| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | Balkan country that was Balkanised | Yugoslavia | 75%
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| Q | Last dynasty of Imperial China | Qing Dynasty | 68%
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| P | Historical German state, namesake of a shade of blue | Prussia | 67%
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| E | GDR | East Germany | 62%
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| W | Celtic nation, namesake for the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian Periods | Wales | 62%
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| O | Founded by Osman I | Ottoman Empire | 57%
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| V | 'Most Serene Republic' that was ruled by a Doge | Venice | 57%
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| R | Trajan ruled at its greatest extent | Roman Empire | 50%
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| F | Shortlived republic of Taiwan between Chinese and Japanese rule | Formosa | 48%
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| N | Became Zambia | Northern Rhodesia | 48%
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| U | Union between Egypt and Syria created by Nasser | United Arab Republic | 48%
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| G | Kingdom of northwestern Iberia | Galicia | 47%
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| I | Native American nation in upstate New York | Iroquois Confederacy | 33%
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| S | The 'Lesser Satan' according to Khomeini | Soviet Union | 30%
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| K | Brief empire, vassal state, and then divided in Cold War | Korea | 28%
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| T | Remote country between Siberia and Mongolia, first to appoint a woman leader | Tannu-Tuva | 27%
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| M | Anglo-Saxon kingdom ruled by Offa | Mercia | 25%
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| L | Ancient Irish kingdom with a harp on its flag | Leinster | 20%
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| A | Republic that seceded from Bolivia and was then annexed by Brazil | Acre | 17%
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| Z | Pre-Columbian civiization in the Oaxaca valley | Zapotec | 10%
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| D | Colony sold to the USA became the Virgin Islands | Danish West Indies | 8%
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| C | Microstate between Spain and Portugal | Couto Misto | 7%
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| X | Ancient nomadic confederation ruling from Kazakhstan to Manchuria | Xiongnu Empire | 5%
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| B | African kingdom surrounding Lake Chad | Bornu Empire | 3%
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| H | Tiny Polynesian kingdom visited by Cook | Huahine | 2%
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| J | French Mandate state in southern Syria | Jabal Druze | 2%
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