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Asia Geography Quiz #3

Answer these random Asian geography questions.
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Last updated: February 6, 2019
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What are the two major rivers of Iraq?
Tigris
Euphrates
In what body of water is the island of Bahrain located?
Persian Gulf
What region of China was once an independent country ruled by the Dalai Lama?
Tibet
What national capital city starts with the letter H?
Hanoi
What city was once called the "Paris of the Middle East" before an
outbreak of violence in the 1980's?
Beirut
What island is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei?
Borneo
What mountain in Turkey is said to be the place where Noah's ark landed?
Mount Ararat
What country is home to Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world's largest space launch facility?
Kazakhstan
What word, starting with S, is a term for the dry grasslands that stretch
from Mongolia to Ukraine?
Steppe
What is the second biggest city in the Tokyo metro area?
Yokohama
What two mountain ranges can be found on the border of Europe and Asia?
Caucasus
Urals
What region is disputed between Pakistan, India, and China?
Kashmir
What peninsula is divided by a DMZ?
Korea
What river flows through 6 different countries, including China and Vietnam?
Mekong
What city's walled area has Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Armenian quarters?
Jerusalem
What country controlled the state of Goa, until it was invaded and annexed by India in 1961?
Portugal
What major city is located on the Yangtze River Delta?
Shanghai
What city's mascot is a "Merlion"?
Singapore
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Level 65
Feb 12, 2016
The most serene picture I've ever seen! Is that real or a painting?
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Level 61
Sep 1, 2019
Painting.
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Level 88
Sep 2, 2019
It's a real painting.
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Level 92
Feb 12, 2016
Must have put in Vietnam a dozen times before I realized the question didn't say "What nation's capital city starts with the letter H?"
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Level 38
May 14, 2016
Same for me.
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Level 73
Feb 19, 2016
What about Helsinki?
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Level 77
Feb 21, 2016
Asia Geography...
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Level 58
May 14, 2016
Thanks for reminding. Was about to say "What about Havana?"
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Level 74
Mar 2, 2016
Goa is a state, not a city. Old Goa was a city, but it's been mostly ruins for a long time.
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Level 40
May 14, 2016
Seconded
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Level ∞
Feb 6, 2019
Fixed
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Level 60
Mar 23, 2016
Kalimantan for Borneo?
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Level 61
May 14, 2016
You're on an English website.
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Level 60
May 16, 2016
its still referred to as Kalimantan though
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Level 67
May 11, 2019
Just the Indonesia part
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Level 79
May 14, 2016
Honiara? Capital of Solomon Islands.
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Level 72
Aug 26, 2020
To quote buck1017 from a couple of comments up: Asia Geography...
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Level 36
May 16, 2016
Is it possible to say "until Goa was invaded"? I thought it meant the entire country, so Portugal never came to mind.
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Level 67
Sep 1, 2019
Makes sense.
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Level 65
Sep 2, 2019
Funny how Beirut was considered the Paris of the middle east, and nowadays Paris is considered the Arabia of Europe.
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Level 59
Sep 2, 2019
ahah you are extremely drole too
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Level 78
Mar 8, 2021
...aah, I see what you did there. Drôle is the French word for our droll. Or vice versa if you prefer.
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Level 68
Oct 18, 2023
Haha - casual racism! So funny, so edgy!
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2021
I seem to have never put 'Yokohama', I always seem to think its Yokohoma cuz of the stupid tires!
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Level 59
Oct 18, 2023
The tire brand is also spelt Yokohama
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Level 62
Sep 2, 2021
As an Indian we call it "liberation"
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Level 60
Feb 15, 2023
18/20 I put "Persian sea" but didn't accept and forgot the Turkish mountain name.
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Level 66
Oct 17, 2023
Dammit. I knew the answer but only tried "Yomaha."
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Level 60
Oct 18, 2023
The Portuguese were the ones who invaded Goa, not India. Please fix the quiz :)
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Level 22
Jan 20, 2024
Tibet was not an independent country since Qing Dynasty of China, but Dalai Lama is cheating the world!