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The Tigray region is in what country?
Ethiopia
Lake Tana is the source of what major river?
Blue Nile
Bludenz, Leoben, and Traun are cities in what country?
Austria
The Great Karoo can be found north of the Swartberg Mountains and the port of Mossel Bay in what country?
South Africa
99% of the world's potatoes can be traces back to which Chilean island with the city of Castro?
Chiloé
What Persian-speaking country contains the city of Khujand?
Tajikistan
The Swan River in Western Australia flows through what state capital whose port is Fremantle?
Perth
What small country lies south of the city of Johor Bahru?
Singapore
Located on the west shore of Lake Edward, what national park that lies in the shadow of a mountain range of the same name was the first national park in Africa under the former name of Edward National Park?
Virunga National Park
What is the westernmost island in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province?
Lombok
The two main islands in Fiji are Viti Levu and what?
Vanua Levu
What was Zambia's name during colonial times?
Northern Rhodesia
The Ural River forms part of the Russia-Kazakhstan border and empties into what lake?
Caspian Sea
Berbera is a port city in what country?
Somalia
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32 Comments
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Level 68
Oct 15, 2019
Port Hedland is not in Queensland, it is in Western Australia. Your answer is incorrect.
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Level 78
Oct 15, 2019
Not sure what happened there, its fixed now
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Level 56
Jan 13, 2020
Buchanan is not the second largest city of Liberia. Gbarnga is bigger (I think)
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Level 73
Sep 20, 2020
Norway did not gain independence from Denmark in 1905, they got it from the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (personal union sharing the Swedish king)
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Level 78
Sep 20, 2020
ok
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Level 71
Jan 12, 2021
I like how challenging this is, but it could use a little more time. Some of the answers are pretty hard to spell, might take a couple of tries to get right - by the time I spelled the fourth one right, I only had a minute left!
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Level 71
Jan 21, 2021
Akimiski Island is misspelled (as "Akiminski")
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Level 71
Jan 23, 2021
Also the answer to "Quezon City, located on the island of Luzon was once the capital of which country?" is misspelled as "Phlippines."
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Level 78
Jan 25, 2021
fixed
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Level 73
Nov 13, 2023
Kangchenjunga is misspelled as Kanchenjunga
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Level 90
Dec 7, 2023
Maybe accept just Natal for the South African province?
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Level 73
Dec 7, 2023
I love that I just typed Kazakhstan and got 3 questions right straight away
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2023
Because questions are random, I just had two where the answer was "Albania". One of them, I knew, the other, I got as a present. :)
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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
Also accept Sinhalese?
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Level 87
Dec 7, 2023
Port Hedland is still listed as in Queensland, instead of Western Australia.

And maybe accept arroyo for wadi too? Since they’re the same thing with the difference being where in the world the landform is found.

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Level 68
Dec 7, 2023
Bolivia is spelt wrong
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Level 90
Dec 7, 2023
"The eastern portion of the Altiplano is an important farming region in which country?"

The answer (which should be Bolivia) has been incorrectly registered as "Boliva."

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Level 64
Dec 7, 2023
Hey, please fix a typo in the altiplano question. Should be Bolivia, not Boliva

Also, consider accepting Futa Jallon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouta_Djallon#cite_ref-1

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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
How many brothers make up Hines Brothers?
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Level 77
Dec 10, 2023
Very fun, but please add more time. Just took the quiz four times and always had to go untimed.
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Level 78
Dec 14, 2023
Changed it to 4 minutes
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Level 85
Dec 10, 2023
please allow Republic of the Congo or Republic of Congo
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Level 78
Dec 14, 2023
Done
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Level 48
May 9, 2024
The tripoint where greece albania and fyrom meet is actually in lake prespa. Lake Ochrid is a little further north between albania and fyrom, greece has not territory in Lake Ochrid
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Level 71
Aug 27, 2024
Should accept Aqwa (Abkhaz spelling), Sokhumi (Georgian), Tskhumi (Mingrelian) in addition to Sukhumi
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Level 90
Aug 27, 2024
The question about a "major city" near the Okavango Delta seems misleading... I wouldn't call a city of 56,000 major.
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Level 81
Aug 28, 2024
Indeed. Have been to Maun. Can confirm - it's a town,
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Level 69
Nov 16, 2024
Pakistan was the answer to three different questions in the same quiz for me:)
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Level 50
Nov 25, 2024
Q: The Limpopo River empties just west of what major city?

Calling Xai-Xai a major city is a bit of a stretch, given it's got a population of just over 100,000.

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Level 69
Feb 10, 2025
I was just going to say the same:)
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Level 73
Jul 26, 2025
Schönefeld is now the principal and only international airport in Berlin but is now called Berlin-Brandenburg Airport
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Level 54
Sep 27, 2025
Please accept sokhumi for the capital of abkhazia