| Category | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| U.S. STATES | Only state bordering on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes | Michigan | 95%
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| HISTORY | Convicts were first British settlers on this island-continent | Australia | 93%
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| In 1918, Communists moved Russian capital from Petrograd back to this city | Moscow | 93%
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| FORMER CAPITALS | Until Brasilia was carved from the wilderness, this was Brazil’s capital | Rio de Janeiro | 90%
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| Under the British, Calcutta was its capital | India | 88%
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| In the Middle Ages its seat of state was Krakow | Poland | 84%
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| Many think that Istanbul, the former capital, is still seat of state | Ankara | 81%
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| ISLANDS | South Sea island synonymous with atomic-sized blasts & atom-sized swimsuits | Bikini | 81%
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| Only New York City borough not on an island | Bronx | 80%
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| The Nationalists ruled it from Nanking | China | 76%
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| River the Indians called “the Father of Waters” | Mississippi River | 76%
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| LAKES & RIVERS | The Aswan Dam now prevents this river’s annual flooding | Nile River | 74%
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| N.Y. lakes said to resemble parts of a hand | Finger Lakes | 65%
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| Campobello Island, FDR's summer home, is in this country | Canada | 50%
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| “Colorful” river that’s title of a John Wayne film | Red River | 48%
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| It’s the largest lake remaining from prehistoric Lake Bonneville | Great Salt Lake | 33%
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