| Rank | Category | Countries | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Smallest country where more than half the population is Buddhist | Bhutan | Sri Lanka | 90%
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| 2 | Shares the shortest border with Thailand | Malaysia | 88%
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| 6 | First to directly gain independence from France | Haiti | Vietnam | Syria | Lebanon | Laos | 65%
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| 2 | Its government committed the deadliest genocide | Germany | 62%
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| 8 | Newest flag in Asia * by adoption of its current design | Myanmar | Iraq | Georgia | East Timor | Bahrain | Afghanistan | Oman | 58%
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| 4 | Most populous capital starting with P [4] | France | Haiti | North Korea | 54%
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| 4 | Longest-serving current Asian monarch | Brunei | Jordan | Bahrain | 50%
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| 6 | Highest GDP per-capita annualized growth rate between 1990-2015 [2] | Equatorial Guinea | China | Vietnam | Nicaragua | East Timor | 46%
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| 9 (t) | Highest number of "provinces" [3] | Algeria | Vietnam | Afghanistan | Indonesia | Dominican Republic | Iran | Bulgaria | D.R. Congo | 38%
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| 3 | Highest % of people living in slavery [1] | North Korea | Uzbekistan | 38%
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| 3 | First to restore its monarchy since 1900 | Spain | Kuwait | 24%
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| 3 | Had a single-party Marxist state the shortest period | Ethiopia | Grenada | 22%
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| 4 | Longest-serving non-royal current state leader | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Iran | 15%
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| 10 (t) | Most recent to join the "Francophonie" | Armenia | Andorra | Greece | North Macedonia | Albania | São Tomé and Príncipe | Cape Verde | Moldova | Switzerland | 12%
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| 7 | Highest industrial production growth rate [5] | Libya | Kyrgyzstan | Sierra Leone | Maldives | Yemen | Nepal | 6%
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