| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Turkish city split between Europe and Asia, connected by bridge | Istanbul | 100%
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| M | One of the Five Pillars of Islam includes pilgrimage to this city | Mecca | 100%
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| N | Country which shares Mount Everest with China | Nepal | 100%
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| G | Major river which flows through northern India and Bangladesh | Ganges River | 95%
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| J | Most populous island of Indonesia | Java | 95%
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| K | The second-highest mountain in the world | K2 | 95%
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| V | Nearly 40% of this country’s population has the surname Nguyen | Vietnam | 95%
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| O | Island in the south of Japan and site of a major WWII battle | Okinawa | 90%
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| P | A historic region of South Asia split between India and Pakistan | Punjab | 90%
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| Q | Last imperial dynasty of China, which ruled from 1644 to 1912 | Qing Dynasty | 90%
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| S | A Tibetan people in the Himalayas, known for their mountaineering skills | Sherpa | 90%
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| U | Central Asian country which the Silk Road flowed through | Uzbekistan | 90%
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| H | Northern island of Japan | Hokkaido | 85%
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| L | Capital of Tibet and center of Tibetan Buddhism | Lhasa | 85%
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| W | Dialect of Chinese spoken in Shanghai and Zhejiang province | Wu | 85%
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| X | Home of the Terracotta Army | Xi’an | 85%
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| C | The former name of Guangzhou | Canton | 80%
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| E | One of India’s official languages | English | 70%
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| Y | Siberian city known as the coldest city in the world | Yakutsk | 55%
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| B | City where US president George W. Bush had a shoe thrown at him in 2008 | Baghdad | 50%
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| T | Language family which includes languages such as Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Turkmen | Turkic | 50%
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| A | Indigenous people of northern Japan | Ainu | 45%
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| R | Largest Indian state by land area | Rajasthan | 45%
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| Z | Ancient religion originating from Persia | Zoroastrianism | 45%
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| F | Capital of China’s Fujian province | Fuzhou | 40%
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| D | Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan | Dzongkha | 30%
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