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Clue
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Place
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A
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The smallest continent
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Australia
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B
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Country which has the longest north-to-south contiguous area
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Brazil
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C
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Sea where Jamaica is located
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Caribbean
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D
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Lake whose shore is the next-lowest land on Earth after some Antarctic canyons
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Dead Sea
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E
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Country famous for its ancient civilisation on the River Nile
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Egypt
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F
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City which is Germany's financial centre
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Frankfurt
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G
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The world's largest coral reef system
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Great Barrier Reef
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H
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Now renamed, this used to be the capital of South Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City
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I
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Body of water in which Madagascar is located
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Indian Ocean
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J
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The most-populated island, with over 153 million people
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Java
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K
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The Ukrainian capital
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Kiev
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L
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Country where the centre of Europe is (measured by centre-of-gravity method)
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Lithuania
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M
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Metropolis in the Americas which is sinking at a rate of 20 inches per year
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Mexico City
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N
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Desert in southern Africa
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Namib
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O
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Very long Russian river with the world's longest estuary
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Ob
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P
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The highest mountain on any island, also called Carstenz Pyramid, in New Guinea
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Puncak Jaya
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Q
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The largest Canadian province
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Quebec
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R
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Country which has a larger surface area than Pluto
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Russia
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S
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The only sea with no coast
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Sargasso Sea
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T
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River which flows through Oxford, Reading and London
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Thames
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U
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The Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock
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Uluru
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V
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City where Chile's parliament and other government buildings are located
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Valparaiso
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W
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Indonesian part of an island which they share with a small country
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West Timor
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X
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City whose army never see any action
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Xi'an
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Y
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French village close to the Somme whose name is also the capital of Yemen
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Y
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Z
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National park in Utah with a biblical name
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Zion
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1
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Canadian village named after a home which was 161km along a certain highway
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100 Mile House
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2
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Name of a Romanian village, which is a number plus a month named after an emperor
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23 August
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3
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Mexican town whose name is the date of Hallowe'en, in Spanish
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31 de Octubre
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4
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Paris district where Roman residents mingle
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4th arrondissement
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5
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Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch street number, equal to 25 x 209
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5225
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6
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Egyptian city next to Giza, named after the 280th day of a leap year
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6th of October City
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7
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Village in Rajasthan where rural municipalities' names begin with numbers, in this case 7, 50 and 100
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7 LC
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8
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Seedy New York thoroughfare which runs SW from Broadway to the West Village
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8th Avenue
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9
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Address of the Westminster Press Briefing Room in London
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9 Downing Street
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'
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Birthplace of a visionary Dutch artist; she had a right to General Bosch
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's-Hertogenbosch
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