Statistics for World Geography A-Z #2

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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
C	Site of a nuclear power plant disaster in 1986	Chernobyl	97%
I	Largest city in Turkey	Istanbul	96%
K	National animal of Australia	Kangaroo	95%
B	German state whose capital is Munich	Bavaria	93%
A	Longest mountain range in the world (on land)	Andes	89%
T	Island state of Australia	Tasmania	88%
J	Largest city in the Southern Hemisphere	Jakarta	86%
P	Country that controls the Azores	Portugal	85%
V	Oceanic country whose capital is Port Vila	Vanuatu	85%
G	Town in south-east London which the Prime Meridian passes through	Greenwich	83%
O	Nebraskan city or Normandy beach	Omaha	82%
U	Pakistani language similar to Hindi	Urdu	80%
Y	Jewish language spoken in eastern Europe	Yiddish	80%
W	Most north-westerly state of contiguous America	Washington	78%
Z	Tanzanian island where the Sultan of Oman once lived	Zanzibar	78%
D	Currency of Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait etc.	Dinar	77%
L	Longest river in France	Loire	75%
M	U.S. desert home to Death Valley	Mojave	72%
R	Famous highway that stretches from California to Illinois	Route 66	71%
H	Annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca	Hajj	69%
X	The Terracotta Army was discovered near this city	Xi'an	63%
E	Where tidal waters meet fresh water, usually in the mouth of a large river	Estuary	61%
F	Canadian bay with the world's highest tides	Fundy	48%
N	Native name for Japan	Nihon	42%
S	Large disputed island of eastern Russia or northern Japan	Sakhalin	38%
Q	Official language of Peru	Quechua	32%