| Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Capital of Morocco | Rabat | 88%
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| Chinese megacity whose name starts with W | Wuhan | 87%
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| Former Portuguese territory now a part of China | Macau | 74%
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| Tiny nation in Oceania that Australia paid to take unwanted migrants | Nauru | 74%
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| West African country where Kofi Annan was born | Ghana | 72%
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| UNESCO World Heritage site in Jordan – famous for buildings carved into solid rock | Petra | 66%
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| Second largest city in South Korea | Busan | 56%
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| Coastal city in northwest Italy who once fought a war against Venice | Genoa | 54%
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| Third most populous city in Turkey, formerly known as Smyrna | Izmir | 53%
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| Swiss ski town that hosts the World Economic Forum | Davos | 43%
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| Largest city in North Dakota | Fargo | 42%
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| Ancient name for a region in present day Sudan and Egypt | Nubia | 39%
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| One of the two Spanish cities on the African continent | Ceuta | 38%
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| Major city on the northern coast of Israel | Haifa | 38%
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| Semi-arid region that lies just south of the Sahara | Sahel | 37%
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| City in Alabama where Martin Luther King marched in 1965 | Selma | 31%
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| City in northern Iraq which was the largest city once controlled by ISIS | Mosul | 29%
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| Flemish city known for its wool industry in the Middle Ages | Ghent | 28%
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| Capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan | Kazan | 22%
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| Malaysian state located just north of Singapore | Johor | 16%
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| Canada's highest mountain | Logan | 16%
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| UNESCO World Heritage site in Guatemala – the ruins of a Mayan city | Tikal | 14%
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