| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains | Nepal | 92%
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| Greenland and the Faroe Islands catch approximately 650 whales per year | Denmark | 89%
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| During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery | United States | 89%
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| In 1469, the crowns of the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united | Spain | 82%
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| Revenue from canal tolls continues to represent a significant portion of its GDP | Panama | 81%
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| Its territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, tropical grassland and coastlines along both the Caribbean and Pacific | Colombia | 80%
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| Has a large number of decorated caves from the upper Palaeolithic era, including one of the most famous and best preserved, Lascaux | France | 80%
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| The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz | Bolivia | 76%
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| The most visited nation in the Central American region | Costa Rica | 75%
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| The Muslim world's second most populous nation-state and its only nuclear power state | Pakistan | 74%
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| A consequence of the collapse of governmental authority was the emergence of piracy in the unpatrolled Indian Ocean waters | Somalia | 72%
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| Famous for its Mozartkugeln and its coffee tradition | Austria | 69%
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| River Shannon, which traverses the central lowlands, is the longest river | Ireland | 67%
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| An anti-Western totalitarian theocracy governed by a "Supreme Leader" | Iran | 64%
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| President Bashar al-Assad's family is Alawite and Alawites dominate the government | Syria | 63%
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| On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia began airstrikes | Yemen | 63%
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| The island is famous for its jerk spice | Jamaica | 59%
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| As a representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is headed by Grand Duke Henri and is the world's only remaining grand duchy | Luxembourg | 58%
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| Music by prominent composers such as Liszt and Bartók | Hungary | 54%
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| Decriminalized the usage of all common drugs in 2001, the first country in the world to do so | Portugal | 35%
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