Greenland |
300 |
May 27, 1993 |
| This country's flag has a yin-yang symbol & 4 trigrams for earth, air, fire & water |
South Korea |
400 |
May 27, 1993 |
| By a 127-6 vote, the U.N. expelled this country September 22, 1992 |
Yugoslavia |
|
May 27, 1993 |
| Because it uses geothermal energy this Icelandic capital is often called the "Smokeless City" |
Reykjavik |
100 |
February 10, 1993 |
| Egypt is the world's leading grower of these palm fruits |
dates |
200 |
February 10, 1993 |
| You can visit her birthplace in Frankfurt & the annex where she wrote her diary in Amsterdam |
Anne Frank |
300 |
February 10, 1993 |
| One of these, the Sistema de Transporte Collectivo, opened in 1969 in Mexico City |
subway |
400 |
February 10, 1993 |
| This tiny republic is about 10 miles from Rimini, Italy |
San Marino |
500 |
February 10, 1993 |
| The 2 blue stripes on Guatemala's flag represent these 2 oceans |
the Atlantic & the Pacific |
100 |
October 30, 1991 |
| Tamil is spoken in this country's state of Tamil Nadu, which was once known as Madras |
India |
200 |
October 30, 1991 |
| Willem-Alexander, the eldest son of Queen Beatrix, is the heir to this country's throne |
the Netherlands |
300 |
October 30, 1991 |
| Nanduti, a lace that looks like spider webs, is made in Itaugua, a town near Asuncion in this country |
Paraguay |
400 |
October 30, 1991 |
| In 1896 this capital on the Danube became the 1st city in eastern Europe to have a subway |
Budapest |
500 |
October 30, 1991 |
| Buenos Aires province is this country's largest in area & population |
Argentina |
100 |
May 31, 1991 |
| Only about 15% of the population of this country is Monegasque |
Monaco |
200 |
May 31, 1991 |
| Of the Inca, the Dinka or the Do, the largest non-Arab ethnic group in the Sudan |
the Dinka |
300 |
May 31, 1991 |
| I the world's longest railway tunnel links 2 major islands in this country known for fast trains |
Japan |
400 |
May 31, 1991 |
| Known as the land of the thunder dragon, Bhutan is sandwiched between these 2 large countries |
India & China |
500 |
May 31, 1991 |
| Liberia's flag has 11 stripes but just one of these |
a star |
100 |
May 10, 1991 |
| NATO headquarters is in this Belgian capital |
Brussels |
200 |
May 10, 1991 |
| Not part of the UK but a dependency of the British crown, it's home to Manx cats |
the Isle of Man |
300 |
May 10, 1991 |
| This town in Cornwall used to be raided by pirates; Gilbert & Sullivan set an operetta there |
Penzance |
400 |
May 10, 1991 |
| It's the religion of most of the people in Mauritania |
Islam |
500 |
May 10, 1991 |
| This huge Asian country's 1st copyright law is scheduled to go into effect on June 1, 1991 |
China |
100 |
April 15, 1991 |
| These islands off the coast of Ecuador are scattered over an area of some 36,000 square miles |
Galápagos |
200 |
April 15, 1991 |
| This Belgian city is famous for its bridges & its name is Dutch for bridges |
Bruges |
300 |
April 15, 1991 |
| Queen Mary's dolls' house is one of the attractions at this castle 22 miles west of London |
Windsor |
400 |
April 15, 1991 |
| The world's leading dinosaur museum is in this westernmost prairie province of Canada |
Alberta |
500 |
April 15, 1991 |
| About 1/4 of all the people in Denmark live in this city or its suburbs |
Copenhagen |
100 |
January 23, 1991 |
| For Senegal it's "Pluck Your Koras, Strike The Balafons" |
the national anthem |
200 |
January 23, 1991 |
| The people of this South American city are called Cariocas |
Rio de Janeiro |
300 |
January 23, 1991 |
| Of all national flags, the one has the greatest number of stars |
the United States flag |
400 |
January 23, 1991 |
| The 2 straits that lead out of the Sea of Marmara; 1 goes to the Black Sea, 1 to the Aegean |
the Bosporus & the Dardanelles |
500 |
January 23, 1991 |