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1) In what country would you find Angkor Wat?
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Cambodia
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2) Language of the above country
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Khmer
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3) What was the former name of Tokyo until 1868?
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Edo
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4) What is the most populous city in China?
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Shanghai
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5) What is the largest island of the Philippines?
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Luzon
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6) What is the wealthiest Asian country?
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Singapore
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7) In what city would you find the Petronas Towers?
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Kuala Lumpur
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8) What is the longest river in Asia?
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Yangtze
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9) This former region high in the mountains of China was ruled by the Dalai Lama
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Tibet
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10) What is the most populous Indonesian island?
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Java
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11) This river is the holiest in India
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Ganges
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12) What exclave bordering Poland does Russia own?
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Kaliningrad
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13) What major city is home to the Hagia Sophia?
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Istanbul
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14) Dubrovnik is a major port city on what sea?
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Adriatic
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15) What major city is Mt Vesuvius closest to?
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Naples
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16) What is the highest mountain in Europe?
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Elbrus
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17) St Basils Cathedral can be found in what city?
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Moscow
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18) Europes busiest port is located in this city
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Rotterdam
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19) Which French city is closest to the UK?
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Calais
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20) The River ______ runs through London
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Thames
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21) Mountainous micro-nation nestled in north-central Italy
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San Marino
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22) What is the capital of Crete?
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Heraklion
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23) What is the farthest northern capital in Africa?
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Tunis
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24) What African nation has an almost identical flag to Romania?
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Chad
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25) Formerly named Abyssinia
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Ethiopia
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26) The ruins of Timbuktu are located in this African nation
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Mali
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27) Abidjan is the largest city in this country, though not currently its capital
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Ivory Coast
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28) What capital lies across the Congo river from Kinshasa, DRC?
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Brazzaville
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29) Luanda is the capital of which nation?
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Angola
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30) What is Africas highest mountain?
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Kilimanjaro
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31) This nation was formerly named Swaziland
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Eswatini
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32) This nation uses the Loti as currency
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Lesotho
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33) This island nation lies in 3 timezones and straddles the International Dateline
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Kiribati
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34) Chain of volcanic islands off of western Africa belonging to Spain
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Canary
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35) Macau was previously a colony of this nation before being returned to China
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Portugal
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36) The holiest city in Islam
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Mecca
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37) Tashkent is the Central Asian capital of which nation?
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Uzbekistan
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38) This island is the largest in Canada and the 5th largest in the world
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Baffin
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39) The capital of Wales is
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Cardiff
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40) A massive dormant supervolcano lies beneath this US national park of the same name
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Yellowstone
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Otherwise, good quiz!