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| Which of the following has the largest surface area? | Africa | 100%
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| Zaire was a colony of which European country? | Belgium | 100%
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| Which of the following US states does not share its name with a major river? | California | 100%
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| What is the most populous US state? | California | 100%
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| Which of the following countries borders Tajikistan? | China | 100%
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| Through which of the following bodies of water might you pass while sailing (directly) from the Atlantic to the Pacific? | Drake Passage | 100%
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| Which of the following is one of the major islands of Japan? | Hokkaido | 100%
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| In which of the following countries might you find native orangutans? | Indonesia | 100%
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| What exclave separates the Baltic coasts of Poland and Lithuania? | Kaliningrad | 100%
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| Which of the following is a part of Portugal today? | Madeira | 100%
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| Which of the following Caribbean islands does NOT make up all or part of the name of a sovereign state? | Saint Martin | 100%
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| Which of the following describes the geographic shape of Malawi? | Tall north-to-south, narrow east-to-west | 100%
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| Which of the following is not a member of the United Nations? | Tokelau | 100%
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| Which of the following countries has an official spoken language other than English? | New Zealand | 89%
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| Which of the following is the name of one of the top 7 largest cities in China? | Guangzhou | 88%
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| What is the official currency of Thailand? | Bhat | 86%
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| Which of the following could refer to two people from a similar region at different points in history? | Bohemian, Czech | 86%
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| What is the primary language spoken in New Delhi? | Hindi | 86%
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| What is the capital of Comoros? | Moroni | 86%
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| Which of the following landmarks is in Malaysia? | Petronas Towers | 83%
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| Which of the following languages is primarily spoken in South America? | Quechua | 83%
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| Which of the following cities is in or on the slopes of the Caucasus? | Tbilisi | 80%
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| What is the Sahel? | A semi-arid region of Africa | 75%
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| What is the most populous city in Tanzania? | Dar es Salaam | 75%
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| Which of the following is a relatively northerly region of its respective country? | Finnmark | 75%
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| In which of the following cities would you be most likely to encounter a speaker of Aymara? | La Paz | 75%
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| Which of the following is not the name of a well-known wall? | Truman's Wall | 75%
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| Which of the following loosely describes the etymology of the disputed region of "Transnistria"? | A description of the region's situation relative to a river | 67%
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| Which of the following countries is furthest east? | Barbados | 67%
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| Which of the following regions has a politically significant separatist movement? | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea | 67%
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| What is the name for a narrow, steep-walled extension of water, usually the ocean, into a landmass? | Fjord | 67%
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| The majority of citizens of Kosovo practice the same religion as the majority of citizens of... | Kazakhstan | 67%
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| The DMZ most commonly refers to a region of which peninsula? | Korea | 67%
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| Which of the following locations is not in Canada? | Miquelon-Langlade Island | 67%
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| What is the name of the second-largest island in Malta (after Malta itself)? | Gozo | 63%
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| Rather than Panama, a plan once existed to build a Pacific-Atlantic canal in... | Nicaragua | 63%
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| Which of the following countries does not border Mexico? | El Salvador | 60%
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| Which of the following lists of rivers all flow through Cambodia? | Mekong, Tonle Sap, Bassac | 60%
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| Which of the following bodies of water shares its name with a major tectonic plate? | Philippine Sea | 60%
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| Approximately how many people live in the Schengen Area? | 450 million | 50%
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| Which statement about Mexico City is true? | It is the most populous city in North America | 50%
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| Which of the following might be described as a "Rift Lake"? | Lake Malawi | 50%
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| Which of the following cities would traditionally be considered to be in the Balkans? | Novi Sad | 50%
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| INCLUDING overseas territories, which of the following countries does not share a land border with France? | United Kingdom | 50%
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| Which direction would you primarily need to travel to get from Blantyre to Lusaka? | West | 50%
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| Which of the following Indian states and territories is furthest east? | Assam | 40%
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| Approximately 3.5% of Ghana is covered by... | Lake Volta | 40%
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| Which of the following mountains does not form part of an international border? | Mount Etna | 33%
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| Djerba is an island in which country and body of water? | Tunisia, the Mediterranean | 33%
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| Which of the following forms all or part of at least one international border? | Zambezi River | 33%
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| Mashhad is a city in... | Iran | 25%
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| Which of the following cities (by their common, English name) officially has a completely different name? | Port Elizabeth | 25%
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| In or near what country might you find the Wallace Line? | Indonesia | 20%
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| In what country would you find the Lena River Delta? | Russia | 17%
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| Spain shares three distinct land borders with Morocco. These are caused by the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and... | Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera | 14%
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| Which of the following is a major landmark in Micronesia (the region)? | Nan Madol | 13%
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| What is OPEC? | A loose partnership of oil-producing states | 0%
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| Which of the following is not the name of a Brazilian state? | Formosa | 0%
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| What is the name in Indonesian for the island of Borneo (and/or Indonesia's territory on it)? | Kalimantan | 0%
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| What is the de facto capital of Nauru? | Yaren | 0%
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