1. In what south Asian country, where the majority of the people are Hindu, can you find sadhus, religious practitioners who remove themselves from society and live on charity?
2. What country’s first cathedral was built in A.D. 968 in the city of Poznán, located west of the present-day capital of Warsaw?
3. The King’s Camel Race has been held annually since 1974 near the city of Riyadh, located in which country?
4. The Kingdom of Tonga is the only remaining independent monarchy in Polynesia, a region that stretches across the central and southern parts of what large body of water?
5. The Inuit and other First Nation peoples practice subsistence hunting, gathering and fishing in settlements in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, which are located in the far north of what country?
6. Kimchi, a dish made with pickled vegetables and spices, is a national dish on what Asian peninsula occupied by two countries?
7. What country, located on the Adriatic Sea, shares its borders with predominantly Christian countries while being the only European country with a Muslim majority?
8. In which Central American country do indigenous peoples of Maya descent make up about 40 percent of the population?
9. Foreign workers from Asia make up about 70 percent of the population of what small country that is a federation of states located on the Persian Gulf?
10. English, Melanesian pidgin and about a hundred other indigenous languages are spoken in what South Pacific Ocean country that includes the island of Guadalcanal and lies east of Papua New Guinea?
ANSWERS: 1. India 2. Poland 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Pacific Ocean (Also acceptable: South Pacific Ocean) 5. Canada 6. Korean Peninsula (Also acceptable: Korea) 7. Albania 8. Guatemala 9. United Arab Emirates 10. Solomon Islands National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
