Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Until 1991, Uzbekistan was part of this country | Soviet Union | 97%
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Predominant religion | Islam | 96%
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Every country that Uzbekistan borders ends in these four letters | Stan | 96%
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Called by some the "de-facto" second official language | Russian | 93%
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Official language | Uzbek | 93%
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Overland trade route which passed through Uzbekistan until the 18th century | {Silk} Road | 92%
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Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only countries that are ... | Doubly {Landlocked} | 88%
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Region that Uzbekistan is part of | {Central} Asia | 83%
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The capital of Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 83%
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Conqueror who conquered the area in 327 BC | Alexander the Great | 71%
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Formerly the world's fourth largest lake, now mostly evaporated | {Aral} Sea | 69%
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First major empire that Uzbekistan was part of | Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire) | 61%
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Larger ethnic group which includes Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs | {Turk}ic | 55%
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Uzbekistan's primary cash crop (hint: starts with C) | Cotton | 47%
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Uzbekistan is part of this ancient region which gave its name to the two-humped camel | Bactria | 44%
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Second-most populous city, which was an important waypoint on the above. | Samarkand | 40%
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Warlord born in the city of Shahrisabz in 1336 whose conquests killed an estimated 5% of the world population | Timur | 34%
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