The country Columbia was named for what famous explorer?
Question 2 of 15
What weather term comes from the Aboriginal "Huracan"?
Question 3 of 15
A corn dog is a hot dog. The corn part comes from a batter made from what food?
Question 4 of 15
What is the capital city of Indonesia?
Question 5 of 15
Which of these US buildings is the tallest?
Question 6 of 15
What holds root, and therefore the plant, to the ground?
Question 7 of 15
The hot dog frank reminded Germans of this dog, and Tad Dorgan made the comparison famous in a 1906 cartoon. What's the dog?
Question 8 of 15
The Broadway musical "Mamma Mia" is based around whose pop songs?
Question 9 of 15
What nationality was Benz, inventor of the first petrol engine?
Question 10 of 15
Which continent has an Ivory Coast?
Question 11 of 15
Which neighbour of Syria was dragged into the latter's civil war after an explosion in Beirut?
Question 12 of 15
As we learned in The March of the Penguins, what is the only species of penguin where the male incubates the egg during the winter?
Question 13 of 15
What Vietnamese city began as a small fishing village likely known as Prey Nokor, which means "Forest City"?
Question 14 of 15
The Hershey's Chocolate Factory is located in which Pennsylvania town?
Question 15 of 15
In 1868, the Sioux were forced into this desolate bit of South Dakota. But in 1874, whites found gold there, and then wanted that land, too. What hills are these?
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