Statistics for Geography Nicknames

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Type	Nickname	Answer	% Correct
Country	The Land of the Rising Sun	Japan	98%
City	The Big Apple	New York City	98%
Country	Land of the Incas	Peru	96%
Country	The Holy Land	Israel	94%
Other	The Greatest Desert	Sahara	92%
Country	The Emerald Isle	Ireland	91%
City	Birthplace of Democracy	Athens	90%
Region	Golden State	California	89%
Region	Sunshine State	Florida	87%
City	Sin City	Las Vegas	87%
City	The Forbidden City	Beijing	85%
Country	Land of Fire and Ice	Iceland	84%
Other	Peaceful Ocean	Pacific	83%
Other	Zaire River	Congo River	78%
Other	Pillars of Hercules	Strait of {Gibraltar}	69%
Region	West Indies	Caribbean	61%
City	Steel City (UK)	Sheffield	53%
Region	Tassie	Tasmania	40%
Other	Imaus Mountains	Himalayas	31%
Region	West Country	Southwest England	27%