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Found only in USA, Venezuela, and Trinidad; another name for a large, natural body of tar or asphalt.
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Pitch Lake
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Doubly landlocked Asian country...
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Uzbekistan
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... Versus European
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Liechtenstein
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Greenest city in the world (Europe)
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Copenhagen
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Only language isolate spoken in Europe (doesn't have roots)
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Basque
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Nepal is to Himalayas as Andorra is to _______.
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Pyrenees
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Sanskrit and Tamil are two languages that have remained almost unchanged for the past five hundred years. They are spoken in present-day:
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India
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Country with a name meaning "Resplendent Isle"
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Sri Lanka
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The closest language to old English that is definitely not a dialect is the language of:
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Frisian
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Kanji are ___ words borrowed into ___.
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Chinese, Japanese
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Beijing means "Northern Capital". Which former Chinese capital city means "Southern Capital"?
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Nanjing
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The Laotian capital, Vientiane, comes from a word from what language?
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French
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The Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, means what in Malay?
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Muddy River
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Country where Sofia Vergana came from.
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Colombia
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The lowest point in Africa, in Djibouti, is Lake ______
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Assal
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Out of four major island groups off the east coast of Africa, which is not a nation but instead a French possession?
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Reunion (or Réunion if you must)
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Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and _____ are the three African countries with Guinea in their names.
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Equatorial Guinea
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Which of these Pacific regions is a country: Melanesia, Micronesia, or Polynesia?
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Micronesia
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The two central European countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia were once a single country called:
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Czechoslovakia
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Slovakia is commonly confused with...
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Slovenia
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Of the three Caucasus countries, which one is completely in Asia?
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Armenia
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This Romance language is often overlooked and is isolated from the other major Romance languages today.
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Romanian
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Speaking of Romance languages, what is the official language of Andorra?
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Catalan
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This small, coastal country joined the EU in 2013, the newest as of the making of the quiz.
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Croatia
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The 2020 Euro UEFA Cup will not be partly held in which of these cities: Baku, Minsk, London, Oslo, Cardiff, Glasgow, Jerusalem or Skopje?
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Oslo (Surprisingly not Jerusalem)
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Which of the three Baltic countries did not win any medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics?
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Latvia
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This is the largest city in the Baltics, with around two-thirds of a million people.
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Riga
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U.K. Is made of Wales, England, Scotland and...
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Northern Ireland
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What country colonized most of Suriname? Great Britain was the first to do so, but soon traded it off to this country.
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Netherlands
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Country directly west of Suriname?
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Guyana
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The Falkland Islands belong to the UK, but what other country claims them?
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Argentina
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_______ surrounds The ______ (Western Africa)
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Senegal, Gambia
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Newest country as of 2/16/16?
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South Sudan
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What does "Libya" mean in Ancient Greek?
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Africa
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Which island did Thesus (remember the Minotaur from Greek mythology?) rise to fame in?
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Crete
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Ambergris Caye is found off the shore of Belize. What does "Caye" mean?
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Reef
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Belize again: While the official capital is inland, most business takes place in...
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Belize City
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What North African city has a name meaning "White House"?
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Casablanca
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of...
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Hispaniola
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The nation of Grenada is named after the Spanish city...
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Granada
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Easy question time! The Taj Mahal is in the city of...
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Agra
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Sumatra belongs to...
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Indonesia
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Sharing an island with Indonesia, this newly independent nation is also the only Asian country that is predominantly Catholic aside from the Philippines.
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East Timor
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Last surviving "Buddhist nation"?
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Bhutan
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Four Tigers of Asia: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and... (Not an official country)
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Hong Kong
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Equatorial Guinea is the only African country where _____ is an official language.
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Spanish
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Name a country that has an eponymous, nearly identically named capital. (e. Narnia City as the capital of Narnia)
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Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Kuwait, Djibouti, Singapore, Vatican City, Monaco, Luxembourg or San Marino
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Name a country with a capital that contains PART of the country name.
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El Salvador, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Algeria, Tunisia, or Guinea-Bissau.
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From what region did algebra come from?
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Middle East
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Name one of the two most secular countries in Europe.
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Estonia or Czech Republic
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Which Scandinavian country is not in the EU?
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Norway
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What are the three countries always included in Scandinavia? No and required.
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Sweden, Norway, Denmark.
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Finnish, Estonian and ____ are the three most widely spoken Finno-Ugric languages.
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Hungarian
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There are three distinct capital cities in this country in Africa. Name it.
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South Africa
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Name them; the hardest to spell will be relaxed.
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Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.
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Last question. Stick with me. The once-grand city of _________ is in present-day Somalia.
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Mogadishu
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