Statistics for Asian Geography By Letter - S #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country that colonized the Philippines between 1565–1898	Spain	90%
Former name of Thailand	Siam	88%
Title of the ruler of Oman or Brunei	Sultan	87%
South Korea's largest corporation	Samsung	81%
Japan's national sport	Sumo	81%
Azerbaijan's main branch of Islam	Shia	80%
Former country whose capital was Saigon, 1955–1975	South Vietnam	77%
Egyptian peninsula that is part of Asia	Sinai	76%
Traditional religion of Japan	Shinto	75%
Nepalese ethnic group who are excellent mountain climbers	Sherpa	71%
Ancient Indian language	Sanskrit	69%
Extremely expensive red spice that Iran produces 90% of worldwide	Saffron	64%
Title of the Iranian kings	Shah	59%
Indian religion founded by Guru Nanak	Sikhism	54%
Iranian city or variety of red wine	Shiraz	46%
Most-commonly spoken language in Sri Lanka	Sinhalese	39%
Russia-occupied region of Georgia	South Ossetia	38%
Smallest of the main Japanese islands	Shikoku	37%
Biggest island of Russia	Sakhalin	35%
Third-biggest city in Indonesia	Surabaya	33%
Second biggest city in Uzbekistan; important Silk Road waypoint	Samarkand	31%
Cambodian city home to Angkor Wat	Siem Reap	28%