| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient state in eastern China | Wu | 99%
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| City in China where the COVID-19 virus was first discovered | Wuhan | 99%
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| War in which Japan allied with Germany and Italy | World War II | 97%
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| De facto independent state in eastern Myanmar | Wa State | 96%
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| One of two Palestinian territories | West Bank | 92%
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| Type of cooking pan originating in China | wok | 81%
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| Material that comes from yaks, used to make clothing, tents, ropes, and blankets in the Himalayas | wool | 68%
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| Japanese cattle breed that produces some of the world's most expensive beef | Wagyu | 63%
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| Conservative Islamic religious movement that was the governing ideology of Saudi Arabia, but has recently lost influence | Wahhabism | 44%
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| Chinese port city of 9 million, with several mountains within its boundaries | Wenzhou | 44%
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| Arabic term referring to a riverbed that only has water after rain | wadi | 41%
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| Indian state with a majority Bengali population | West Bengal | 41%
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| Most populous province of Indonesia | West Java | 26%
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| Siberian island that is the last known place where woolly mammoths survived | Wrangel Island | 25%
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| Capital of the above; the modern city has a population of 7.5 million | Wuxi | 23%
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| Era in ancient Chinese history named for the constant military conflict; it ended when the Qin dynasty established the first unified Chinese empire | Warring States period | 21%
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| Indonesian province on the island of Borneo known as the "province of the thousand rivers" | West Kalimantan | 15%
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| Indian city of 800,000 with many medieval monuments | Warangal | 4%
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| Language with 3.6 million speakers in the Philippines | Waray | 4%
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| Largest of Indonesia's Barat Daya Islands | Wetar | 1%
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