| Hint | Extra Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Pyongyang | Some people have been publicly executed here for watching South Korean pop videos. | North Korea | 99%
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| Kathmandu | In 2008, the monarchy here was abolished; this was a key part of a peace deal with Maoist guerrillas. | Nepal | 97%
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| Damascus | Dating from the 3rd millennium BC, this Middle Eastern capital vies for the title of the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. | Syria | 97%
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| Doha | This was the location of the invasive body search scandal in 2020, after a baby was found abandoned in an airport bin. | Qatar | 90%
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| Tianducheng | City in Zhejiang featuring a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower and architecture resembling that of Paris. | China | 75%
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| Jeonju | Western city home to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors F.C. | South Korea | 75%
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| Türkmenbaşy | Formerly known as Krasnovodsk, Kyzyl-Su, and Shagadam. | Turkmenistan | 70%
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| Rishon LeZion | The 1882 purchase of this land here within the Ottoman Empire, to found this city, shaped the pattern of Jewish settlement henceforth. | Israel | 62%
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| Haiphong | The main port of the delta of the Red River (also known as the Hong, Sông Cái, or Yuan). | Vietnam | 58%
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| Bursa | Birthplace of Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female fighter pilot. | Turkey | 55%
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| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | With a record low of −47C and high of 38, that gives a temperature range of 85 degrees in variation. | Russia | 47%
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| Mörön | Northern outpost where the temperature extremes are -47 and 37, a range of 84 degrees C. | Mongolia | 40%
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| Gurugram | A boy was treated at the hospital here in 2024 after surviving a tiger attack by pulling the animal's tongue. | India | 38%
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| Sidon | Jesus, St. Paul, Elijah and Herod are all said by the Bible to have visited this seaport. | Lebanon | 38%
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| Putrajaya | Located just south of the nominal capital, this has been the seat of government since 1999, and of the judiciary since 2003. | Malaysia | 36%
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| Paro | The third-largest settlement in the country, and the location of its only international airport. | Bhutan | 34%
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| Salalah | The Sultan's palace in this city housed his 150 female slaves in the 1960s. | Oman | 34%
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| Kyzyl-Kiya | Border town at the edge of the Fergana Valley, | Kyrgyzstan | 31%
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| Hat Yai | Southern city whose name comes from the mahat tree, a relative of jackfruits. | Thailand | 31%
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| Al Ain | This desert oasis location on the Omani border is the largest inland settlement in the country. | UAE | 30%
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| Battambang | The former capital of the Siamese province of Inner Cambodia. | Cambodia | 29%
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| Vang Vieng | In 2011, 27 people died in river accidents in this debauched party town, which was later the scene of the fatal methanol spiked drinks scandal. | Laos | 27%
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| Gyumri | Formerly named Leninakan. Was at the epicentre of the worst earthquake disaster of the 1980s. | Armenia | 23%
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| Rajshahi | A false rumour about salt shortages led to panic buying of salt here in 2019; two traders were arrested for stockpiling by a mobile court (basically a magistrate in a minibus). | Bangladesh | 23%
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| Nukus | The capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Its isolated location led to it being chosen for the site of a chemical research institute, the major research and testing site for the Novichok agent, | Uzbekistan | 23%
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| St. Catherine | St. Catherine's monastery was established here by the emperor Justinian. | Egypt | 22%
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| Zanjan | Has a large Azeri population. | Iran | 21%
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| Zugdidi | The Ottomans destroyed this city in the 1850s. | Georgia | 18%
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| Al Ahmadi | The HQ of the national oil company is located here. | Kuwait | 18%
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| Puli Khumri | Northern city in Baghlan Province, the site of an Islamic State bombing in 2023 | Afghanistan | 17%
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| Hillah | Once a major centre of Islamic scholarship. | Iraq | 17%
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| Agsu | Home town of Tahir Karimli, the MP who released a video of himself reciting a threatening poem while wielding a plastic dinosaur. | Azerbaijan | 16%
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| Taraz | Ancient city dating back to the building of a Xiongnu fortress. In 750AD there was a battle here between the Tang and the Abbasid Caliphate; one of its outcomes was the introduction of paper to the West. | Kazakhstan | 14%
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| Myitkyina | Residents here dispose of most of their rubbish by burning it by the roadside. | Myanmar | 14%
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| Sargodha | Home to football club Canal F.C. | Pakistan | 14%
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| Khafji | Oil hub in the east of the country, taken by enemy troops in the 1991 war. | Saudi Arabia | 10%
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| Bokhtar | Formerly called Qurghonteppa, it was the epicentre of the 1990s war. | Tajikistan | 10%
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| As-Salt | Highland city named Saltus ("forest" in Latin) by the Byzantine Empire. | Jordan | 9%
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| Dhamar | This city sits at almost 8,000 feet altitude. | Yemen | 9%
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