1. In 1889, the legendary Orient Express began rail service to Constantinople from which European capital city?
2. Scientists are unsure of how or why the ancient geoglyphs were created at Nasca and the Pampas de Jumana. These rock designs can be found in which South American country?
3. Massive stone heads shaped from basalt boulders are all that is left from what ancient Mesoamerican civilization that included the cities of San Lorenzo and La Venta?
4. No one knows what happened to the Stone Age civilization at Céide Fields, an archeological site that contains the world’s oldest stone-walled field system. This site is near Ballycroy National Park in which European island country?
5. The Yeti is a mysterious ape-like creature that is said to inhabit the Himalaya region of Tibet and which small country to the southwest?
6. Pech Merle, a cave known for its prehistoric art that features mysterious spotted horses, is north of Toulouse in which European country?
7. The city of Pripyat, once home to 50,000 people, was abandoned in 1986 because of a nuclear disaster, but is now teeming with wildlife despite high levels of radiation. This abandoned city is in which present-day European country?
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ANSWERS
1. Paris 2. Peru 3. Olmec 4. Ireland 5. Nepal 6. France 7. Ukraine
