| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A significant percentage of cactus species can be found in this country | Mexico | 97%
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| Second largest U.S. state | Texas | 97%
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| England's oldest university | Oxford | 93%
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| Capital of Arizona | Phoenix | 82%
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| Second least populous country in the European Union, after Malta | Luxembourg | 79%
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| Second most populous city in Egypt, founded by a famous conqueror | Alexandria | 76%
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| Borough that lies just north of Manhattan | Bronx | 76%
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| French city known as the "Wine Capital of the World" | Bordeaux | 74%
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| Largest city in South Dakota, named for a Native American tribe | {Sioux} Falls | 63%
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| Tourists flock to this Egyptian city to see the Valley of the Kings | Luxor | 61%
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| Germanic tribe that many English people are descended from | Saxons | 60%
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| A former capital of China, known for its Terracotta Army | Xi'an | 57%
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| This surveyor's line is often considered the boundary between the Northern and Southern U.S. states | Mason-{Dixon} | 52%
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| Capital of Nova Scotia | Halifax | 51%
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| County just northeast of London, named for a Medieval kingdom | Essex | 50%
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| Nelson Mandela was a native speaker of this language, one of 11 official languages of South Africa | Xhosa | 48%
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| Southern state in the above, known for its many kinds of mole sauce | Oaxaca | 33%
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| This town in the French Alps hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 | Chamonix | 30%
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| Chinese city on the Taiwan Strait, formerly called Amoy | Xiamen | 29%
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| This tributary of the Amazon is nearly 5x as long as any river in the UK | Xingu River | 6%
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