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"Second Best" Geography Edition #3

Can you name the things that rank #2 in these geographical categories?
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Last updated: September 12, 2024
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First submittedJune 21, 2020
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Category
First
Second
Most spoken language in the United States
English
Spanish
Longest river in the world
Nile
Amazon
African country with the northernmost point
Tunisia
Algeria
African country with the southernmost point
South Africa
Lesotho
Largest desert in Africa
Sahara
Kalahari
Largest desert in Asia
Arabian
Gobi
Biggest island in the Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Sardinia
Most populous African country
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Country with the highest population density
Monaco
Singapore
National capital closest to Madrid
Andorra la Vella
Lisbon
First country alphabetically
Afghanistan
Albania
Last country alphabetically
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Southernmost capital city in Europe
Valletta
Athens
Biggest island in the Philippines
Luzon
Mindanao
Most populous city in Ohio (city proper)
Columbus
Cleveland
Most populous island
Java
Honshū
Canadian province with the smallest land area
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Most populous national capital starting with T
Tokyo
Tehran
Country with the most stars on its flag
United States
Brazil
Northernmost national capital
Reykjavík
Helsinki
28 Comments
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Level 76
Dec 8, 2021
Quite pleased with myself here - got 18 of them on the first guess. Got the remaining two in 2 guesses for Ohio (behind Cincinnati) and 3 for oranges (behind Spain and India).
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Level 78
Dec 9, 2021
Zambia comes before Zimbabwe
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Level 76
Dec 9, 2021
Which is why Zimbabwe is given and Zambia is the second best
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Level 62
Dec 16, 2021
Wow that island question was pretty eye opening. Never knew how populated Java was!
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Level 72
Mar 8, 2023
Java has more people than all of Russia, surprisingly.
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Level 74
Jun 26, 2024
wow indeed it does! wasn't aware of that. That is an insightful fact.
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Level 81
Dec 16, 2021
Jetpunk Interesting Facts: "It is up for debate whether the Nile or the Amazon is the world's longest river."

Also Jetpunk: (Question 2)

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Level ∞
Sep 12, 2024
#dealwithit
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Level 71
Oct 8, 2024
But it's not debatable that those are the two longest, so if one is given, the answer has to be the other.
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Level 59
Dec 17, 2021
The most populous U.S. state question is already in your "second best" geography quiz #2
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Level ∞
Sep 12, 2024
Removed and replaced.
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Level 63
Jan 18, 2022
You might also want to try the randomized version.
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Level 54
Apr 16, 2022
Got all except somehow missed Amazon.... embarrassing
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Level 43
May 30, 2023
i write spainish... when i dont have first question
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Level 59
Mar 16, 2025
"Spainish"? Missclick?
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Level 77
Sep 12, 2024
Urgh there's always that one random question that massively favours Americans to stop me getting 5/5
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Level 84
Sep 13, 2024
Only one question about the US and it has a common sense answer that doesn't "massively favor" anyone.
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Level 58
Sep 25, 2024
I couldn't disagree more - the question about Ohio is on a par with asking what's the second largest city in Lorraine, or Brandenburg, or KwaZulu-Natal. It's not an invalid question, but for non-Americans is significantly harder than the others, I'd say. Like @mrpepperdine I feel just slightly aggrieved at my 19/20, but it's quite a common thing on Jetpunk. Which is after all an American site.
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Level 84
Sep 28, 2024
Yeah y'all are right. I forgot the Ohio question was in there, I thought he was referring to the second most spoken language question
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Level 36
Mar 15, 2025
I would've never gotten that one OH IS IT CLEVELAND OK I TAKE THAT BACK

I'm not googling that btw

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Level 86
May 28, 2025
The question about the islands of the Philippines is probably going to be easier for Filipinos than non-Filipinos. Is your complaint that people from different places might know different things? Because... yup, that's how it works.
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Level 79
Sep 16, 2024
Is there a reason why it wouldn't accept "honshu"? I do not have the capability of the punctuation over the final "u" on my keyboard.
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Level ∞
Sep 16, 2024
Honshu is accepted. Diacritics are never required on JetPunk.
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Level 51
Oct 14, 2024
I said Mingdanao :(
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Level 75
Mar 14, 2025
I thought the first question was asking which other country had the most English speakers. I need to stop drinking decaf.
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Level 53
Mar 14, 2025
I really thought Bangladesh was the country with the highest population density.
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Level 67
Mar 15, 2025
Bangladesh would be 7th (Bahrain, Vatican, Maldives, Malta are 3rd to 6th)
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Level 36
Mar 15, 2025
HOW DID ONLY 29% GET MINDANAO

ok maybe I'm biased