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Countries 3 Flashcards

1
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Italy: Physicist

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Enrico Fermi

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The Netherlands: Capital

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The Hague

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Kenya: Game reserve

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Masai Mara

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Myanmar: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1996

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

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Italy: Northeast Adriatic port

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Trieste

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Italy: Countries within its border

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Vatical City and San Marino

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7
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Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Janet Evans)

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Michele Smith

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8
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The Philippines: Capital and largest city

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Manila

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9
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Japan: Poison fish

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Fugu

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10
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Japan: “Divine Wind”

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Kamikaze

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11
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Myanmar: Former Name

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Burma

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12
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Ireland: 8th century book of gospels

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Book of Kells

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13
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Italy: Capital of Piedmont region

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Turin

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14
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Norway: Island

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Spitsbergen

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15
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World’s largest landlocked country

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Kazakhstan

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16
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Monaco: Capital

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Monaco-Ville

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17
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Papua New Guinea: Capital

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Port Moresby

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18
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Lebanon: Tree

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Cedar

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19
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Italy: Largest island

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Sicily

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20
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Myanmar: River

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Irrawaddy

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21
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Japan: First pocket radio maker

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Sony

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22
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Norway: Currency

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Krone

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23
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Latvia: Capital

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Riga

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24
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Mexico: Stone carving Indians

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Olmecs

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25
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Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Michele Smith)

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Janet Evans

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26
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The Philippines: Currency

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Peso

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27
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Italy: Violin manufacturing center

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Cremona

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28
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Mexico: Southern state with insurgency

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Chiapas

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29
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Italy: Bell tower

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Campanile

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30
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Italy: Florence ruling family

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Medici

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31
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Israel: Former capital and largest city

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Tel Aviv

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32
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Nicaragua: Female president - 1990-1997

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Violeta Chamorro

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33
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Mali: Ancient trading center

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Timbuktu

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34
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Norway: Actress

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Liv Ullman

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35
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Northern Ireland: actor

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Liam Neeson

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36
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Italy: Turin auto maker

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Fiat

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37
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Mozambique: Capital

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Maputo

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38
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Italy: Capital of Tuscany region

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Florence

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39
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Italy: Venetian traveller

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Marco Polo

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40
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Nepal: Capital

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Kathmandu

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41
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Italy: Rome fountain

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Trevi fountain

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42
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Nicaragua: Capital

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Managua

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43
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Mexico: Yucatan resort

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Cancun

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44
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Japan: Flower

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Chrysanthemum

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45
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Israel: Collective farm

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Kibbutz

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46
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Japan: Lute

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Samisen

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47
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Italy: Capital and largest city

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Rome

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48
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Mexico: Pacific peninsula

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Baja California

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49
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Ireland: Writer and poet

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James Joyce

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50
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Kenya: Native tribe

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Masai

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51
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Mexico: Capital and largest city

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Mexico City

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52
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Northern Ireland: Capital

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Belfast

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53
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Kazakhstan: Curency

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Ruble

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54
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Italy: North central mountains

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Dolomites

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55
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Italy: Milan opera house

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La Scala

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56
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Italy: Sicily capital

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Palermo

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57
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Myanmar: Bay

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Bay of Bengal

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58
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Libya: Capital

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Tripoli

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59
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The Netherlands: Priest and humanist - 1466-1536

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Erasmus

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60
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Namibia: Capital

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Windhoek

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61
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Italy: Venetian leader

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Doge

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62
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Japan: Grill

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Hibachi

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63
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Japan: Emperor

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Akihito (125th emperor)

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64
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Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of the Yucatan

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Mayans

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65
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Kenya: Independence leader

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Jomo Kenyatta

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66
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Myanmar: United Nations secretary general

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U Thant

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67
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Northern Ireland: Northern port

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Londonderry

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68
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Italy: Largest lake

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Lake Garda

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69
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Japan: Drama theater

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Kabuki

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70
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Jamaica: Mountains

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Blue Mountains

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71
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New Zealand: Islands

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North Island; South Island

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72
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Japan: Massage

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Shiatsu

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73
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Japan: Green liquor

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Midori

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74
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Pakistan: Former capital largest city and port

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Karachi

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75
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Pakistan: Capital

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Islamabad

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76
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Italy: Cities Vesuvius burried

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Pompeii and Herculaneum

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77
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Madagascar: Capital

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Antananarivo

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78
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Italy: Infamous patron of the arts

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Lucretia Borgia

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79
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Laos: Religion

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Buddhism

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80
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Mexico: Christmas procession

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Peseta

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81
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Madagascar: Monkey

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Lemur

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82
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Myanmar: Religion

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Buddhism

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83
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Japan: Primary religion

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Shinto

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84
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Sweden: Actress

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Greta Garbo

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85
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Ireland: Convent

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Sisters of Mercy

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86
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New Zealand: Strait

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Cook Strait

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87
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North Korea: Head of government - 1994-

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Kim Jong-Il

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88
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Jamaica: City of “eight rivers”

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Ocho Rios

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89
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New Zealand: Operatic soprano

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Kiri te Kanawa

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90
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The Netherlands: Currency

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Guilder

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91
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Italy: Longest River

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Po

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92
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Morocco: King Hassan II’s successor

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King Sedi Mohammed

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93
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Norway: Ethnologist

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Thor Heyerdahl

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94
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The Philippines: Largest Island

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Luzon

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95
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Italy: Opera conductor

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Arturo Toscanini

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96
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Kenya: Languages

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Swahili and English

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97
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Italy: Galileo’s birthplace

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Pisa

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98
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Peru: President - 1992-

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Alberto Fujimori

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99
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Japan: 9th to 16th century military dictators

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Shogun

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100
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Jordan: King 1953-1999

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King Hussein I

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101
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Norway: second largest city

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Bergen

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102
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Japan: Act of ceremonial suicide

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Hara-Kiri (sepeku)

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103
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Jordan: Former name

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Trans Jordan

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104
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Pakistan: President - 1977-1988

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Ul-Haq Zia

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105
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Nepal: “lost man” of Himalayas

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Yeti

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106
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New Zealand: Capital

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Wellington

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107
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Mexico: State after which a breed of dog was named

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Chihuahua

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108
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Ireland: Irish-American Miners

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“Molly Maquires”

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109
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Japan: Art of paper folding

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Origami

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110
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Kenya: Currency

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Shilling

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111
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New Zealand: Former Capital

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Christchurch

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112
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Ireland: Dramatist and director of Abbey Theater - 1904

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John Millington Synge

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113
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Italy: Electrostatics and animal physiology pioneer

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Luigi Galvani

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114
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Japan: photographic Film maker

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Fuji

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115
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Mexico: Maximillian’s Belgian wife

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Grand Duchess Carlotta

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116
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Israel: Capital

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Jerusalem

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117
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Israel: Prime minister - 1996-1999

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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118
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Mexico: Artist-muralist

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Diego Rivera

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119
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Norway: Artist

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Edvard Munch (“Screaming Artist”)

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120
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Japan: Added to a name for respect

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San

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121
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Norway: Olympic figure skater

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Sonja Henie

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122
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Israel: World’s saltiest lake

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Dead Sea

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123
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Mongolia: Desert

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Gobi

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124
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Italy: Sicily volcano

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Etna

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125
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Monaco: Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo

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Charles Wells

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126
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Peru: Incan city in Andes

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Macchu Picchu

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127
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Italy: Second largest island

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Sardinia

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128
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Italy: Venetian composer

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Antonio Vivaldi

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129
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Mexico: President 2000-

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Jefe Vincente Fox

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130
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Japan: Self defense

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Judo and Jujitsu

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131
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Italy: Capri cave

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Blue Grotto

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132
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Italy: Violin virtuoso

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Niccolo Paganini

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133
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Italy: Turin veil of controversy

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Shroud of Turin

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134
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Italy: Religion

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Roman Catholic

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135
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Japan: “Empty Hand”

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Karate

136
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Ireland: Hunger striker

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Bobby Sands

137
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Panama: Currency

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Balboa

138
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Japan: Kabuki theater of Tokyo

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Ginza

139
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Nigeria: Breakaway republic

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Biafra

140
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Monaco: Prince Renier’s wife

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Princess Grace (Kelly)

141
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Pakistan: Currency

A

Rupee

142
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Morocco: King who died in 1999

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King Hassan II

143
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Ireland: Playwright

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Sean O’Casey

144
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Libya: Dictator - 1969-

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Muammar Gaddafi

145
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Nicaragua: Lakes

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Lake Nicaragua; Lake Managua

146
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Japan: High speed train

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Bullet train

147
Q

Italy: Rome River

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Tiber

148
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Ireland: Rebellion against British rule - 1916

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Easter uprising

149
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Mexico: Caribbean peninsula

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Yucatan

150
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New Zealand: Indigenous people

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Maori

151
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Israel: Foreign minister who wore an eye patch

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Moshe Dayan

152
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Mongolia: Capital

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Ulan Bator

153
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Pakistan: Northern disputed territory

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Kashmir

154
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Nicaragua: Dictator ousted in 1979

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Anastasio Somoza

155
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Italy: Venetian artist

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Titian

156
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Panama: General and strongman (now in US prison)

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Manuel Noriega

157
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Kuwait: Capital

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Kuwait City

158
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Japan: Largest Island

A

Honshu

159
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New Zealand: Bird

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Kiwi

160
Q

Mexico: Mexican-American female golfer

A

Nancy Lopez

161
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Japan: Warrior knights

A

Samurai

162
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Israel: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1987

A

Menachem Begin

163
Q

Israel: Prime minister - 1974-1977 and 1992-1995

A

Yitzhak Rabin

164
Q

Lebanon: Valley

A

Bekaa Valley

165
Q

Liechtenstein: Capital

A

Vaduz

166
Q

Italy: Florence palace used as an art gallery

A

Pitti Palace

167
Q

Italy: The Jewel of the Adriatic

A

Venice

168
Q

Ireland: Dublin theater and company

A

Abbey Theater

169
Q

Kenya: Tallest mountain

A

Mt. Kenya

170
Q

Martinique: Capital

A

Fort de France

171
Q

Mexico: Austrian archduke - ruled 1864-1867

A

Maximillian

172
Q

Japan: “Precision” watch maker

A

Seiko

173
Q

Norway: Playwright

A

Heinrich Ibsen

174
Q

Ireland: 1848-49 disaster

A

Potato famine

175
Q

Monaco: Renier’s children

A

Princesses Caroline and Stephanie; Prince Albert

176
Q

Norway: Betrayer of Norway

A

Vidkun Quisling

177
Q

Ireland: Moaning spirit

A

Banshee

178
Q

Mali: Capital

A

Bamako

179
Q

The Netherlands: Largest city

A

Amsterdam

180
Q

Monaco: Currency

A

Monegasque Franc

181
Q

Japan: Capital

A

Tokyo

182
Q

Norway: Explorer

A

Roald Amundsen

183
Q

Italy: Currency

A

Lire

184
Q

Kenya: Capital

A

Nairobi

185
Q

Sweden: UN secretary-general

A

Dag Hammarskjold

186
Q

Pakistan: Prime Minister - 1988-1990 and 1993-1996

A

Benazir Bhutto

187
Q

Italy: Milan ruling family

A

Sforza

188
Q

North Korea: US ship captured in 1968

A

Pueblo

189
Q

Jamaica: Famous Olympians

A

Jamaican Bobsled Team

190
Q

Namibia: Desert

A

Namib

191
Q

North Korea: Capital

A

Pyongyang

192
Q

Japan: Largest port

A

Yokohama

193
Q

Lebanon: Capital

A

Beirut

194
Q

Japan: Three line poem

A

Haiku

195
Q

Italy: Venetian bridge on the way to the gallows

A

The Bridge of Sighs

196
Q

Israel: Desert

A

Negev

197
Q

Nigeria: Capital

A

Abuja

198
Q

Italy: Florence fountain

A

Fountain of Neptune

199
Q

The Philippines: Largest religious group

A

Roman Catholic

200
Q

Jordan: King Hussein’s wife

A

Queen Noor (American born)

201
Q

Italy: Florence art gallery

A

Uffizi Gallery

202
Q

Japan: Gangster

A

Yasuka

203
Q

Israel: First prime minister

A

David Ben-Gurion

204
Q

Mexico: Leader of Mexican revolution - 1910-1914

A

Emilio Zapata

205
Q

Italy: Florence river

A

Arno

206
Q

Peru: Capital

A

Lima

207
Q

Luxembourg: Grand Duchess

A

Carlotta

208
Q

Italy: Columbus’ birthplace

A

Genoa

209
Q

Italy: Venetian canal

A

Grand Canal

210
Q

New Zealand: Mountains

A

Southern Alps

211
Q

Mexico: Leader during Mexican-American war

A

Santa Anna (one legged)

212
Q

Morocco: Well known cities

A

Fez; Marrakesh

213
Q

Japan: Powerful businessman

A

Tycoon

214
Q

Luxembourg: Grand Duke

A

Henri

215
Q

Japan: Art of dwarf tree growing

A

Bonsai

216
Q

Zimbabwe: Last Rhodesian prime minister

A

Ian Smith

217
Q

Malaysia: Island

A

Borneo

218
Q

Japan: Hokkaido aborigines

A

Ainus

219
Q

Italy: Naples island

A

Capri

220
Q

Norway: Capital and largest city

A

Oslo (former Christiana)

221
Q

Norway: Royal names

A

Haakon; Harold

222
Q

Mexico: Late Mexican-American singer

A

Selena (Perez)

223
Q

Japan: Northernmost main island

A

Hokkaido

224
Q

Jamaica: Capital

A

Kingston

225
Q

Ireland: Physicist and chemist

A

Robert Boyle (Boyle’s law)

226
Q

Mongolia: Rodent

A

Gerbil

227
Q

Paraguay: Capital

A

Asuncion

228
Q

Japan: Akihito’s father

A

Hirohito

229
Q

Italy: Comedy of Masks

A

Commedia del’ Arte

230
Q

The Netherlands: Artists

A

Piet Mondrian and Rembrandt

231
Q

Norway: Composer

A

Edvard Grieg

232
Q

Italy: Tenor from Modena

A

Luciano Pavarotti

233
Q

Luxembourg: Major religion

A

Roman Catholic

234
Q

Israel: Parliament

A

Knesset

235
Q

New Zealand: Minor Island

A

Chatham Island

236
Q

Liberia: Capital

A

Monrovia

237
Q

Jamaica: Liquor

A

Tia Maria

238
Q

Monaco: Principal income

A

Gambling

239
Q

Monaco: Gambling city

A

Monte Carlo

240
Q

Luxembourg: Capital

A

Luxembourg

241
Q

Israel: Group that created Israel

A

Zionists

242
Q

Morocco: Capital

A

Rabat

243
Q

Italy: Central mountains forming the spine of Italy

A

Apennines

244
Q

The Netherlands: Port

A

Rotterdam

245
Q

The Philippines: Former capital

A

Quezon city

246
Q

Japan: Ancient Capital

A

Kyoto

247
Q

Morocco: Rice dish

A

Couscous

248
Q

Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of central Mexico

A

Aztecs

249
Q

Nicaragua: Communist rebels

A

Sandinistas

250
Q

Laos: Capital

A

Vientiane

251
Q

Mexico: Mexican-American male golfer

A

Lee Trevino

252
Q

Ireland: “Little Clover”

A

Shamrock

253
Q

Jordan: King 1999-

A

King Abdul Hussein

254
Q

Martinique: Dormant volcano

A

Mt. Pelee

255
Q

Israel: Prime minister - 1977-83

A

Menachem Begin

256
Q

The Netherlands: Royal House

A

Orange

257
Q

Japan: Southernmost main island

A

Kyushu

258
Q

Kazakhstan: Space port

A

Balkanor Cosmodrome (leased by Russia)

259
Q

Japan: Dramas

A

Noh dramas

260
Q

Italy: Caesar’s river

A

Rubicon

261
Q

New Zealand: Explorer

A

Sir Edmond Hillary

262
Q

Japan: Conductor

A

Seiji Ozawa

263
Q

Madagascar: Former name

A

Malagasy Republic

264
Q

Israel: Intelligence Agency

A

Mossad

265
Q

Italy: Revolutionary Red Shirt leader

A

Guiseppe Garibaldi

266
Q

Japan: Currency

A

Yen

267
Q

New Zealand: Currency

A

Dollar

268
Q

Japan: “Long Life”

A

Bonzai

269
Q

Mexico: President 1994-2000

A

Ernesto Zedillo

270
Q

Libya: Gulf

A

Gulf of Sidra

271
Q

Japan: Art of flower arranging

A

Ichybonnet

272
Q

Japan: Sacred mountain

A

Mt. Fuji (Mt. Fujiyama)

273
Q

Malaysia: Peninsula

A

Malay Peninsula

274
Q

Peru: Incan dialect

A

Qechua

275
Q

Mexico: President who overthrew Juarez - 1887

A

Porfirio Diaz

276
Q

Japan: Wrestling

A

Sumo

277
Q

The Netherlands: Pottery making city

A

Delft

278
Q

Italy: Rome underground cemeteries

A

Catacombs

279
Q

Italy: Mainland volcano

A

Vesuvius

280
Q

Peru: Indians

A

Incas

281
Q

Lithuania: Capital

A

Vilnius

282
Q

Mexico: Man who overthrew Maximillian

A

Benito Juarez

283
Q

Japan: “Exalted Gate”

A

Mikado

284
Q

Israel: Prime minister - 1984-1986 - 1995-1996

A

Shimon Peres

285
Q

Israel: River

A

Jordan

286
Q

Panama: Capital

A

Panama City

287
Q

Japan: Floor mat

A

Tatami

288
Q

Kenya: President 1978-

A

Daniel arap Moi

289
Q

The Netherlands: Explorer

A

Abel Tasman

290
Q

Myanmar: Capital

A

Yangon (former Rangoon)

291
Q

Nicaragua: Rebel leader and president

A

Daniel Ortega

292
Q

The Netherlands: Current Queen

A

Beatrix

293
Q

Japan: Director

A

Akira Kurosawa

294
Q

Israel: Prime minister - 1999-

A

Ehud Barak

295
Q

Jordan: Capital

A

Amman (former Philadelphia)

296
Q

Israel: Nobel peace prize winner - 1994

A

Yitzhak Rabin

297
Q

Ireland: Female writer

A

Maeve Binchy

298
Q

Mexico: Candy filled toy

A

Pinata

299
Q

The Netherlands: Beatrix’ mother

A

Juliana

300
Q

Japan: Ancient ceremony

A

Tea Ceremony

301
Q

Mexico: President 1988-1994

A

Carlos Salinas

302
Q

Macedonia: Capital

A

Skopje

303
Q

Mexico: Aztec god

A

Quetzaquadl

304
Q

Italy: Rome steps leading to Villa Burghese

A

Spanish Steps

305
Q

Italy: Venetian landmark bridge

A

The Rialto

306
Q

Monaco: Current royalty

A

Prince Ranier

307
Q

North Korea: Head of government - 1948-1994

A

Kim Il-Sung

308
Q

Japan: Temple

A

Pagoda

309
Q

Italy: Second largest city - capital of Lombardy

A

Milan

310
Q

Israel: Currency

A

Shekel

311
Q

Japan: Ornamental fish

A

Koi

312
Q

Mexico: Aztec conqueror

A

Hernando Cortez

313
Q

Mexico: Atlantic gulf

A

Gulf of Mexico

314
Q

Ireland: Poet who won Nobel Prize for Literature

A

William Butler Yeats

315
Q

Nepal: Wild ox

A

Yak

316
Q

Mexico: Pacific gulf

A

Gulf of California (sea of Cortez)

317
Q

Mexico: Island off of Yucatan

A

Cozumel

318
Q

Morocco: Port and largest city

A

Casablanca

319
Q

The Netherlands: Area drained for farmland

A

Zuider Zee

320
Q

Japan: Female professional entertainer

A

Geisha

321
Q

Italy: Educator

A

Maria Montessori

322
Q

Jamaica: Reggae artist

A

Bob Marley

323
Q

Kazakhstan: Capital

A

Astana

324
Q

New Zealand: Extinct bird

A

Moa

325
Q

Mali: River

A

Niger

326
Q

Japan: Parliament

A

Diet

327
Q

Japan: Number of syllablesin haiku

A

Seventeen

328
Q

Lebanon: Group of militant Shiite Muslims

A

Hezbollah

329
Q

The Netherlands: Architect

A

Mies Van der Rohe

330
Q

The Netherlands: Juliana’s mother

A

Wilhelmina

331
Q

Nigeria: Former capital and largest city

A

Lagos

332
Q

Italy: Rome ancient arena

A

Colosseum

333
Q

Malaysia: Capital

A

Kuala Lumpur

334
Q

Jamaica: Resort City

A

Montego Bay

335
Q

Nicaragua: Rebels against the Sandinista government

A

Contras

336
Q

Martinique: City destroyed by Pelee - 1902

A

St. Pierre

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