Statistics for Geography by Number of Letters #1

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#	Hint	Answer	% Correct
4	Capital of Italy	Rome	100%
6	Largest Africa desert	Sahara	97%
8	Everest, K2, eg.	Mountain	93%
5	Suez canal country	Egypt	92%
11	a.k.a. Holland	Netherlands	86%
5	Known as Myanmar	Burma	84%
4	Major Egyptian canal	Suez	80%
7	China's longest river	Yangtze	80%
8	Africa's largest lake	Victoria	79%
7	2nd-top world language	Spanish	76%
8	Top world language	Mandarin	75%
10	Southernmost continent	Antarctica	74%
9	2nd biggest Scottish city	Edinburgh	73%
11	Its state abbv. is MS	Mississippi	73%
7	US-Canada waterfalls	Niagara	72%
6	Alaskan-Russian strait	Bering	68%
9	Its capital is Santa Fe	New Mexico	68%
12	Haiti's largest city	Port-au-Prince	67%
6	Now called Ho Chi Minh	Saigon	64%
6	Driest US state	Nevada	63%
12	2016 Olympic host city	Rio de Janeiro	61%
12	Person who makes maps	Cartographer	60%
10	"Little Mermaid" statue city	Copenhagen	59%
11	Tanzania's tallest peak	Kilimanjaro	59%
7	Capital of Sicily, Italy	Palermo	57%
12	Liberty Bell city	Philadelphia	57%
9	Island province of Ecuador	Galapagos	56%
10	Busan is found here	South Korea	56%
4	Persian, Aden, etc.	Gulf	55%
5	Finnish for "Finland"	Suomi	51%
11	2nd biggest Mexican city	Guadalajara	50%
8	Northern Japanese island	Hokkaido	50%
9	State known for cheese	Wisconsin	45%
4	Flat-topped hill	Mesa	37%
5	Nauru district/capital	Yaren	32%
10	African Great Lake	Tanganyika	24%