Countries of the World

Pack your bags and grab your passport, it’s time for the Countries of the World quiz! Show us you’re the ultimate globetrotter by answering each of our questions, whether it’s about the home country of Machu Picchu, the path of the Mississippi River, or many more topics. Book some vacation time because this quiz will take you all around the world!

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Prior to the release of the first Sonic game, Sega was desperately searching for a mascot that could rival the appeal of Nintendo’s jumping plumber. Plenty of ideas were presented to Sega’s top dogs, one of them being a very early (and very different) version of Sonic. This proposed mascot was actually a rabbit that could grasp at things with his paws and fight using his own ears! How cute.

The autumn equinox signals a colorful spectacle, and not just with the leaves changing their coats, but more specifically the ‘Aurora season’. According to NASA, geomagnetic storms are twice as frequent as the annual average during the fall.

Have you ever heard of ‘cockney rhyming slang’? This is an East London vernacular which has a particular abundance for terms of money, including ‘Taxi Driver’=£5 (a fiver) and ‘Paul McKenna’=£10 (a tenner). Other cockney rhyming slang terms for £10 include - Speckled Hen = £10, Uncle Ben = £10, Nigel Ben = £10, Ayrton (Senna) = Tenner = £10.

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