| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country passed China in 2023 to have the world's largest population? | India | 99%
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| What is the northernmost city with a metro population over 10 million? | Moscow | 82%
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| What was the world's most populous city in the year 1 AD? | Rome | 82%
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| What country had over 20 sheep for every person in the 1970s but now only has about 5 sheep per person? | New Zealand | 79%
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| What country has the world's largest Muslim population? | Indonesia | 71%
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| What is the least densely populated U.S. state? | Alaska | 70%
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| What is the world's least densely populated country? | Mongolia | 70%
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| What is the world's most densely populated country? | Monaco | 64%
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| What is the most densely populated island in the U.S.? | Manhattan | 59%
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| What U.S. city has lost over 1.2 million residents since 1950? | Detroit | 58%
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| What river has over 500 million people living in its watershed? | Ganges / Brahmaputra | 58%
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| What island has a population of around 6.6 million - lower than it was in the 1840s? | Ireland | 53%
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| What is the world's most populous island? (hint: coffee) | Java | 53%
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| What city in South America had a population of 0 in 1950, but has over 3 million today? | Brasília | 51%
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| What is the most populous city in Indochina? | Bangkok | 48%
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| What was the third most populous country in the 1980s? | Soviet Union | 43%
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| What country has about 9.5 million residents, but only 1.1 million citizens? | United Arab Emirates | 43%
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| What is the easternmost city with a metro population over 1 million? | Auckland | 32%
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| What suburb of Tokyo has over 3.7 million people? | Yokohama | 26%
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| What country's population has decreased by over 15 million people since 1993? | Ukraine | 20%
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