| Definition | Word | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. | Baklava | 76%
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| Semi-solid food prepared from milk fermented by added bacteria, often sweetened and flavoured. | Yogurt | 67%
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| Large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks. | Mammoth | 64%
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| Circular tent of felt or skins on a collapsible framework, used by nomads in Mongolia, Siberia, and Turkey. | Yurt | 58%
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| Small open-fronted hut or cubicle from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets, etc. are sold. | Kiosk | 47%
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| Swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia. | Taiga | 45%
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| Title given to rulers and officials in central Asia, Afghanistan, and certain other Muslim countries. | Khan | 42%
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| Member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. | Janissary | 34%
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