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Five Letter Geography - Hero Mode

Can you guess these geographic answers that are only five letters long? Probably not since this quiz is intended to be extremely difficult.
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Quiz by GeoPunk
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Last updated: June 19, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 19, 2019
Times taken19,550
Average score45.5%
Rating4.47
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Capital of Morocco
Rabat
Swiss ski town that hosts the World Economic Forum
Davos
Third most populous city in Turkey, formerly known as Smyrna
Izmir
Largest city in North Dakota
Fargo
Capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan
Kazan
One of the two Spanish cities on the African continent
Ceuta
Chinese megacity whose name starts with W
Wuhan
This coastal city in northwest Italy once fought a war against Venice
Genoa
Second largest city in South Korea
Busan
This Malaysian state is located just north of Singapore
Johor
Kofi Annan was born in this West African country
Ghana
UNESCO World Heritage site in Guatemala - the ruins of a Mayan city
Tikal
UNESCO World Heritage site in Jordan - famous for buildings carved into solid rock
Petra
Former Portuguese territory now a part of China
Macau
Tiny nation in Oceania that Australia paid to take unwanted migrants
Nauru
This city of 2 million in northern Iraq was the largest city controlled by ISIS
Mosul
This Flemish city was known for its wool industry in the Middle Ages
Ghent
Ancient name for a region in present day Sudan and Egypt
Nubia
Semi-arid region that lies just south of the Sahara
Sahel
Canada's highest mountain
Logan
Major city on the northern coast of Israel
Haifa
City in Alabama where Martin Luther King marched in 1965
Selma
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Level 58
Jan 21, 2019
Not bad
+22
Level 77
May 28, 2019
More difficult quizzes like this, please. I don't always like being right. No, I'm not being immodest. ;)
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Level 66
Aug 9, 2019
292nd taker of the quiz :) (it shows, because the average s at 10 and would expect it to drop. Only got 4 but definitely couldve gotten 5 more. I was thinking ghent but I only know the spelling gent, it didnt occur to me that that wasnt the english spelling. Plus Genoa, I just typed that in a previous quiz less than a minute ago.

I wont say the others in case there are those sneaksy cheaters around, searching for answers in the comments..

Well I could do it like this: I got, 1,11,13,15,

And could ve gotten 8,14,17,18 and completely didnt read 19 which was a rather easy one too.

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Level 75
Jun 4, 2021
What a strange comment.
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Level 76
Aug 23, 2023
12119th taker of the quiz :) (it shows, because the average s at 11 and would expect it to drop. Only got 1 but definitely couldve gotten 1 more. I was thinking ceuta but I only know the spelling cuta, it didnt occur to me that that wasnt the english spelling. Plus Nauru, I just typed that in a previous quiz less than a minute ago.

I wont say the others in case there are those sneaksy cheaters around, searching for answers in the comments..

Well I could do it like this: I got, 1,

And could ve gotten 17, and completely didnt read 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, which was a rather easy one too.

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Level 54
Oct 25, 2020
17/22. Can't believe I missed Ghent. That used to be my main go-to nonsense word that I would type to occupy my mind whenever I was stuck on writing a paper or something like that.
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Level 86
Jun 11, 2021
This is not extremely difficult. The average score is 10/22 and there are only six questions guessed by less than a third of takers.

I myself found the quiz straightforward, I only missed Johor. So clearly false advertising to me, can't say I'm not disappointed.

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Level 74
Jun 11, 2021
16/22, should've gotten Fargo, I'm a disappointment :(
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Level 88
Jun 14, 2021
Got them all but the Canadian mountain. Not hard for me, but still fun.
+2
Level 87
Sep 14, 2021
Good quiz, not as hard as the intro made out
+4
Level 76
Sep 19, 2021
Nice quiz. You might want to tweak the Nauru clue a little, because the refugee detention centre you allude to was closed in 2019.
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Level 81
Dec 2, 2021
Clue about the city in China isn't so hard anymore...
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Level 69
Jul 18, 2023
Not that hard but I like the challenge. Wish more quizzes were at this exact difficulty
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Level 71
Jul 23, 2023
To me this wasn't extremely diffucult at all but I acknowledge many people will struggle.
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Level 87
Jul 24, 2023
Loved this! When around half the answers are below 50% (and you're dealing with JetPunk geo-nerds) I'd say your description seems fit. That said, I only got 13 right from the first go of things. Still very much enjoyed the mix.
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Level 78
Aug 10, 2023
13/22. Some of these I have heard of but couldn't recall in time. Some I just didn't know.
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Level 66
Aug 23, 2023
Took me way too long to realize this wasn't a chain quiz.
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Level 38
Aug 23, 2023
this fckn quiz love for Israel is ridiculous
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Level 74
Aug 23, 2023
Heaven forfend that one question out of 22 relate to a place in Israel.
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Level 71
Aug 23, 2023
Israel only has a west coast and a south coast...
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Level 63
Aug 23, 2023
I'd wager they mean north coast as in the north area of Israel
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Level 62
Aug 25, 2023
that still doesn't make Israel have a northern coast lol
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Level 74
Aug 23, 2023
It's better than a lot of quizzes on this site in that it at least has a few original clues and answers that haven't been used a dozen times already. 5 stars.
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Level 66
Aug 23, 2023
Only got 9...kept typing Salem! Why won't it take Salem???duh.

The easiest for me were evidently not for others - Ghent. Mosul, Tikal (Copan would be another good choice for a quiz like this.)

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Level 75
Aug 24, 2023
Writing just "sale" gave me Sahel - wot?
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Level 62
Aug 26, 2023
Ugh only 16/22 shoulda done better
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Level 64
Sep 14, 2023
When it said "difficult", I expected to get only half or less. In the end, I missed only the Canadian mountain and where Martin Luther King marched. Not the basic knowledge on this side of the Atlantic...
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Level 54
Oct 28, 2023
19/22. I would have gotten Tikal if I could spell it right.
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Level 68
Feb 5, 2024
Only got 7/22, but I should have scored 10. I wonder why I missed Ghana, Ceuta, and Wuhan.
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Level 71
Feb 20, 2024
not easy but proud i got 100% good quiz keep it up