| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | Capital of Indonesia | Jakarta | 98%
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| Q | Oil-rich Gulf country | Qatar | 98%
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| H | Most-spoken language in India | Hindi | 97%
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| N | City struck by an atomic bomb | Nagasaki | 96%
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| G | Largest cold desert | Gobi | 95%
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| O | Great ape of Borneo and Sumatra | Orangutan | 93%
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| U | Doubly-landlocked country | Uzbekistan | 93%
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| T | White marble mausoleum in Agra | Taj Mahal | 92%
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| C | Chinese dialect spoken in Guangzhou | Cantonese | 91%
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| M | Island nation in the Indian Ocean | Maldives | 90%
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| P | Language also known as Farsi | Persian | 88%
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| S | Now called Ho Chi Minh City | Saigon | 88%
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| W | The larger part of Palestine | West Bank | 87%
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| A | "The Graveyard of Empires" | Afghanistan | 86%
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| R | Language that is official in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan | Russian | 86%
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| Y | Hairy cattle-like animal of the Himalayas | Yak | 86%
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| B | World's oldest and deepest lake | Baikal | 85%
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| I | River home to a ancient civilization | Indus | 83%
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| E | Former name of Tokyo | Edo | 81%
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| K | Most common Korean last name | Kim | 81%
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| X | City known for its Terracotta Army | Xi'an | 81%
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| V | Largest Russian Pacific port | Vladivostok | 78%
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| L | Biggest Philippine island | Luzon | 74%
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| Z | Type of Buddhism in Japan | Zen | 74%
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| F | Colonial name of Taiwan | Formosa | 62%
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| D | Lowest exposed point on land | Dead Sea | 61%
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