| Rank | Category | Countries | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Largest country starting with H | Honduras | Hungary | 92%
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| 4 | First country Christopher Columbus landed on at his First Voyage | Spain | Bahamas | Cuba | 86%
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| 2 | First to become independent in the Americas | United States | 78%
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| 9 | Most French-speaking country [3] * outside of Europe | Mauritius | Gabon | Algeria | Rep. of the Congo |Seychelles | Tunisia | D.R. Congo | Djibouti | 75%
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| 2 | Most earthquake deaths in the 21st century [2] | Indonesia | 68%
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| 5 | Poor country with the highest difference in its GDP per-capita from their bordering neighbor [4] | North Korea | Yemen | Syria | Afghanistan | 57%
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| 2 | Lowest GDP per-capita in the Americas [1] | Venezuela | 56%
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| 2 (t) | Controls the largest island starting with H | Japan | 46%
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| 2 | Oldest republic with a black-majority population | Liberia | 45%
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| 3 | Was occupied by the U.S. militarily the earliest * excluding events prior to the Hague Convention of 1907 | Nicaragua | Mexico | 44%
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| 5 (t) | Shortest land borders * among countries larger than 10,000 km2 | Qatar | Denmark | East Timor | South Korea | 40%
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| 2 | Most densely populated in the Americas [5] | Barbados | 19%
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| 3 | Most populous ending with I | Mali | Burundi | 17%
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| 2 | Has the most populous city starting with "Port" | Brazil | 11%
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| 4 | Most dangerous country for U.S. travellers [6] | Pakistan | Thailand | Philippines | 8%
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