| Initial letter | Clue | Name ending in Q | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Country bordering Jordan | Iraq | 100%
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| E | Stage name of American actor La Salle | Eriq | 60%
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| T | Saddam's deputy Aziz; also a Pakistani actor's name | Tariq | 50%
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| F | Arabic first name of American actor Tauheed | Faruq | 40%
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| U | Double-barreled second name of Pakistan cricketer Inzamam | Ul-Haq | 40%
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| X | Airport code for Keleti, Hungary | XXQ | 30%
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| A | Palestinian human rights organisation with a journalistic-sounding title | Al-Haq | 20%
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| C | Cheery, cheeky-sounding Uzbek city | Chirchiq | 20%
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| J | Title character of "Top Boy" book and Netflix show | Jaq | 20%
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| V | Paris suburb meaning "New town of Ascq" | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 20%
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| D | Radio DJ from Chennai, surname Azeez, a variant of T | Dhariq | 10%
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| N | Early 1900s Syrian revolutionary al-Abid | Naziq | 10%
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| P | Short town name found in Belgium and France | Pecq | 10%
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| R | Rural-sounding town in Oman | Rustaq | 10%
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| Y | Underwear manufacturer from Coimbatore, India | Yasiq | 10%
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| Z | Qaret _____, fast-sounding Egyptian town | Zumaq | 10%
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| B | Town in Uzbekistan which contains the answer to S | Beshariq | 0%
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| G | Abi ______, town south of Baghdad | Gharaq | 0%
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| H | Middle Eastern girls' name | Haduraq | 0%
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| K | Village in Quebec | Kangiqsualujjuaq | 0%
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| L | Short-named inland city in Somalia | Luuq | 0%
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| M | Town in Yemen | Mafhaq | 0%
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| O | Uzbek mining town, one of the most polluted places on Earth | Olmaliq | 0%
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| Q | Village in Greenland | Qaqortoq | 0%
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| S | First name of Indian actor Hassan | Shariq | 0%
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| W | Writer whose first name and surname are identical | Wasiq Wasiq | 0%
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