| Hint | Answer | Word Length | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital of Switzerland | Bern | 4 | 93%
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| Mountain range running from Venezuela to Chile | Andes | 5 | 92%
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| Largest country in South America | Brazil | 6 | 92%
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| Cardinal direction | East | 4 | 91%
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| This country was surpassed in 2023 for most populous country by India | China | 5 | 90%
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| Country which Pablo Escobar hailed from | Colombia | 8 | 90%
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| South American country named after the Equator | Ecuador | 7 | 90%
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| Country which Iraq invaded in 1980 | Iran | 4 | 90%
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| Capital of Peru | Lima | 4 | 90%
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| Oldest university in the United Kingdom | Oxford | 6 | 88%
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| Capital of South Korea | Seoul | 5 | 88%
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| This small Pacific country is a popular tourist destination | Fiji | 4 | 87%
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| The Land of the Rising Sun | Japan | 5 | 87%
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| Capital and largest city of Spain | Madrid | 6 | 87%
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| Modern day country of the Inca Empire | Peru | 4 | 87%
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| Islamic month of fasting | Ramadan | 7 | 87%
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| Egyptian canal | Suez | 4 | 87%
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| Caribbean country formed out of a slave revolt | Haiti | 5 | 86%
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| Language spoken in San Marino | Italian | 7 | 86%
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| Largest country in Scandinavia | Sweden | 6 | 86%
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| Russian equivalent of King | Tsar | 4 | 86%
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| Currency of Switzerland | Franc | 5 | 85%
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| This country was formerly called Burma | Myanmar | 7 | 85%
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| "Pleasant" city of the French Riveira | Nice | 4 | 85%
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| Empire based in Anatolia which ruled parts of the Middle East from the 13th century to World War One | Ottoman Empire | 7 | 85%
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| Oil rich country on the Arabian peninsula | Qatar | 5 | 85%
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| The country of residence of the Pope | {Vatican} City | 7 | 85%
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| Capital of Poland | Warsaw | 6 | 85%
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| Wife of Henry VIII whom he executed | Anne | 4 | 84%
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| Archduke whose assassination sparked World War One | Franz Ferdinand | 9 | 84%
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| River which the West Bank lies on the west of | Jordan | 6 | 83%
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| Major river flowing through Germany, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands | Rhine | 5 | 83%
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| Mountain range separating Europe from Asia | Ural | 4 | 83%
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| Language of Wales | Welsh | 5 | 83%
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| Southernmost state in the continental United States | Florida | 7 | 81%
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| River which flowed through Stalingrad | Volga | 5 | 81%
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| Battle of Napoleon's final defeat | Waterloo | 8 | 81%
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| Capital of Austria in German | Wien | 4 | 81%
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| City along the Danube River merged into one in 1873 | Budapest | 8 | 80%
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| Demonym for a person born in Estonia | Estonian | 8 | 80%
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| First British king from the House of Hannover | George | 6 | 80%
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| State directly north of Texas | Oklahoma | 8 | 80%
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| Country of Magellan and da Gama | Portugal | 8 | 80%
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| Country Idi Amin ruled | Uganda | 6 | 80%
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| Demonym for a person from Oman | Omani | 5 | 79%
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| Small island country in Micronesia | Palau | 5 | 78%
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| Country which formed a union with Lithuania in the 14th century | Poland | 6 | 78%
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| Jewish language most commonly spoken in Eastern and Central Europe | Yiddish | 7 | 78%
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| City in Northern England with a US state named after it | York | 4 | 78%
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| Word for the pilgrimage to Mecca | Hajj | 4 | 77%
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| Region fought over and disputed by India, Pakistan, and China | Kashmir | 7 | 77%
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| King Tut had a mask made out of this metal | Gold | 4 | 76%
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| One of the two countries in the Americas who has been Communist | Grenada | 7 | 76%
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| Stateless people group in West Asia split between Syria, Turkey, Iran,and Iraq | Kurds | 5 | 74%
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| Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Zaire | 5 | 74%
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| The lowest point on any inhabited continent, located between Jordan and Israel | Dead Sea | 4 | 73%
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| City which was infamously firebombed by the Allies in 1945 | Dresden | 7 | 73%
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| Last dynasty of China | Qing Dynasty | 4 | 73%
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| East African language and lingua franca of Tanzania | Swahili | 7 | 73%
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| Jamaican religion based around the worship of the Emperor of Ethiopia | Rastafari | 9 | 72%
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| Third largest city in Florida | Tampa | 5 | 71%
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| City in China where the Terracotta Army is buried | Xi'an | 4 | 71%
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| Largest ethnicity of Vietnam | Viet | 4 | 70%
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| First communist leader of China | Mao Zedong | 6 | 69%
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| Alaskan mountain formerly called Mount McKinley | Denali | 6 | 66%
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| Capital of Angola | Luanda | 6 | 65%
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| Conqueror of the Aztecs | Hernan Cortes | 6 | 64%
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| Third most spoken Slavic language | Ukrainian | 9 | 64%
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| Turkish city once known as Smyrna | İzmir | 5 | 63%
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| Capital of Tibet | Lhasa | 5 | 63%
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| Capital of Kazakhstan | Astana | 6 | 62%
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| This lake in West Africa has been rapidly drying up | Chad | 4 | 62%
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| Tallest mountain in Europe | Elbrus | 6 | 62%
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| Peninsula in Turkey and site of a brutal World War One battle | Gallipoli | 9 | 62%
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| County and former Kingdom of England settled by the Jutes | Kent | 4 | 62%
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| Kingdom which controlled Southern Italy between 1282 and 1806 | Naples | 6 | 60%
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| This country abolished its monarchy in 2008 | Nepal | 5 | 60%
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| Major Spanish city and capital of Aragon | Zaragoza | 8 | 60%
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| Fourth largest city in Belgium | Ghent | 5 | 59%
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| Mongol ruler who conquered China | Kublai Khan | 6 | 59%
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| Catalan speaking region of Spain | Valencia | 8 | 59%
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| The longest battle of the First World War | Verdun | 6 | 58%
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| Second largest Japanese city by city proper population | Yokohama | 8 | 56%
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| City in Belgium notable for 5 World War One battles | Ypres | 5 | 56%
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| Largest and least populous of all Canadian provinces and territories | Nunavut | 7 | 53%
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| Ethnic group of South Africa with notable people including Mandela | Xhosa | 5 | 53%
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| German city and the location of a major Allied conference | Potsdam | 7 | 51%
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| Prime Minister of India | Narendra Modi | 4 | 50%
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| City of 1.5 million on the Algerian coast | Oran | 4 | 48%
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| Turkic language spoken predominantly in Central Asia | Uzbek | 5 | 48%
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| Germanic tribe that settled in Northern Italy | Lombards | 8 | 47%
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| Major city near the mouth of the Don River | Rostov | 6 | 43%
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| Equivalent to letter in Old Norse | Rune | 4 | 43%
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| Subregion of Oceania that includes Papua New Guinea | Melanesia | 9 | 42%
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| Name of Blackbeard's ship | {Queen} {Anne}'s Revenge | 9 | 42%
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| Tallest mountain in South America | Aconcagua | 9 | 41%
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| Major river of Myanmar | Irrawaddy | 9 | 38%
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| Second largest city in Indonesia | Bandung | 7 | 37%
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| Second largest city of the Manchurian region | Harbin | 6 | 37%
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| Northernmost South Africa province named after a river | Limpopo | 7 | 36%
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| Spanish caliphate from 929 to 1031 | Córdoba | 7 | 35%
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| Largest island of South Korea | Jeju Island | 4 | 35%
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| Large Croatian peninsula | Istria | 6 | 29%
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| Northernmost city on Sumatra with a population of over 1 million | Medan | 5 | 29%
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| Megacity and port along the Taiwan Strait | Xiamen | 6 | 29%
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| Capital of Tierra del Fuego | Ushuaia | 7 | 28%
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| High-altitude major city of Pakistan | Quetta | 6 | 27%
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| Northernmost city in Iran with a population of 1 million people | Tabriz | 6 | 27%
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| Second largest city in Taiwan | Kaohsiung | 9 | 26%
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| One of seven official cities in Wales | Wrexham | 7 | 26%
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| Region of China populated by a majority of Uyghur Muslims | Xinjiang | 8 | 21%
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| Medium sized religious group of the Levant | Druze | 5 | 20%
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| Province of China | Yunnan | 6 | 19%
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| Dynasty of China during the Spring and Autumn Period | Zhou | 4 | 16%
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| Language family that Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam, among others, belong to | Dravidian | 9 | 15%
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| Language branch that Finnish and Estonian belong to | Finnic | 6 | 15%
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| Breakaway state in the Caucasus supported by Armenia | Artsakh | 7 | 14%
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| Large province of north-central China | Qinghai | 7 | 12%
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| Mexican city of 1 million in the Guadalajara Metro Area | Zapopan | 7 | 12%
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| First premier of the People's Republic of China | Zhou Enlai | 5 | 12%
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| First ruler of the Mughal Empire | Babur | 5 | 8%
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| State of Mexico | Hidalgo | 7 | 7%
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| Term for the seven competing petty kingdoms of Feudal England | Heptarchy | 9 | 6%
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| Second largest city of Guinea | Nzérékoré | 9 | 6%
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| Founder of the Malian Empire | Sundjata | 8 | 6%
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| 14th and 15th century King of Poland who converted Lithuania to Christianity | Władysław II Jagiełło | 8 | 6%
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| State in Mexico | Tlaxcala | 8 | 5%
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| Leader of the Taiping Rebellion | Hong Xiuquan | 7 | 3%
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| Soviet established by Mao Zedong between 1931 and 1934 | Jiangxi Soviet | 7 | 3%
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| Former president of the State of Katanga | Moi͏̈se Tshombe | 7 | 3%
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