| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What island was formerly known as Ceylon? | Sri Lanka | 94%
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| What gulf borders Iraq, Iran, and Qatar? | {Persian} Gulf | 90%
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| What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? | Madagascar | 87%
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| What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean? | Suez Canal | 87%
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| What is the most populous Australian city on the Indian Ocean? | Perth | 86%
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| What bay separates India from Myanmar? | Bay of {Bengal} | 84%
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| What bird onced live on the island of Mauritius, but famously went extinct in the 1600s? | Dodo | 84%
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| What Tanzanian island, starting with Z, was once an important trading center? | Zanzibar | 80%
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| What country controls the island of Réunion? | France | 78%
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| Two cities with a metro population over 15 million border the Indian Ocean. What are they? | Mumbai | 78%
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| What language, starting with S, is a lingua franca of Kenya and Tanzania? | Swahili | 75%
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| 25% of the world's goods travel through the Strait of Malacca - which connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Name one of the two largest cities on that strait. | Kuala Lumpur or Singapore | 72%
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| What sea borders India, Oman, and Pakistan? | {Arabian} Sea | 70%
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| What river flows through Bangladesh on its way to the Indian Ocean? | Ganges / Brahmaputra | 70%
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| Who was the first European explorer to sail from Europe to India? | Vasco da Gama | 60%
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| What fictional Arabian sailor sailed the Seven Seas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans? | Sinbad | 54%
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| Two cities with a metro population over 15 million border the Indian Ocean. What are they? | Karachi | 46%
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| What country is the island of Socotra part of? | Yemen | 43%
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| What is Kenya's largest city on the Indian Ocean? | Mombasa | 42%
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| What city has a building, under construction, that is planned to be the tallest in the world? | Jeddah | 27%
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