| Rank | Category | Country | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Largest landlocked country in Asia | Kazakhstan | Mongolia | 99%
|
| 7 | Highest average elevation | Bhutan | Nepal | Tajikistan | Kyrgyzstan | Lesotho | Andorra | 92%
|
| 3 | Most populous starting with A | Argentina | Algeria | 84%
|
| 3 | Source of most of the world's refugees [3] | Syria | Venezuela | 78%
|
| 3 | Poorest country in Asia [2] | North Korea | Yemen | 74%
|
| 4 | Shortest border with Iran | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Turkey | 72%
|
| 4 | Receive the most net foreign aid [1] | Syria | Egypt | Bangladesh | 72%
|
| 3 (t) | Longest one-word country name | Liechtenstein | Turkmenistan | 71%
|
| 7 | Most polluted capital city [5] | India | Bangladesh | Nepal | Pakistan | Mongolia | China | 68%
|
| 4 | Most recent that was site of theyear's deadliest earthquake | Japan | Syria | Turkey | 62%
|
| 4 (t) | Landlocked country bordering the most other nations | Austria | Serbia | Zambia | 59%
|
| 4 | Most populous capital starting with K | D.R. Congo | Malaysia | Sudan | 50%
|
| 2 | Source of the most foreign-born residents in Turkey [4] | Iraq | 46%
|
| 4 | Most recent in Asia to abolish its monarchy | Nepal | Iran | Laos | 36%
|
| 4 | Latest to become a Communist state | Ethiopia | Cambodia | Grenada | 27%
|
| 4 | Most recent to defeat the UK ina one-on-one war | Iceland | Ireland | South Africa | 27%
|
| 2 | Whose flag has the highest % white | Cyprus | 24%
|
| 14 (t) | Most recent to win its first ever Olympic medal | Burkina Faso | San Marino | Turkmenistan | Fiji | Jordan | Kosovo | Bahrain | Botswana | Cyprus | Gabon | Grenada | Guatemala | Montenegro | 21%
|
| 6 | Most number of first-level provinces | Turkey | Thailand | Algeria | Vietnam | Indonesia | 12%
|