| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| ... largest population | China | 100%
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| ... largest land area | Russia | 100%
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| ... smallest land area and population | Vatican | 97%
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| ... lowest recorded temperature | Russia | 83%
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| ... highest recorded temperature | United States | 76%
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| ... largest island | Denmark | 66%
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| ... highest glacier (hint: it's in Asia) | Nepal | 59%
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| ... highest permanent human settlement (hint: it's in the Americas) | Peru | 59%
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| ... highest waterfall | Venezuela | 59%
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| ... largest lake entirely within its borders | United States | 55%
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| ... longest river entirely within its borders | China | 52%
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| ... costliest earthquake | Japan | 48%
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| ... highest dormant volcano (hint: it's in the Americas) | Argentina | 45%
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| ... strongest earthquake by magnitude | Chile | 45%
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| ... most islands (hint: it's not in Asia or Oceania) | Sweden | 41%
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| ... most remote inhabited island (hint: The country annexed the island in 1816. Its capital is more than 6000 miles from the island.) | United Kingdom | 41%
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| ... largest hot desert entirely within its borders | Australia | 38%
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| ... longest beach (hint: it's not an island nation) | Brazil | 38%
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| ... highest point farthest from earth's center | Ecuador | 38%
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| ... deepest known cave (hint: a former Soviet republic) | Georgia | 38%
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| ... most rainfall in a single year (hint: it's in Asia) | India | 38%
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| ... deadliest earthquake | China | 31%
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| ... most remote island (hint: The country claimed the island in 1927. Its capital is more than 7900 miles from the island.) | Norway | 24%
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| ... deepest mine | South Africa | 24%
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| ... deadliest tornado (hint: it's in Asia) | Bangladesh | 21%
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