| Hint | Country | % Correct |
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| 10) There are how many "stan" countries? | 7 | 100%
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| 2) Country often called thegraveyard of empires | Afghanistan | 100%
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| 5) Formerly Nur Sultan, its capitalAstana is one of the coldest | Kazakhstan | 100%
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| 8) The largest of all the stan countries | Kazakhstan | 100%
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| 7) Bishkek is the capital of thiseastern stan country | Kyrgyzstan | 100%
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| 15) The smallest stan country with around 6 million | Kyrgyzstan | 100%
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| 4) The Khyber pass connectsthe mountains of Afghanistan to this neighbor | Pakistan | 100%
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| 12) Karachi is a coastal megacity in which country? | Pakistan | 100%
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| 3) Its capital means "monday"in its native language | Tajikistan | 100%
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| 9) This country was the first to declareindependence from the Soviets on Sept 24, 1991 | Tajikistan | 100%
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| 6) The famous "Door to Hell" gaspit is located in the desert of this country | Turkmenistan | 100%
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| 1) Its capital is Tashkent, themost populous in central Asia | Uzbekistan | 100%
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| 16) The Kyzylkum desert is located in this country | Uzbekistan | 100%
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| 11) Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan border this major inland Sea | Caspian | 91%
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| 20) Disputed territory fought over between India and Pakistan | Kashmir | 82%
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| 17) This dried sea was once on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | Aral | 73%
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| 14) The word "stan" means "land of" in this language | Persian | 73%
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| 13) Most of the stan countries were once part of this empire | Soviet Union | 73%
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| 18) This major river flows thru Tajikistan, TurkmenistanAfghanistan and Uzbekistan | Amu Darya | 18%
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| 19) Major mountain chain covering much of Tajikistan | Pamir | 9%
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