| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| a fez, for example | hat | 80%
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| 19th & early 20th century UK rule in India | British {Raj} | 76%
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| Arabic for crown; goes with Mahal | Taj | 70%
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| extends from Morocco to Egypt | Sahara | 65%
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| on the flags of Libya, Algeria and Vietnam | star | 62%
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| pilgrimage to Mecca, the duty of Muslims at least once in their lives | haj | 61%
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| Persian for country; a common suffix in the region's nations | stan | 48%
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| became a central Asian capital in 1997; means The Capital | Astana | 41%
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| religion worshipping Ethiopia's Haile Selassie as the christ | Rasta | 41%
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| Middle Eastern capital | Sana'a | 38%
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| until 1917, ruler of an Asian area bigger than China | tsar | 23%
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| what its followers call God | Jah | 20%
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| tree species, common on both continents | ash | 16%
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| 9-letter province | RAJASTHAN | 16%
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| Laos' stone jar-filled Plain of ... | Jars | 12%
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| Hindu prince or raja | rana | 10%
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| generic term for a yoga posture | asana | 7%
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| province, and its ethnic group, seeking independence fom Burma | Shan | 7%
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| Indonesia's state-owned news agency | Antara | 4%
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| Himalayan goat found in Tibet, North India and Nepal | thar | 4%
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| cane used for judicial caning in Singapore | ratan | 3%
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