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In which country is the Salar de Uyuni, a vast salt desert?

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What is the most visited country in the world?

Answer: France. France attracts about 90 million tourists a year, thanks to its monuments (Eiffel Tower, Louvre), its cuisine, and its varied landscapes (Alps, French Riviera, Loire castles).

What is the largest canyon in the world, famous for its colorful rock layers?

Answer: Grand Canyon (United States). The Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River, stretches 446 km long and reaches 1.8 km deep. Its geological layers tell 2 billion years of history.

Which Indonesian island is famous for its terraced temples and rice paddies?

Answer: Bali. Bali is home to temples like Tegallalang and Uluwatu, as well as UNESCO-listed rice terrace landscapes.

Which country is home to the Galapagos Islands, a biodiversity sanctuary that inspired Darwin?

Answer: Ecuador. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos in 1835 aboard the HMS Beagle. The endemic species he observed there -- giant tortoises, marine iguanas, finches -- fed into his theory of evolution. The archipelago has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978.

In which Spanish city is the Guggenheim Museum, known for its avant-garde architecture, located?

Answer: Bilbao. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is famous for its building designed by Frank Gehry.

Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra?

Answer: Jordan. Petra is in Jordan. The Nabataean city is famous for monuments carved directly into sandstone.

Which country is home to the temples of Bagan?

Answer: Myanmar. The Bagan plain, in Myanmar, contains thousands of historic Buddhist monuments.

Which country has Torres del Paine National Park?

Answer: Chile. Torres del Paine is in Chilean Patagonia and is renowned for its peaks, glaciers and lakes.

Which city is known for Charles Bridge and the Old Town astronomical clock?

Answer: Prague. Charles Bridge and the astronomical clock are two iconic monuments of Prague's historic centre.

Which city lies near the ancient site of Pompeii?

Answer: Naples. Pompeii lies on the Bay of Naples, at the foot of Vesuvius.

Hard questions

Which European city is called the 'Venice of the North'?

Answer: Amsterdam. Amsterdam has more than 100 km of canals and 1,500 bridges, which earns it this nickname. Bruges is also called this, but Amsterdam is better known for the title.

Which salt desert in Bolivia is the largest in the world and offers a surreal landscape?

Answer: Salar de Uyuni. This salt desert, covering 10,582 sqkm, turns into a giant mirror during the rainy season.

Which African lake, the deepest in Africa, borders Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Answer: Lake Tanganyika. Lake Tanganyika reaches a depth of 1,470 meters, making it the second-deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal. It holds 18% of the world's unfrozen fresh water reserves.

In which region of Croatia is the medieval city of Dubrovnik, known for its ramparts and rich history, located?

Answer: Dalmatia. Dubrovnik, often called the 'Pearl of the Adriatic', is located in Dalmatia, a coastal region of Croatia.

Which Tanzanian national park is home to the Great Migration, the largest movement of land mammals in the world?

Answer: Serengeti National Park. Every year, more than 1.5 million wildebeest and 250,000 zebras cross the Serengeti following the rains. This 1,800 km cycle is described as the 'eighth wonder of the natural world'.

Which Greek archaeological site, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is famous for its theaters and its oracle, consulted by the ancient Greeks?

Answer: Delphi. Delphi, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, was the religious center of the ancient Greek world. Its oracle (the Pythia) was consulted by kings and cities from all over the world. The Sanctuary of Apollo, the theater, and the stadium are among its monuments.

Which Japanese city is famous for the Fushimi Inari shrine and its thousands of torii gates?

Answer: Kyoto. Fushimi Inari-taisha, in Kyoto, is known for its long tunnels of vermilion torii gates.

Which Scottish city is dominated by a castle built on an extinct volcano?

Answer: Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle stands on Castle Rock, a volcanic crag overlooking the Old Town.

Which Australian city is famous for its opera house with sail-shaped roofs?

Answer: Sydney. The Sydney Opera House, on the harbour, is one of Australia's most recognisable buildings.

Which country is home to the ancient city of Ephesus?

Answer: Turkey. The ruins of Ephesus lie near Selçuk, on Turkey's Aegean coast.

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