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What is The Orient Express?
This train is the subject of one of Christie's most famous novels, and originally went from Paris to Istanbul.
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What are French Fries?
In Britain, these are known as chips.
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What is Chile?
While Canada goes form coast-to-coast, this South American country is all coast.
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What is a Hippodrome?
Come on down to this ancient Greek stadium if you want to see some Chariot racing.
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Who are the Atlanta Falcons?
This NFL team would blow a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl Finals.
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Who is Hercule Poirot?
This mustachioed Christie detective appears in many different tales, and shares a name with a Roman hero.
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What is Haggis?
This Scottish dish contains a sheep's heart, liver, and lungs, and traditionally is cooked in the animal's stomach.
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What is an Isthmus?
When Moses separated the Red Sea, he created this geographical feature, where a narrow strip of land forms a link between two larger areas of land.
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What is the Pentathlon?
This ancient Greek Olympic event was made up of 5 competitions.
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Who is Diego Maradona?
This Argentinian soccer player, known for his "Hand of God", passed away recently.
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What is The Mysterious Affair at Styles?
This was Agatha Christie's debut novel, and centers around an Essex Manor.
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What is Figgy Pudding?
For Christmas, bring this British desert "and a cup of good cheer"
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What is the Outaouais?
This river forms the border between Quebec and Ontario
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What is Go?
This Chinese board game was invented over 4 thousand years ago, and is played by 2 opposing players.
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What are Lacrosse and Hockey?
These are Canada's two official sports.
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What is there was none?
Agatha Christie once disappeared for 11 days, with this reason given as to why she did.
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What is Irn-Bru?
This Scottish soft drink is known as "Scotland's other national drink", and has quite the metallic name
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What is Andorra?
Emmanuel Macron is the co-prince of this European principality.
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What is a Retiarius?
This type of Roman gladiator would fight with a Trident and a Net.
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Who are the Gretzky Brothers, Wayne and Brent?
These two NHLers have the record for most combined points in the NHL for a pair of brothers.
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Who is the Judge/Justice Wargrave?
In "And Then There Were None", this character is revealed to have murdered all the other guests at the house.
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What is Chicken Tikka Masala?
This dish, often served in South Asian restaurants, was likely created in Britain itself by either a Bangladeshi or a Pakistani chef.
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What is Kyushu?
This Japanese home island includes the prefectures of Okinawa and Nagasaki.
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What is the Sed Festival?
This ancient festival would see the Egyptian Pharaoh run around their palace, and took place every 3 years.
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What is Pok-A-Tok
This ancient Mayan sport was played with the thighs and hips, with players attempting to get the ball into a small stone hoop.
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