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| United States, 50 stars. The current U.S. flag has been in use the longest. How many stars did the flag that was used second longest have? | 48 | 95%
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 stars + 2 half stars. Bosnia and Herzegovina have only 20 km of coastline, adjacent to what sea, an arm of the Mediterranean? | Adriatic Sea | 63%
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| Cook Islands, 15 stars. Besides stars, what symbol is on the flag of the Cook Islands? The symbol appears on 6 other national flags, all of whom share an aspect of their history. | Union Jack | 63%
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| Tuvalu, 9 stars. Tuvalu consists of nine islands, six of which are what type of ring-shaped island? | Atoll | 58%
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| Venezuela, 8 stars. The eighth star was added in 2005 and represents the Guayana Province, historically part of Venezuela but which is now part of Brazil and Guyana. What president of Venezuela added the eighth star to the flag? | Hugo Chavez | 47%
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| Tajikistan, 7 stars. Tajik is a variety of what language? Another variety is called Dari in Afghanistan. | Persian | 42%
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| Dominica, 10 stars. Dominica received its first Olympic gold medal in 2024 when Thea LaFond won what event with a length of 15.02 meters? | Triple Jump | 42%
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| Brazil, 27 stars. Brazil is a dystopian comedy directed and co-written by what member of Monty Python? He was the only American member of Monty Python but is now a British citizen. | Terry Gilliam | 37%
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| Cape Verde, 10 stars. Salsa verde gets its color from green chili peppers and what member of the nightshade family native to Mexico? | Tomatillo | 37%
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| Uzbekistan, 12 stars. Uzbekistan is a major producer of what agricultural crop, accounting for about 10% of world exports? The irrigation needed for the crop is a major cause of the depletion of the Aral Sea. | Cotton | 32%
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| Grenada, 7 stars. Grenada's flag also includes a clove of what spice, derived from the seed of an evergreen tree? The seed covering yields a different spice, mace. | Nutmeg | 21%
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| Costa Rica, 7 stars. Costa Rica means Rich Coast in Spanish. In 2024, who signed the richest contract is sports history: $765 million over 15 years with the New York Mets? | Juan Soto | 16%
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