| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Annual floods of this river ceased with the completion of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s | Nile | 92%
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| River which Tom Sawyer floated down in the stories of Mark Twain | Mississippi | 91%
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| Known as both the cradle of Chinese civilization and as "China's Sorrow" due to its many floods | Yellow | 91%
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| Rivers which flowed through the ancient region of Mesopotamia | Tigris | 90%
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| Rivers which flowed through the ancient region of Mesopotamia | Euphrates | 89%
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| Notre Dame cathedral is built on an island in this river | Seine | 83%
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| Rivers which traditionally formed the European border of the Roman Empire | Danube | 82%
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| Rivers which traditionally formed the European border of the Roman Empire | Rhine | 81%
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| The battle of Stalingrad was fought near this river | Volga | 78%
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| River in which Jesus was baptized | Jordan | 76%
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| The dolphins of this Asian river were seen for the last time in 2002 | Yangtze | 73%
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| Henry Morton Stanley was the first European to explore the basin of this major river | Congo | 69%
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| Site of the earliest civilization on the Indian subcontinent | Indus | 66%
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| Caesar defied the Senate by crossing this river at the Italian border | Rubicon | 63%
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| Under Japanese captivity, British POWs built a bridge near this river | Khwae Noi | 54%
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| George Washington crossed this river to launch a surprise attack on Trenton in 1776 | Delaware | 50%
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| River in D.R. Congo after which a scary haemorrhagic fever is named | Ebola | 47%
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| About 1 million men were wounded or killed during the battle of this French river in 1916 | Somme | 46%
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| Lewis and Clark reached the end point of their journey where this river meets the Pacific Ocean | Columbia | 32%
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| Where Rasputin's body was thrown | Neva | 20%
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