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1.West African national capitals
Nouakchott
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Accra
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Abidjan
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Conakry
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The de jure capital of Ivory Coast was moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983.
2.Canadian provincial capitals
Toronto
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Charlottetown
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Montréal
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Victoria
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The capital of Québec is... Québec. Not Montréal.
3.Emirates of the UAE
Umm al Quwain
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Ras al Khaimah
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Sharjah
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Falaj al Mualla
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Falaj al Mualla is an oasis region in the emirate of Umm al Quwain.
4.Five largest islands in the world
Sumatra
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Greenland
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Baffin
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Madagascar
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Sumatra is the 6th-largest. In addition to Greenland, Madagascar and Baffin, the top 5 is rounded out by New Guinea and Borneo.
5.Official languages of South Africa
Sotho
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Koisan
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Ndebele
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Tswana
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Koisan is a language family spoken mostly in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
6.Countries whose national flag contains a cross
Croatia
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Tuvalu
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Malta
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Dominican Republic
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7.Rivers in China
Mekong-Lancang
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Changja
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Yellow
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Amur
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The Changja river is entirely within North Korea, and ends at the Chinese border where it meets the Yalu. The Lancang starts in China, and the Amur forms the border with Russia.
8.South Pacific countries with more than one inhabited island
Vanuatu
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Palau
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Samoa
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Nauru
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9.Asian countries containing a point at over 24,000' (7,315m) of elevation
Bhutan
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Tajikistan
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Afghanistan
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Kazakhstan
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The highest point in Kazakhstan is Khan Tengri, at 22,999' (7,010m).
10.European Highways ("E-Roads") that stretch from the Atlantic Ocean* into Russia.
* counting the English Channel as part of the Atlantic Ocean. This includes E-Roads that go past Russia, e.g.: continuing into the Caucasus.
E40
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E20
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E70
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E50
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E70 runs from A Coruña Spain, to Poti Georgia, by running through the Balkan peninsula and Turkey, south of the Black Sea. It bypasses Russia entirely.
11.US states with fewer than 1 million people (as of the July 2021 US Census)
North Dakota
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Delaware
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South Dakota
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Montana
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Montana had 1,084,000 people; Delaware only had 990,000.
12.Countries whose largest city is NOT the capital (according to the most recent figures on citypopulation.de)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bolivia
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Nigeria
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Vietnam
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The largest city in Bolivia is Santa Cruz, in Bosnia/Herzegovina is Sarajevo, in Nigeria is Lagos, and in Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City.
13.Countries that Bhutan does NOT have formal diplomatic relations with
China
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Israel
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USA
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France
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Bhutan's policy of neutrality means they refuse to hold diplomatic relations with any of the UN Security Council permanent members: the USA, UK, France, China or Russia.
14.National Dishes that typically contain fish (or other seafood)
Hákarl from Iceland
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Thieboudienne from Senegal
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Tom Yam Kung from Thailand
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Sancocho de Gallina from Panama
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Panama's Sancocho is a stew made from chicken, root vegetables (yams and/or cassava) and herbs. Thieboudienne is fish cooked in broken rice, Tom Yam Kung is a prawn soup, and Hákarl is fermented shark.)
15.Deserts in South America
Patagonia Desert
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La Guajira Desert
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Atacama Desert
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Monegros Desert
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The Monegros Desert is in Spain not South America. It plays host to an eponymous electronic music festival every summer.
16.Capitals of the Holy Roman Empire
Nuremberg
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Berlin
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Prague
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Vienna
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While the HRE did not have an official, permanent de jure capital, many cities served this function as the seat of the emperor and, in later years, home of the Reichstag. These included Nuremberg, Prague, Vienna, Frankfurt, Aachen, Palermo, Innsbruck and others. Berlin was never associated in any way with being a capital of the HRE.