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Answer
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What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
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Baku
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What major international organization has one of its headquarters in that city?
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Turkic Council
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Which major lake does Azerbaijan border to its east?
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Caspian Sea
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What mountain range covers north and western parts of Azerbaijan?
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Caucasus
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Which country has a larger Azerbaijani population than Azerbaijan itself?
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Iran
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What country shares only 17 km of land border with Azerbaijan via Nakhchivan?
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Turkey
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Azerbaijan is home to the largest number of what type of erupting landform?
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Mud Volcano
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What is the Azerbaijani way to spell "Azerbaijan"?
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Azərbaycan
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Which Russian-born all-time highest rated chess player was born and lived most of his life in Azerbaijan?
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Garry Kasparov
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Which physicist made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics and received the 1962 Nobel Prize for his achievements?
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Lev Landau
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What dominantly Armenian-speaking region in Azerbaijan wants to join Armenia?
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Artsakh
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Which country was Azerbaijan part of until 1991?
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Soviet Union
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Which international music contest did Azerbaijan host in 2012?
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Eurovision
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What is the adopted motto or nickname of Azerbaijan?
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Land of Fire
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Which city in Azerbaijan was the hometown of the famous author of "Layla and Majnun", Nizami?
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Ganja
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What is the most main export of Azerbaijan?
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Oil
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Which branch of Islam do 85% of the Muslims in Azerbaijan belong to?
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Shia
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In which sport has most of Azerbaijani athletes won medals at the Olympics?
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Wrestling
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What newspaper scored Azerbaijan as an authoritarian regime, placing it 135th out of 167 in 2010 countries for the first time?
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The Economist
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What is the currency of Azerbaijan?
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Manat
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