useless trivia: What Word Means: Like A Sieve - Full Of Holes?

Questions

geographic : the first country along the great circle route due south from san francisco?

geographic : the highest temperature ever recorded on earth was in which country?

geographic : the northernmost point in mainland australia is on this geographic feature?

geographic : the largest island on the west coast of north america is?

french food aka: clarified double-strength brown stock?