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Geography by First Three Letters #3

Guess these geographical answers based on the category and their first three letters.
For each one, guess the most prominent answer for the category
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Last updated: December 13, 2019
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First submittedApril 5, 2017
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Letters
Category
Answer
LON
Capital
London
MEX
Country
Mexico
EUR
Continent
Europe
QUE
Province
Quebec
KRE
Landmark
Kremlin
LOU
US State
Louisiana
VAN
World City
Vancouver
Letters
Category
Answer
SIK
Religion
Sikhism
SEI
River
Seine
CRE
Island
Crete
SUM
Island
Sumatra
SUP
Lake
Superior
CAS
Lake
Caspian
HYD
World City
Hyderabad
Letters
Category
Answer
NAM
Desert
Namib
BEN
Language
Bengali
LIL
Capital
Lilongwe
VIE
Country
Vietnam
COL
US State
Colorado
CON
River
Congo
ELB
Mountain
Elbrus
20 Comments
+1
Level 76
Apr 5, 2017
Nice quiz! Here's another answer, and I wonder if "province" and "lake" would be more accurate descriptors for Québec and Caspian?
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Level 76
Apr 28, 2017
The Congo/Connecticut (and Krasnoyarsk/Krakow) things get me wondering if you felt like expanding your series into two- or three-answer prefixes, with quizzers having to name each one?
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Level 83
May 14, 2017
but Congo is clearly the more prominent answer
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Level 68
May 17, 2017
If you live in New England, as I do, then Connecticut is a more prominent answer.
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Level 54
Aug 4, 2017
Well I live in the uk, always have done, and I thought of Connecticut, not Congo
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Level 70
Aug 6, 2017
There's always one!
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Level 71
Mar 17, 2018
If the right answer would be Connecticut, then this quiz would have so US Centric ...
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Level 78
May 15, 2017
Another good one :)
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Level 46
Aug 4, 2017
Great quiz! I found it easier than the others!
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Level 65
Aug 4, 2017
What about Mount Elbert in Colorado?
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Level 71
Mar 17, 2018
Elbrus is at 5,700 meters. Mount Elbert is only at 4,400 meters
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Level 70
Oct 30, 2024
relevance of mountains isnt strictly by height though, fuji is only 3776m but still quite famous/relevant
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Level 66
Feb 3, 2018
Good, Solid Quiz! Another great addition to the series.
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Level 36
Dec 4, 2018
Another great one. Thank you!
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2019
Thanks to both!
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Level 78
Dec 12, 2020
I tried island of Cres for CRE
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Level 67
Jun 15, 2021
Charles- yes, Cres is so much more known than Crete... said no one... ever...
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Level 55
Sep 29, 2021
Lillehammer?
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Level 74
Sep 9, 2022
I believe Oslo is still the capital of Norway
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Level 75
Dec 15, 2023
Isn't Sumatra a repeat?