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Answer
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What is Uzbekistan's primary cash crop?
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Cotton
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In what Indian city did the British general, Reginald Dyer, order the massacre of a group of peaceful protesters in 1919?
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Amritsar
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What South Korean movie became the first non-English language Oscar Best Picture?
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Parasite
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What language, spoken by 12% of the population, was banned in Turkey from 1980–1991?
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Kurdish
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Who was assassinated in Nara, in 2022, while delivering a speech?
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Shinzo Abe
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What fictional TV journalist from Kazakhstan documents "cultural learnings of America"?
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Borat
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What Lebanese Shia political party is considered a terrorist organization by the EU?
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Hezbollah
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By what three initials is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia commonly known?
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MBS
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What religion is practiced by 81,3% of the population of Nepal?
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Hinduism
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What is the second-largest ethnic group in Brunei?
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Chinese
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What famous American basketball player is friends with Kim Jong-un?
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Dennis Rodman
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What type of weapon is found on the Omani flag?
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Dagger
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What Indonesian "dragon" is the largest species of lizard?
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Komodo Dragon
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What "golden age" was Baghdad the center of between the 8th–13th centuries?
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Islamic Golden Age
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What war is the cause of Laos being supposedly the most heavily bombed country per capita in history?
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Laotian Civil War
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What musical event did Azerbaijan host in 2012?
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Eurovision
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What Chinese religion / philosophical tradition follows the teachings of Laozi?
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Taoism
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What type of island, a coral reef surrounding a lagoon, is the Maldives mostly composed of?
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Atoll
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What magazine's cover in June 1985 was a picture of an Afghan girl?
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National Geographic
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What is the main river of Myanmar?
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Irrawaddy
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What Qatari new broadcaster's name literally means "The Island"?
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Al Jazeera
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What form of writing system is used to write the Tajiki Persian?
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Cyrillic
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By what boxer was Joe Frazier defeated in October 1, 1975 in Manila?
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Muhammad Ali
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What is another name for Cambodia?
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Kampuchea
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What is the title of the monarch of Kuwait?
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Emir
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What region had an ethnic cleansing of Georgians between 1992–1998?
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Abkhazia
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What type of "tea" of Taiwanese-origin often contains tapioca balls?
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Bubble Tea
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What expensive type of building material covers a high percentage of the buildings in the Turkmen capital?
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White Marble
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What is the name of the mangrove region of southwestern Bangladesh that is home to many tigers?
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Sunderbans
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What ancient goddess was supposedly born from sea foam on the coast of Cyprus?
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Aphrodite
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What is the official language of East Timor, alongside Portuguese?
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Tetum
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The death of what 22-years-old woman sparked nationwide protests in Iran in 2022?
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Mahsa Amini
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What is the most popular sport in Bhutan?
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Archery
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What empire once had an Arab emperor, who was born in Shahba, Syria in 204 AD?
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Roman Empire
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What country ruled Bahrain between 1521–1602?
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Portugal
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What is the most famous food from Thailand?
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Pad Thai
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What is the name of the royal house of Jordan?
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Hashemites
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What word for a migratory people, can be used to refer to 30% of Mongolia's population?
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Nomadic
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What now-extinct animal last called the Wrangel Island home?
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Woolly Mammoth
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What is the company of the Malaysian Jimmy Choo known for making?
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Women's Shoes
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What was Burj Khalifa supposed to be named prior to its inauguration in 2010?
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Burj Dubai
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The region of Arslanbob in Kyrgyzstan contains the largest forest of what type of nut-bearing tree?
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Walnut
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What word, ending in "stan", is the Armenian for "Armenia"?
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Hayastan
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What title was Sri Lanka's Sirimavo Bandaranaike the first woman to officially hold in In 1960?
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Prime Minister
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What is the name of the largest island of Yemen?
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Socotra
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What food product was famously banned in Singapore in 1992?
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Chewing Gum
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What is the name of the legislative of Israel?
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Knesset
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What is the most common last name in Pakistan?
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Khan
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What name is given to the Vietnamese New Year holiday?
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Tet
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