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Hint		Answer	% Correct
100	What is the largest country in Europe and in Asia?	Russia	100%
96	What is the capital of Germany?	Berlin	98%
98	What is the world's most populous country?	India	98%
97	What is the official language of the Netherlands?	Dutch	97%
99	What is the biggest city in Turkey?	Istanbul	95%
92	What is England's oldest university?	Oxford	94%
95	What country completely surrounds the country of Lesotho?	South Africa	94%
86	What country's national bird is the kiwi?	New Zealand	93%
94	What is the most common religion in India?	Hinduism	91%
78	What is the national animal of the United States?	Bald Eagle	90%
79	What de-facto independent country does China claim ownership of?	Taiwan	90%
76	In what city would you find the tallest building in the world?	Dubai	89%
93	What mountain range is Mount Everest a part of?	Himalayas	89%
90	What is the holiest city of Islam?	Mecca	89%
87	What is the capital of the Czech Republic?	Prague	89%
83	What is the world's biggest river, by volume of water discharged?	Amazon	88%
81	What country has the longest total coastline?	Canada	88%
75	What is the largest island in the Caribbean?	Cuba	88%
91	What city was once called New Amsterdam?	New York City	88%
74	Lemurs are native to what island?	Madagascar	86%
88	What region is composed of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway?	Scandinavia	86%
84	What is the westernmost major city on mainland Europe?	Lisbon	85%
89	What is the highest mountain in Africa?	Mount Kilimanjaro	85%
82	Which mountain, according to legend, was home of the Greek Gods?	Mount Olympus	82%
73	What was the world's tallest building in 1950?	Empire State Building	81%
85	What Ecuadorian island chain was famously visited by Charles Darwin?	Galapagos	81%
77	What is the Southern Hemisphere's equivalent of the Tropic of Cancer?	Tropic of {Capricorn}	80%
70	What strait separates Alaska and Russia?	Bering Strait	72%
63	Near which major city would you find Old-Trafford stadium?	Manchester	69%
53	What city was once known as Tenochtitlan?	Mexico City	69%
62	In which country is Khmer the primary language?	Cambodia	68%
56	Majorca's name means "larger island". What is the "smaller island"?	Minorca	68%
71	In what body of water is the island of Bahrain located?	Persian Gulf	68%
57	What "A" word means "island chain"?	Archipelago	67%
67	On what river's "left bank" would you find the district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés?	Seine	64%
54	What musical instrument is considered a symbol of Ireland?	Harp	63%
66	What is the former currency of Italy?	Italian Lira	63%
72	Other than Turks, what is the largest ethnic group in Turkey?	Kurds	63%
60	What group of people in the United States speak a dialect called Pennsylvania German?	Amish	62%
43	In which language are Kardashian and Sarkisian common surnames?	Armenian	62%
80	What country, despite having only 7 million residents, has over 800 indigenous languages?	Papua New Guinea	62%
69	What Egyptian peninsula is part of Asia?	Sinai Peninsula	62%
44	What alphabet is used in Russia?	Cyrillic	61%
64	What city in Japan is famous for beef?	Kobe	61%
61	What African river separates the ranges of the chimpanzee and the bonobo?	Congo River	60%
59	In what Austrian city was Mozart born?	Salzburg	60%
65	What is the title of the ruler of Brunei?	Sultan of Brunei	60%
52	From what Roman title are the words Tsar and Kaiser derived?	Caesar	58%
55	What city's regions include Kowloon and the New Territories?	Hong Kong	57%
51	Which French city is closest to Great Britain?	Calais	56%
49	What is the name for Russian exclave that borders Lithuania and Poland?	Kaliningrad	51%
58	On which trail can one walk from Georgia to Maine?	{Appalachian} Trail	50%
68	What is the most well-known nickname of Denver, Colorado?	The {Mile}-{High} City	50%
35	What is the second largest desert in Africa?	Kalahari Desert	49%
38	What is the world's largest rodent, found only in South America?	Capybara	47%
47	What is the name for the French-speaking part of Belgium? (hint: starts with W)	Wallonia	46%
39	What constellation is depicted on Australia's flag?	Southern Cross	44%
11	Which country's flag looks almost exactly like the flag of Romania?	Chad	43%
45	On which Turkish mountain is Noah's Ark often said to have landed?	Mt. Ararat	43%
31	On which peninsula would you find Cabo San Lucas?	Baja California	42%
42	What is the capital and largest city in the Australian state of Tasmania?	Hobart	42%
48	Ellesmere is the tenth largest what in the world?	Island	42%
40	What city was capital of China from 1927–1937, before being brutally conquered by Japan?	Nanjing	42%
28	What name is given to the Northeast part of China?	Manchuria	39%
37	What Asian city's mascot is a "Merlion"?	Singapore	39%
50	What is the largest dam on the Nile River?	Aswan Dam	38%
33	What is a synonym of the word shire?	County	36%
29	What "line" divides the northern and southern U.S states?	Mason-Dixon Line	36%
36	What ethnic group is made up of Egyptian Christians?	Copts	35%
41	What is the largest city on the Gulf Coast of Alabama?	Mobile	34%
17	Titograd is the former name of what Balkan capital?	Podgorica	32%
32	What city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest was once home to fabulously wealthy rubber barons?	Manaus	31%
46	What is the SECOND most common FIRST language in South Africa?	Xhosa	31%
12	Which national capital's name can be translated as "Red Hero"?	Ulaanbaatar	29%
34	What ethnic group does the ETA separatist movement claim to represent?	Basques	28%
18	What is the largest lake in Central America?	Lake Nicaragua	28%
30	What massive waterfalls are found on the border of Argentina and Brazil?	Iguazu Falls	27%
27	What is the full name of the English city of Hull?	Kingston upon Hull	27%
23	If measured from its base on the sea floor, what is the world's tallest mountain?	Mauna Kea	27%
19	What large coastal city lies near the Indus River flood plain?	Karachi	26%
25	What political party has ruled South Africa since 1994?	African National Congress	23%
15	What formerly uninhabited island, starting with the letter P, was settled by HMS Bounty mutineers?	Pitcairn Island	23%
16	What city is home to Q1, the tallest building in Australia?	Gold Coast	21%
14	What is the longest river in Poland?	Vistula River	21%
24	Who had his capital at Xanadu?	Kublai Khan	20%
13	Western Sahara is a disputed territory in what region of Africa?	Maghreb	17%
7	Hilsa, or Ilish, is the national fish of what country?	Bangladesh	14%
26	What small city in the Ozark mountains is famous for its musical theaters?	Branson	13%
22	Which valley in California is responsible for 50% of the United States' fruit and vegetable production?	Central Valley	13%
5	What is the major city on the Manzanares River?	Madrid	13%
20	What strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?	{Torres} Strait	13%
21	What fiord, located near Queenstown, is one of New Zealand's most well-known tourist destinations?	{Milford} Sound	12%
9	Which country owns the exclave of Madha?	Oman	11%
8	What Polynesian island located north of New Zealand in the Pacific, is sometimes referred to as the "Rock of Polynesia"?	Niue	10%
2	What is separated from St. Barthelemy by the canal de Saint-Barthelemy?	Sint Maarten	8%
4	The city of Nuuk is on the side of Greenland that borders which strait?	{Davis} Strait	6%
10	What is the name of the "treeless" region on the coast of South Australia?	Nullarbor	6%
1	What city in central Croatia is located at the intersection of the Kupa, Sava, and Odra rivers?	Sisak	4%
6	What term describes a type of mesa commonly found in Venezuela?	Tepui	4%
3	Keechelus Lake is the source of what river in Washington state?	{Yakima} River	4%