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%	Country	Question	Answer	% Correct
53	United States	Highest Mountain	Denali	82%
16	Estonia	According to Hemingway, at least two Estonians can be found in every one of these places	Port	71%
40	Brazil	Waterfalls on the Argentina border	Iguazu Falls	56%
33	South Africa	Longest river	Orange	56%
37	Ukraine	Protests that happened in 2004 after vote-rigging and the poisoning of a Presidential candidate	Orange Revolution	56%
34	Sudan	Biggest city on the Red Sea	Port Sudan	56%
59	Belize	Giant marine sinkhole that is a popular scuba destination	Great Blue Hole	53%
44	Tanzania	Historic language of Zanzibar	Arabic	50%
33	Sweden	Gulf between Sweden and Finland	Gulf of Bothnia	50%
41	Iceland	The Alþingi, founded in 930 A.D. is said to be the world's oldest ______, at least 200 years older than England's	Parliament	50%
42	Germany	One of the longest rivers	Elbe	47%
47	Barbados	Fruit discovered by accident in Barbados that is a cross of an orange and a pomelo	Grapefruit	47%
30	China	One of the four "Great Inventions" of ancient China	Printing	47%
32	Japan	One of the four main islands	Shikoku	47%
31	North Korea	The year in which the men's football (soccer) team first appeared in the World Cup	1966	41%
39	Brunei	Full name of the country	Brunei Darussalam	41%
53	Maldives	Official language	Dhivehi	41%
34	Spain	Red spice that flavors paella	Saffron	41%
39	Cambodia	Angkor Wat is located this city, with initials SR	Siem Reap	41%
31	Canada	Viking settlement established around 1000 A.D.	Vinland	41%
40	Ireland	City where famous crystal was made	Waterford	41%
13	Nicaragua	River forming much of Nicaragua's northern border	Coco River	38%
44	Burundi	One of Burundi's biggest exports (starts with C)	Coffee	38%
29	Algeria	Two-letter country code	DZ	38%
39	United Kingdom	Longest river	River Severn	38%
24	Liechtenstein	Most populous municipality	Schaan	38%
37	Bulgaria	Southern Bulgaria is part of this ancient region starting with T	Thrace	38%
28	Chile	War in which Bolivia lost its coastline to Chile	War of the Pacifc	38%
39	Saint Lucia	Island chain that Saint Lucia is part of	Windward Islands	38%
43	Colombia	Nobel Prize-winning author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"	Gabriel García Márquez	35%
37	Greece	Island - Odysseus's home	Ithaca	35%
40	Kenya	1952–1960 revolt against the United Kingdom	Mau Mau Uprising	35%
31	India	Fourth most common native language	Telugu	35%
28	Peru	Former President who was convicted of human rights abuses and fled to Japan	Alberto Fujimori	32%
30	Portugal	Former currency	Escudo	32%
33	Cape Verde	Currency of Cape Verde	Escudo	32%
27	Malaysia	Malaysian city just north of Singapore	Johor Bahru	32%
28	Thailand	Name for the capital in Thai (short version)	Krung Thep	32%
30	United Arab Emirates	Third-most populous city	Sharjah	32%
31	Australia	What you won't find in South Australia's Nullarbor Plain	Trees	32%
32	Uruguay	River that forms Uruguay's western border	Uruguay River	32%
44	Dominica	Dominica's Boiling Lake is the second-largest of these in the world	Hot Spring	29%
28	Guatemala	Ancient city of the Maya civilization also called Yax Mutal	Tikal	29%
36	Kuwait	"W" word that refers to a landform of a dry riverbed	Wadi	29%
23	Sri Lanka	Chain of island and shallow waters connecting India and Sri Lanka	Adam's Bridge	26%
32	Georgia	Largest Georgian city on the Black Sea	Batumi	26%
18	Saudi Arabia	One of the gulfs that border Saudi Arabia	Gulf of Aqaba	26%
36	Nepal	This was abolished in 2008 after the Constituent Assembly elections	Monarchy	26%
46	Ivory Coast	Tree sap product that is one of the Ivory Coast's most important exports	Rubber	26%
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	River that forms the northern border	Sava	26%
46	Serbia	The capital is built on the confluence of the Danube and which other river?	Sava	26%
29	Zimbabwe	National symbol	Zimbabwe Bird	26%
28	Lesotho	Lesotho's colonial name	Basutoland	24%
32	Mexico	Richest man	Carlos Slim	24%
30	Nigeria	Largest ethnic group	Hausa	24%
15	Switzerland	Fictional woman who personifies Switzerland	Helvetia	24%
18	Egypt	What ancient Egyptian has been called history's first architect and doctor?	Imhotep	24%
23	Albania	Deepest and oldest lake in Southern Europe, a UNESCO site	Lake Ohrid	24%
24	Bahamas	Largest island	North Andros	24%
34	Malawi	Former name of Malawi	Nyasaland	24%
31	North Macedonia	One of the most populous cities in Europe in the year 1000 A.D., which shares its name with the lake on which it lies	Ohrid	24%
25	Vietnam	River that flows through the capital	Red	24%
32	Malta	Most populous municipality	St Paul's Bay	24%
28	Panama	What Spanish explorer discovered the Pacific coast of the Americas, and is today the namesake of Panama's currency?	Vasco Nunez de Balboa	24%
28	Yemen	Cool-looking trees on the island of Socotra	Dragon's Blood Tree	21%
39	Belarus	The national animal of Belarus is the wisent, also known as the ...	European Bison	21%
38	Cameroon	Largest type of frog, found mostly in Cameroon (hint: a Bible character)	Goliath Frog	21%
26	Cyprus	What is the nickname for the UN buffer zone that separates the two parts of the country?	Green Line	21%
24	Palestine	Most populous city in the territory controlled by the PNA	Hebron	21%
28	Monaco	The royal family	House of Grimaldi	21%
25	Morocco	K word that refers to a fortress or keep	Kasbah	21%
30	Moldova	Currency of Moldova	Leu	21%
28	Lebanon	Largest Christian denomination in Lebanon	Maronite Church	21%
32	DR Congo	Dictator from 1965-1997	Mobutu Sese Seko	21%
42	Italy	Tallest mountain	Monte Bianco	21%
25	Bolivia	City at an elevation of 4090 meters, site of the richest vein of silver ever discovered	Potosí	21%
28	Dominican Republic	Dictator nicknamed "El Jefe" who the capital was once named for	Rafael Trujillo	21%
26	Russia	Metal boiler for making tea	Samovar	21%
31	Niger	Empire that ruled the region c. 1464–1591	Songhai	21%
25	Denmark	Famous existential philosopher	Søren Kierkegaard	21%
28	South Korea	Self-proclaimed religious messiah who died in 2012	Sun Myung Moon	21%
24	East Timor	Official language	Tetum	21%
28	Tajikistan	Term for the struggle between Great Britain and Russia for control of Central Asia during the 19th century	The Great Game	21%
28	Senegal	Largest ethnic group hint: starts with W	Wolof	21%
33	Israel	The two Israelis who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Yasser Arafat in 1994 (name either)	Yitzhak Rabin / Shimon Peres	21%
29	Iraq	Former U.S. prison where detainees were abused	Abu Ghraib	18%
24	Eritrea	Ancient kingdom that covered most of the territory of Eritrea from 100–940 AD	Aksum	18%
31	Togo	Among the African countries, Togo has the highest percentage of population who follow this type "ism" religion	Animism	18%
25	Argentina	Argentinian style of barbecue	Asado	18%
22	Zambia	Name one of Zambia's five most-spoken native languages	Bemba \| Nyanja \| Tonga \| Lozi \| Chewa	18%
33	Andorra	One of two co-princes of Andorra	Bishop of Urgell	18%
38	Kazakhstan	Holiday celebrated on January 7	Christmas	18%
27	Madagascar	Gigantic bird that weighed five times as much as an ostrich (driven to extinction by 1200 AD)	Elephant Bird	18%
32	Taiwan	Taiwanese company that makes iPhones in China	Foxconn	18%
38	Greenland	Large bovid which lives in northern Greenland	Muskox	18%
15	Bahrain	Tiny man-made island shared by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia	Passport Island	18%
26	Belgium	Painter who will tell you what a pipe isn't	René Magritte	18%
26	Philippines	One of the largest islands	Samar	18%
38	Suriname	River on which the capital is located	Suriname	18%
34	Uzbekistan	Warlord born in the city of Shahrisabz in 1336 whose conquests killed an estimated 5% of the world population	Timur	18%
21	Cuba	Most famous cabaret and nightclub (hint: starts with T)	Tropicana	18%
26	Myanmar	U.N. Secretary General, 1961-71	U Thant	18%
22	Iran	Mountain range starting with Z	Zagros	18%
20	Netherlands	Scientist who was the first to see single-cell organisms	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek	15%
26	Angola	Group of people that displaced the original San and Khoi populations in the first millenium B.C.	Bantu	15%
29	Croatia	Roman emperor who built a palace in the city of Split	Diocletian	15%
30	Guinea	Largest ethnic group (starts with F)	Fula	15%
26	Paraguay	Western Paraguay is a part of this semiarid lowland plains region	Gran Chaco	15%
19	Austria	Tallest mountain	Grossglockner	15%
22	Hungary	Hungarian-American mathematician considered to be one of the most intelligent people of all-time	John von Neumann	15%
27	Rwanda	Great Lake that Rwanda borders	Lake Kivu	15%
23	Vanuatu	Vanuatu's second most populous city and the main city on Espiritu Santo island.	Luganville	15%
27	France	Woman who "personifies" France	Marianne	15%
27	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan has 400 of these "volcanoes", the most of any country (note: they are not actual volcanoes)	Mud Volcanoes	15%
25	Fiji	City with the most tourists and the largest airport	Nadi	15%
23	Finland	Long-distance runner and 12-time Olympic medalist	Paavo Nurmi	15%
26	Namibia	Group of islands named for the birds that inhabit them	Penguin Islands	15%
25	F. S Micronesia	Largest island by area	Pohnpei	15%
23	Gabon	Second most populous city in Gabon	Port Gentil	15%
21	Central African Republic	Official language	Sango	15%
35	Czechia	Writer who served as President from 1993 to 2003	Václav Havel	15%
26	Marshall Islands	Unincorporated territory of the United States claimed by the Marshall Islands, site of a WWII battle	Wake Island	15%
17	Ghana	Ethnic group to which 47.5% of the population belongs	Akan	12%
15	Poland	Wild cattle that went extinct in 1627	Aurochs	12%
20	Antigua and Barbuda	Last name of father/son leaders Vere and Lester	Bird	12%
19	Trinidad and Tobago	Most populous municipality	Chaguanas	12%
26	Tuvalu	Former name of Tuvalu	Ellice Islands	12%
30	Mozambique	Mozambique-born footballer known as the "Black Panther"	Eusébio	12%
32	Uganda	Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army	Joseph Kony	12%
31	Indonesia	Supervolcano that erupted 74,000 years ago, nearly causing humans to become extinct	Lake Toba	12%
29	Sierra Leone	Currency of Sierra Leone	Leone	12%
22	Libya	"M" word that refers to the old part of a town in North African countries	Medina	12%
30	Romania	Last king of Romania, forced to abdicate by the Soviets in 1947, but who lived for 70 years after	Michael	12%
24	Eswatini	Current absolute monarch of Eswatini	Mswati III	12%
24	Mauritius	Second largest island	Rodrigues	12%
20	El Salvador	Second largest city (hint: a saint)	Santa Ana	12%
27	Chad	One third of the population belong to this ethnic group (hint: also a common English girl's name)	Sara	12%
23	Samoa	The two main islands of Samoa (name either)	Savai'i / Upolu	12%
18	Latvia	Series of events that led to the independence of Latvia and two of its neighbors	Singing Revolution	12%
16	Norway	3x Olympic figure skating champion	Sonja Henie	12%
26	Turkey	What does wearing a nazar amulet supposedly protect you from?	The Evil Eye	12%
24	Syria	Minority branch of Islam to which the ruling class of Syria belongs (starts with A)	Alawites	9%
17	Vatican City	Official residence of the pope	Apostolic Palace	9%
19	Ethiopia	Currency of Ethiopia	Birr	9%
17	Costa Rica	Pacific island sometimes called the southernmost point in North America	Cocos Island	9%
22	Qatar	Traditional sailing vessel whose name starts with "D"	Dhow	9%
26	Benin	Beninese-American actor who starred in "Blood Diamond" and "Gladiator"	Djimon Hounsou	9%
22	Equatorial Guinea	Largest ethnic group (hint: starts with F)	Fang	9%
14	Lithuania	In addition to an Easter Bunny, Lithuania has an Easter _____ who delivers eggs	Granny	9%
16	Guyana	Guyana and its neighbors are situated on this part of the Earth's crust	Guiana Shield	9%
20	Honduras	One of the ocean gulfs that Honduras borders	Gulf of Fonseca	9%
20	Luxembourg	Current monarch	Henri	9%
21	Pakistan	National flower (Hint: it's white)	Jasmine	9%
22	Djibouti	Ancient kingdom said to exist around Djibouti before 1000 B.C. (Starts with P)	Land of Punt	9%
21	Somalia	What ancient kingdom around northern Somalia was an essential trading partner of ancient Egypt?	Land of Punt	9%
16	Slovakia	Slovak-born woman who won 5 Grand Slam titles	Martina Hingis	9%
25	Botswana	Currency of Botswana	Pula	9%
16	Bhutan	Former capital until 1955	Punakha	9%
16	Venezuela	"T" word that refers to the table-top mountains of southeastern Venezuela	Tepui	9%
24	Tonga	Main island of Tonga	Tongatapu	9%
16	Tunisia	Northernmost point on the African mainland (a female name)	Cape Angela	6%
27	Liberia	Brutal warlord convicted of crimes against humanity by the Hague in 2012	Charles Taylor	6%
21	Turkmenistan	Meaning of the capital's name	City of Love	6%
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Former British fort overlooking the capital, named after the wife of King George III	Fort Charlotte	6%
30	Kiribati	Type of bird that appears on the flag of Kiribati (hint: a type of ship)	Frigatebird	6%
20	Haiti	Haiti's first democratically-elected President, in 1991	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	6%
26	Armenia	Lake which makes up about 4% of Armenia's surface area	Lake Sevan	6%
25	Montenegro	Largest lake in Southern Europe	Lake Skadar	6%
25	Ecuador	Type of iguana that can only be found on the Galápagos Islands	Marine iguana	6%
23	San Marino	Highest peak, 739 meters above sea level	Monte Titano	6%
20	Burkina Faso	Most-spoken native language (hint: starts with M)	Mossi	6%
14	Papua New Guinea	Highest mountain	Mount Wilhelm	6%
22	Nauru	Former name of Nauru	Pleasant Island	6%
21	Oman	Monarch of Oman, 1970-2020	Qaboos	6%
26	Jordan	Current queen consort	Queen Rania	6%
17	Palau	UNESCO World Heritage site consisting of two hundred small, forested islands	Rock Islands	6%
20	Comoros	These make up 40% of Comorian exports	Spices	6%
16	South Sudan	Vast swamplands that stymied early efforts to find the source of the White Nile river.	Sudd	6%
14	Mongolia	Currency of Mongolia	Tögrög	6%
20	Jamaica	Neighborhood in the capital known as the birthplace of the Reggae genre.	Trenchtown	6%
23	New Zealand	Longest river	Waikato River	6%
16	Guinea-Bissau	National independence hero assassinated in 1973	Amílcar Cabral	3%
12	Kosovo	Kingdom whose territory encompassed modern-day Kosovo before it was conquered by Rome in 28 BC	Dardania	3%
22	São Tomé and Príncipe	Currency of São Tomé and Príncipe	Dobra	3%
17	Kyrgyzstan	Epic poem that tells of the formation of the Kyrgyz people - thought to be more than 1,000 years old and 20 times longer than Homer's Odyssey	Epic of Manas	3%
19	Seychelles	"Benevolent dictator" who led Seychelles from 1977–2004	France-Albert René	3%
16	Mali	"G" word that refers to a West African bard or storyteller	Griot	3%
26	Singapore	Term for an open-air food court	Hawker Centre	3%
18	Republic of the Congo	Ethnic group of half the population	Kongo	3%
18	Laos	Meat salad considered to be the unofficial national dish of Laos	Larb	3%
21	Solomon Islands	Most-spoken language	Pijin	3%
21	Mauritania	Meaning of capital's name	Place of the Winds	3%
18	Afghanistan	Which poet was born in 1207 in the city of Balkh and now, according to some, is the best-selling poet of all time in the United States?	Rumi	3%
14	Grenada	Another name for the Grenada's Carnival holiday period	Spicemas	3%
26	Bangladesh	Currency of Bangladesh	Taka	3%
25	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Shallow channel between the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis	The Narrows	3%
15	Gambia	Gambia is known by this name	The Smiling Coast	3%
23	Slovenia	Currency before the Euro	Tolar	3%