| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Currency of Japan | yen | 100%
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| Country on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | 97%
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| Capital of Armenia | Yerevan | 95%
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| Long-haired species of cattle native to the Himalayas | yak | 93%
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| River in China that is the longest in Asia | Yangtze | 89%
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| Second-largest city in Japan | Yokohama | 88%
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| Second-longest river in China and Asia | Yellow | 84%
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| Portable, round tent common in Mongolia and Central Asia | yurt | 79%
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| Largest city in Myanmar | Yangon | 77%
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| Group of spiritual, mental, and physical practices originating from ancient India | yoga | 73%
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| Fourth-largest city in Russia - very close to the Ural Mountains | Yekaterinburg | 68%
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| Chinese philosophical concept of two opposite but interconnected forces | yin and yang | 61%
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| Capital and largest city of Russia's Sakha Republic | Yakutsk | 37%
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| River in Mongolia and Russia that is the longest to drain into the Arctic Ocean | Yenisey | 37%
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| Autonomous region of Indonesia ruled by a sultan | Yogyakarta | 23%
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| Kurdish-speaking ethnoreligious group | Yazidis | 17%
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| Province in central Iran and its capital | Yazd | 11%
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| City of over 2 million in the Chinese province of Guangdong | Yunfu | 4%
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| Deepest canyon in the world; located in Tibet | Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon | 1%
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| Province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in Judea | Yehud | 1%
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