Which Country are we in, Kids? Quiz

Answer: Italy

Rome, the capital city of modern-day Italy, was the capital of the Roman Empire from 27 BC until 293 AD. Later divided into East and West, parts of the Empire survived into the 15th century. Indeed, the Romans' influence is still with us today.
The 'Flavian Amphitheater' (The Colosseum to you and me) is the largest amphitheater ever built. Construction began in 72 AD and it took eight years to complete. An iconic symbol of Imperial Rome, it is one of the world's great engineering and architectural works and one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations.

Answer: Canada

Officially the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada's police are widely known as 'Mounties'. The Calgary Stampede, billed as the "Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", is a 10-day festival that is held every July in Calgary, Alberta.
The world's fourth-largest country by land area (and second overall), the border between Canada and the USA is the world's longest land border.
Canada's official motto 'A Mari Usque Ad Mare' translates as "From Sea to Sea".

Answer: Brazil

Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the enormous "Statue of Christ the Redeemer" looks down from Corcovado mountain over the city of Rio de Janeiro. Also in the Rio neighborhood are the beaches of Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon, famous for both their white sand and the beautiful people. Although Mardi Gras only occurs once a year, it always seems to be carnival time here.
The Amazon rainforest covers some 2.1 million square miles, an area three times the size of Mexico, 60% of which is in Brazil. Almost 400 billion trees make up more than half of all the rainforest remaining on the planet.
The largest country in Latin America, Brazil is the world's largest only Portuguese-speaking country and the only one in the Americas.

Answer: New Zealand

Some 900 miles from Australia and 600 miles from the main concentration of Pacific islands, New Zealand is one of the most isolated places in the world. Polynesians first arrived here some 3,200 years ago, and the first Europeans came in the 1640s. It was not until 1840 that the British arrived, signing a treaty with the indigenous Maori chiefs to make the islands a British colony. Rugby union is the national sport of New Zealand.

The All Blacks were the first winners of the Rugby World Cup, in 1987, lost to South Africa in the 1995 final, and won it all again in 2011.

The 'haka' is the traditional ancestral war cry of the Maori people that was originally performed before battle. Now the All Blacks perform it before matches as a ritual challenge to their opponents.

Answer: Egypt

We are in Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. This is where so many important things were developed: writing, agriculture, central government, and even organized religion, this is the "cradle of civilization". Unified into a single kingdom in 3150 BC under King Menes, Egypt was ruled for many centuries by the Pharaohs.
One of the world's most inspiring tourist destinations, the Valley of the Kings is where magnificent tombs were built for Pharaohs and noblemen between the 16th and 11th centuries BC. The valley is located on the West Bank of the Nile, opposite the ancient capital of Thebes (the modern-day city of Luxor).
The city of Cairo is the largest in the Middle East and only Lagos (Nigeria) is larger in Africa. A taxi ride in Cairo is supposedly the scariest anywhere in the world.

Answer: Scotland

The Acts of Union of 1707 formally made Scotland part of Great Britain, and no longer an independent country. More than three centuries later, 55% of the Scottish people voted in 2014 to continue the union, although for how much longer is still an open question.
Curiously, every English schoolchild knows that the Battle of Hastings, a 'glorious defeat' to the French invaders, occurred in 1066. There have been so many victories over the years, from Agincourt, to Falkirk, to Waterloo, that remembering every one is just impossible, so we choose to remember the odd defeat. Equally, every Scotsman can tell you the date of the Battle of Bannockburn (June 24, 1314) because it is the only time they ever beat the English. (We still claim a score draw at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.)
This is the land of Robert the Bruce, William Wallace and Robbie Burns, their national poet, whose birth is celebrated every January 25 with the traditional eating of a mixture of offal that the English would reluctantly give to the dog hoping it doesn't make him sick. But, there you are, they're a strange bunch, the Scots.
Not that the Scots haven't caught the English propensity for supporting lost causes -- the Faroe Islands, population less than 50,000, are allowed to play in the European soccer championships only to make sure that there is a team that the Scots have a chance of beating :)
And will someone let go of that cat's tail.... What? It's not a screaming cat, but someone playing Scotland's most iconic musical instrument, the bagpipes.
No, but really, they're lovely people, the Scots. I think so, anyway, as ya can nae und'erstan a ward thay say.

Answer: China

Mandarin Chinese has more than a billion native speakers, more than any other language in the world.
The Great Hall of the People serves as a meeting place for sessions of the National People's Congress, what passes for Parliament in the world's largest single-party state. It is located on one side of Tiananmen Square, a vast pedestrianized are into which you could fit more than a hundred football fields.
No visit to China would be complete without seeing the famous wall -- the Great Wall of China is a series of stone, brick, earth and wood fortifications which, with all of its branches, stretches more than 13,000 miles. That is the equivalent to a straight line from England to Australia, or halfway around the planet. Remarkable indeed.

Answer: France

Of course, everyone knows that the Pope lives in Vatican City in the heart of Rome. This was not always the case, though: in 1309, Pope Clement V chose to move his residency to the French city of Avignon. Standing on the banks of the River Rhone, Avignon was then part of the kingdom of Arles and ruled by the kings of Sicily. It would be almost seventy years before the papacy returned to Rome, in January 1377.
Today, the commune of Avignon, in the department of Vaucluse in southeastern France, is home to around 90,000 (2011 Census) although only little more than 10% of those live within the ancient medieval ramparts.
Of course, France has plenty of other sights to offer tourists: Euro Disney on the outskirts of Paris, magnificent Mediterranean beaches along the French Riviera, arguably the world' most famous art gallery (The Louvre), the Champagne district around the city of Reims in the northeast of the country, wonderful Alpine scenery in the southeast, and some of the greatest gastronomical experiences found anywhere in the world.

Answer: Thailand

Called 'Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang' by the Thais, the Grand Palace has been the official residence of the King of Thailand (and before that of Siam) since the founding of the Chakri Dynasty in 1782. The palace complex sits within a square on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, surrounded on each side by high walls. I was living in Bangkok at the time when I visited Beijing, and the famous Forbidden City in China just looked run-down and neglected compared with the Thai equivalent. The palace complex, with the renowned "Temple of the Emerald Buddha" at its heart, is one of Asia's biggest tourist attractions.

Answer: Mexico

Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square) in Mexico City is known locally as "Zócalo". In the photograph, the dominant building to the left of the square itself is the enormous Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. Building here began on the site of a former Aztec sacred precinct in 1573, although this magnificent Baroque cathedral was not completed until more than two centuries later, in 1813.
The world's 13th-largest independent nation, Mexico is also the most populous Spanish-speaking country.
Mexico is one of the most visited countries in the world. Tourists flock here to see the magnificent Meso-American ruins, to attend numerous cultural festivals, to see the beautifully-preserved colonial cities, to spot wildlife at the country's many nature reserves and, of course, for some amazing beach resorts.