| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Currency, with a perhaps phallic name | Dong | 94%
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| S | Former name of Ho Chi Minh City | Saigon | 91%
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| N | Most common family name | Nguyễn | 90%
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| P | Noodle soup dish | Phở | 90%
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| E | Most common second language | English | 88%
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| B | Vietnamese-style baguette sandwich | Bánh mì | 86%
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| T | Vietnamese New Year (and 1968 Offensive) | Tet | 85%
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| M | Vital river for the rice-growing regions of the south | {Mekong} River | 83%
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| H | UNESCO World Heritage Site of limestone karsts | {Ha} {Long} Bay | 82%
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| I | Peninsula where Vietnam is located | Indochina | 79%
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| O | Politician who visited in 2016 | Obama | 79%
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| L | Flower considered a symbol of Vietnam | Lotus | 78%
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| R | River on which Hanoi sits | {Red} River | 75%
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| V | Liberation group that fought against South Vietnam | Viet Cong | 71%
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| Y | Like the star on the Vietnamese flag | Yellow | 71%
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| A | National outfit: a long silk tunic worn over trousers | Áo dài | 69%
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| Q | Vietnam's largest island, once used as a prison | Phu {Quốc} | 64%
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| U | Familial term of endearment for Ho Chi Minh | {Uncle} Ho | 64%
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| X | A common way to say "hello" in Vietnamese | {Xin} {chào} | 63%
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| C | Is the 2nd-largest producer of this crop in the world | Coffee | 57%
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| F | Tallest mountain | Fansipan | 52%
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| K | Majority ethnic group (85% of the population) | {Kinh} | 49%
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| Z | Most popular messaging app, made in Vietnam | Zalo | 49%
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| W | Holiday celebrated every May 1 | International {Workers'} Day | 40%
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| G | Body of water where the USS Maddox was supposedly attacked | {Gulf} {of} {Tonkin} | 38%
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| J | Alexandre de Rhodes, who invented the alphabet, was one of these priests | Jesuits | 34%
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