| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Capital of Iran | Tehran | 98%
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| The Republic of China | Taiwan | 92%
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| A small part of this country is in Europe | Turkey | 90%
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| Country in Indochina | Thailand | 86%
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| Buddhist country annexed by China in 1951 | Tibet | 86%
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| Capital of the above | Taipei | 83%
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| City whose urban area has 40 million residents | Tokyo | 81%
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| Mesopotamian river | Tigris | 78%
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| White marble mausoleum in Agra | Taj Mahal | 77%
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| Beijing massacre site of 1989 | Tiananmen Square | 74%
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| Capital of Georgia | Tbilisi | 72%
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| Language of the Philippines | Tagalog | 68%
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| Language of southern India and parts of Sri Lanka | Tamil | 63%
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| Ruined ancient city written about by Homer | Troy | 56%
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| Vast subarctic forest biome of Eurasia | Taiga | 44%
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| Chinese port city adjacent to Beijing | Tianjin | 35%
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| Sea off northern Vietnam which was the site of an "incident" in 1964 | Gulf of {Tonkin} | 31%
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| China's largest dam | Three Gorges | 31%
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| Ancient city in Lebanon often linked with Sidon | Tyre | 22%
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| Indonesian lake where a supervolcano erupted 70,000 years ago | Lake {Toba} | 10%
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