Guess the mystery categories #6

Using the clues provided, work out the answers, and then see if you can guess the mystery categories!
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1
To tease or poke fun of
Rag
'Zhōngguó' is the Chinese word for what?
China
A famous New York hotel
Waldorf
A cruel provocateur on the internet
Troll
Category
Types of doll
 
 
2
Capital of West Virginia
Charleston
Spanish word for sauce
Salsa
'F' in the NATO phonetic alphabet
Foxtrot
Americans call it a 'faucet'
Tap
Category
Types of dance
 
 
3
A landform formed by sedimentation at the mouth of a river
Delta
The shortest wavelength electromagnetic radiation
Gamma
A very tiny fragment, corpuscle or thing
Iota
Evil Time-Lord engineer from Doctor Who
Omega
Category
Greek Letters
 
 
4
Capital of New Zealand
Wellington
Stage, podium or dais
Platform
To siphon or impel fluids
Pump
What Britons call the trunk of a car
Boot
Category
Types of shoes
5
Better, or higher up
Superior
Lilongwe is its capital
Malawi
Great queen of Georgia
Tamar
The princess ant from 'Antz'
Bala
Category
Lakes
 
 
6
Italian for black
Nero
Greedy child who went up the pipe
Augustus
Type of raised wooden Chinese sandal
Geta
German physiologist and painter Carl Gustav...
Carus
Category
Roman Emperors
 
 
7
A Squamate, Chinese Zodiac sign
Snake
Bonnie's partner in crime
Clyde
Country with first woman president
Argentina
The red Teletubby
Po
Category
Rivers
 
 
8
Creature on the Welsh flag
Dragon
Aviophobia is a fear of...
Flying
Plant of the Poaceae family
Grass
Film starring Patrick Swayze
Ghost
Category
Pokémon types
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Level 64
Feb 5, 2021
This puzzle is way hard. Good luck.
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Level 83
Dec 4, 2022
“Poke fun at” or “make fun of” but not “poke fun of”.
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Level 76
Feb 28, 2023
Argentina is neither the country with the first woman president nor the name of a river
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Level 71
Mar 1, 2023
Actually Isabel Peron was the first woman to hold the title 'President' of a country, and the Argentina River is in Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_(river)