| Initial letter | Clue | Name ending in V | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | The capital of Ukraine | Kiev | 90%
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| T | The largest city in Israel | Tel Aviv | 86%
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| G | The last Soviet president | Gorbachev | 81%
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| N | Leader of the USSR from 1953 to 1964 | Nikita Khrushchev | 71%
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| X | Letters at the end of the title of King Louis of France, the longest-reigning monarch ever (72 years) | XIV | 71%
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| I | Common Russian surname, and title of play by C | Ivanov | 67%
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| R | Southern Russian city on the river Don | Rostov | 67%
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| F | Second name of rapper Flavor's stage name (from Public Enemy) | Flav | 57%
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| M | Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav, whose name was used for a weapon | Molotov | 57%
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| U | Actor Peter who played Hercule Poirot in Death On The Nile | Ustinov | 57%
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| C | Surname of playwright Anton | Chekhov | 48%
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| W | Three-letter extension for some sound files on computers | Wav | 48%
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| Z | Commander of the Soviet forces in World War II, first name Georgy | Zhukov | 48%
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| A | Ukrainian brigade named after a Crimean sea | Azov | 38%
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| L | Football team from Moscow | Lokomotiv | 38%
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| V | First name of former Czech president Havel | Vaclav | 33%
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| B | City in Belarus where football team BATE play | Borisov | 29%
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| S | Major port on the Volga next to Engels | Saratov | 29%
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| O | Name of a diamond and a noble Russian family | Orlov | 19%
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| Y | 11th century ruler of Kievan Rus' who gave his name to a large city he founded | Yaroslav | 19%
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| D | Grigor, top Bulgarian tennis player | Dmitrov | 14%
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| P | Former Macedonian striker Goran | Pandev | 14%
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| J | Former cricketer Kedar who played for India | Jadhav | 10%
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| Q | Belgian fitness video instructor with the surname of I | Quentin Ivanov | 5%
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| E | Russian town in Saratov oblast | Ershov | 0%
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| H | Northern Ukrainian town near the Russian border | Hlukhiv | 0%
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