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| CITIES IN THIS LANDLOCKED SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY INCLUDE XAM NUA AND MUANG XON | LAOS
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| IN 2001, CROWN PRINCE DIPENDRA OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY SLEW HIS FATHER & SEVERAL OTHER ROYALS | NEPAL
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| THIS ASIAN ARCHIPELAGO IS THE WORLD'S FOURTH MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY | INDONESIA
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS IN CONFLICT WITH ITS TAMIL SEPARATISTS | SRI LANKA
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| ONE OF PRESIDENT FORD'S BIGGEST FOREIGN CRISES WAS THE CAPTURE OF THE U.S. SHIP MAYAQUEZ BY THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IN 1975 | CAMBODIA
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| ULAANBATAAR IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WEDGED BETWEEN 2 GIANTS | MONGOLIA
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| LYCIA, LIKE NICAEA, WAS IN WHAT'S NOW THIS EURASIAN COUNTRY | TURKEY
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| THE GENEVA ACCORDS OF 1954 SPLIT THIS SE ASIAN COUNTRY IN 2 AT 17 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE | VIETNAM
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| DOLLS REPRESENTING THE EMPEROR & EMPRESS OCCUPY A PLACE OF HONOR DURING THIS ASIAN COUNTRY'S GIRLS' FESTIVAL | JAPAN
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| THE WOODCUT PRINTS CALLED UKIYO-E OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY INFLUENCED MONET AND OTHER IMPRESSIONISTS | JAPAN
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| THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS THE DONG | VIETNAM
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| TRANSPORTATION IS PRIMARILY BY BOAT IN THIS SOUTH ASIAN DELTA COUNTRY INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971 | BANGLADESH
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| THE LARGEST POPULATION OF WILD TIGERS IS FOUND IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY ON ABOUT 30 WILDLIFE PRESERVES | INDIA
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| THE NAME OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY MEANS "LAND OF THE FREE", SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN COLONIZED | THAILAND
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| AZUKI BEANS ARE MOST POPULAR IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY, WHERE THEY'RE USED TO MAKE CONFECTIONS LIKE YOKAN | JAPAN
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| THE KONGO GUMI CONSTRUCTION CO. IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WAS FAMILY OWNED FOR MORE THAN 1,400 YEARS UNTIL A 2006 SALE | JAPAN
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| THE BRITISH MUSICAL, "THE FAR PAVILIONS", IS BASED ON A NOVEL SET IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | INDIA
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| KABUL IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | AFGHANISTAN
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY BORDERS ONLY ONE COUNTRY, ACROSS A DEMILITARIZED ZONE | SOUTH KOREA
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| IN 2003 THIS REPUBLIC BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY TO SIGN A FREE-TRADE PACT WITH THE U.S. | SINGAPORE
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| IN 2003 THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CAUSED CONTROVERSY BY PUTTING ITS NAME ON ITS PASSPORT | TAIWAN
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| IN 1957 THOUSANDS OF DUTCH NATIONALS WERE EXPELLED FROM THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | INDONESIA
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| THIS NE ASIAN COUNTRY CAME INTO BEING IN 1948 AND 2 YEARS LATER THE U.S. HELPED FIGHT FOR ITS SURVIVAL | SOUTH KOREA
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| KRUSHCHEV'S U.N. SHOE-BANGING OUTBURST CAME AS LORENZO SUMULONG OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY ATTACKED SOVIET POLICY | PHILIPPINES
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| THIS CAPITAL CITY LIES ON THE HAN RIVER, ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF INCHON | SEOUL
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| THIS REGION IN THE NORTHEAST, ALSO CALLED TUNGPEI, OR "THE NORTHEAST", IS A "CANDIDATE" FOR HAVING CHINA'S BEST FORESTS | MANCHURIA
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| THIS PENINSULA EXTENDS FROM THE ISTHMUS OF KRA IN SOUTHERN THAILAND TO THE JOHOR STRAIT | MALAY PENINSULA
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| THIS "GEM" OF A RIVER BECOMES A 20-MILE-WIDE ESTUARY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAO | PEARL RIVER
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| THIS COUNTRY FORMS THE ENTIRE SHORELINE OF THE SEA OF MARMARA | TURKEY
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| IN 1923 ANGORA, NOW CALLED ANKARA, SUCCEEDED THIS CITY AS ITS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL | ISTANBUL
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| ISLAND THAT'S HOME TO THE PICTURESQUE MOUNT FUJIYAMA | HONSHU
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| THESE 2 LARGEST RIVERS OF THE ASIAN PORTION OF THE MIDEAST, FLOW TO THE PERSIAN GULF | TIGRIS & EUPHRATES
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| DURING THE RAINY SEASON THE MEKONG BACKS INTO THE TONIE SAP, FLOODING THE CENTRAL PART OF THIS COUNTRY | CAMBODIA
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| THE 4 COUNTRIES BORDERING AFGHANISTAN WHOSE NAMES ALSO END IN "STAN" | PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN
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| NO LONGER ALMA-ATA, THE CAPITAL CITY OF THIS CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRY IS NOW ASTANA | KAZAKHSTAN
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| WAR HASN'T DONE MUCH TO HURT THIS ASIAN COUNTRY'S OPIUM CROP, THE WORLD'S LARGEST | AFGHANISTAN
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ARMED FORCES | CHINA
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| IN 1279 KUBLAI KHAN FOUNDED THE YUAN DYNASTY, PUTTING ALL OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY UNDER FOREGIN RULE FOR THE FIRST TIME | CHINA
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| THE HAIYUAN FAULT SLICES THROUGH THE GANSU PROVINCE OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | CHINA
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| IN 1961 THIS ASIAN COUNTRY INVADED THE SMALL COLONIES OF DAMAN, DIU, & GOA, AND DEFEATED THE PORTUGUESE | INDIA
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| THIS CENTRAL ASIAN NATION IS THE WORLD'S MOST SPARSELY POPULATED COUNTRY | MONGOLIA
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| THE BOSPORUS BRIDGES I & II CONNECT THE EUROPEAN AND ASIAN PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY | TURKEY
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| YEARLY THIS SMALL SOUTHEAST ASIAN ISLAND COUNTRY CELEBRATES THE 9 EMPEROR GODS WITH A 9-DAY FESTIVAL | SINGAPORE
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| THIS COUNTRY'E TERRITORY ON BORNEO IS OVER 50% LARGER THAN ITS TERRITORY ON THE ASIAN MAINLAND | MALAYSIA
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| THE SUEZ CANAL DIVIDES THE ASIAN & AFRICAN PORTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY | EGYPT
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| AN 1882 ACT EXCLUDED LABORERS FROM THIS ASIAN COUNTRY FROM ENTERING THE U.S. | CHINA
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| IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY, A TUGRIK IS EQUIVALENT TO 100 MONGOS | MONGOLIA
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| MATA HARI PRETENDED TO BE AN ASIAN, BUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY | NETHERLANDS
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| A POPULAR CHIPPENDALE STYLE OF THE 1750S WAS INSPIRED BY DESIGNS FROM THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | CHINA
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| IN 1982 THE PEOPLE OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CELEBRATED THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CHAKRI DYNASTY | THAILAND
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| PORTUGUESE SAILORS OFF COURSE IN A 1543 STORM BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO LAND IN THIS ASIAN ISLAND COUNTRY | JAPAN
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| THE FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY TO DETONATE A NUCLEAR BOMB | CHINA
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| THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY'S KINGS FROM 1782 TO THE PRESENT ARE ALL CALLED RAMA | THAILAND
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| MOST OF THE ASIANS IN THIS COUNTRY LIVE IN NATAL, WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS WORKED ON SUGAR PLANTATIONS | SOUTH AFRICA
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| AFTER HE LED ITS RECAPTURE IN WWII, LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN WAS NAMED 1ST EARL OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | BURMA
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| THE ONLY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY WITH ANY PART LYING SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | INDONESIA
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| SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY NAMED FOR A EUROPEAN KING, NOW WANT TO CALL IT BY AN INDIGENOUS NAME, MAHARLIKA | PHILIPPINES
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| ON OCT. 16, 1964 AT LOP NOR, THIS NATION DETONATED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR DEVICE | CHINA
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| ON THE THRONE SINCE 1946, THE KING OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST-SERVING LIVING MONARCH (2005) | THAILAND
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| THE KING OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS KNOWN AS THE "POSSESSOR OF 24 GOLDEN UMBRELLAS" | THAILAND
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| THE WORLD'S HIGHEST AIRPORT IS FOUND IN THIS ASIAN POLITICAL REGION OF 472,000 SQUARE MILES | TIBET
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| THE NAME OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CONTAINS THE NAME OF A MEDITERRANEAN VOLCANO | VIETNAM (ETNA)
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| THIS EAST ASIAN COUNTRY HAS THE HIGHEST NEGATIVE RATING AMONG AMERICANS...83% | NORTH KOREA
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS "KIMIGAYO", "HIS MAJESTY'S REIGN" | JAPAN
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY LEADS THE WORLD IN LIFE EXPECTANCY | JAPAN
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| GAMBOGE IS A YELLOW PIGMENT THAT GOT ITS NAME FROM ITS ORIGIN IN THIS SE ASIAN COUNTRY | CAMBODIA
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| NE WIN DEPOSED U NU IS A COUP AND DID 2 STINTS AS THE LEADER IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | MYANMAR (BURMA)
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| THE 2 TYPES OF ALLIGATOR ARE THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND THE RARE VARIETY THAT MAKES ITS HOME IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | CHINA
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY'S FIRST MANNED SPACE FACILITY IS KIBO, WHICH MEANS "HOPE" | JAPAN
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY'S CAPITAL CITY IS DUSHANBE | TAJIKISTAN
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WITH A NOMADIC TRADITION HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HORSES PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD | MONGOLIA
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| EACH YEAR 5 ASIAN ACHIEVERS ARE HONORED BY THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY FOUNDATION, BASED IN THIS COUNTRY | PHILIPPINES
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| "THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILLION" AND "THE MARIOKA SISTERS" ARE CLASSICS FROM THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | JAPAN
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| WINSTON CHURCHILL: "THE LOSS OF ..." THIS COUNTRY, "HOWEVER ARISING, WOULD BE FINAL AND FATAL TO US" | INDIA
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS THE OLDEST REMAINING MONARCHY; LEGEND SAYS ITS DYNASTY DATES FROM 660 B.C. | JAPAN
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| THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ENTIRELY IN THE TROPICS | INDONESIA
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| PYONGYANG IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | NORTH KOREA
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| IN 1912 THIS COUNTRY GAVE THE U.S. A BUNCH OF CHERRY TREES | JAPAN
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| CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN 2000 FOR THIS COUNTRY MAY HELP TO END ITS CIVIL WAR BETWEEN TAMILS AND SINHALESE | SRI LANKA
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| IT'S THE PRE-1989 NAME FOR THE ASIAN COUNTRY OF MYANMAR | BURMA
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| THE PLACE IN AN ASIAN COUNTRY; THE THING IS CUPS AND PLATES MADE FROM CERAMIC MATERIALS | CHINA
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| IN THE 1700S, VIENTIANE, NOW CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY, WAS CAPITAL OF ITS OWN KINGDOM | LAOS
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| GIVEN THEIR PART-FRENCH NAME IN THE 1960S, BY 1975 THIS ASIAN GROUP CONTROLLED ITS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | KHMER ROUGE (CAMBODIA)
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| ALDEN PYLE, GRAHAM GREENE'S "QUIET AMERICAN", IS A CIA AGENT IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WHEN THE FRENCH STILL RUN IT | VIETNAM
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| NICKNAME GIVEN TO EISENHOWER'S THEORY THAT IF ONE ASIAN COUNTRY FALLS TO COMMUNISM, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW | DOMINO THEORY/PRINCIPLE
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| HEY, IT'S OCTOBER 23, CHULALONGKORN DAY IN THIS COUNTRY; SHALL WE DANCE? | THAILAND
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| THIS ASIAN COUNTRY LEADS THE WORLD IN APPLE PRODUCTION; THE U.S. IS SECOND | CHINA
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| 4 MAIN ISLANDS COMPRISING JAPAN | HONSHU, HOKKAIDO, SHIKOKU, & KYUSHU
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| UNTIL THE 1720S, MANY DIAMONDS, INCLUDING THE GREAT MOGUL, WERE FOUND IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | INDIA
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| SOUP-TIME IS THE TIME FOR PHO, PRACTICALLY THE NATIONAL DISH OF THIS COUNTRY | VIETNAM
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| CHRISTMAS IS NOW QUITE POPULAR IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY, WHERE THE CHRISTMAS GREETING IS "MERI KURISUMASU" | JAPAN
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| HUGE ASIAN COUNTRY WHOSE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS "JANA-GANA-MANA" | INDIA
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| LONGEST RIVER OS SOUTHEAST ASIA | MEKONG
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| ASIA'S MIGHTIEST RIVERS BEGIN IN TIBET, INCLUDING THE YANGTZE AND THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH VIETNAM | MEKONG
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| THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY IS FOUND ON THE BANKS OF THE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER | BANGKOK
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| THIS ASIAN RIVER, THE WORLD'S 3RD-LONGEST, MAY BE THE WORLD'S DEEPEST | YANGTZE
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| FROM THE LAKE HULA AREA TO THE SEA OF GALILEE, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH, IT FALLS MORE THAN 600' | JORDAN RIVER
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| THE SYR DARYA, ONE OF CENTRAL ASIA'S MAJOR RIVERS, FLOWS THROUGH 3 COUNTRIES WHOSE NAMES END IN THIS SYLLABLE | -STAN
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| AT AL QURNAH, IRAQ, IT JOINS THE EUPHRATES TO FORM THE SHATT AL ARAB | TIGRIS RIVER
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| A 1947 PARTITION DIVIDED THE WATER IN THE BASIN OF THIS 1,800-MILE-LONG RIVER ON THE BORDER OF PAKISTAN | INDUS
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| THE 710-MILE-LONG KAPUAS RIVER, INDONESIA'S LONGEST, IS ON THIS THIRD-LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD | BORNEO
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| ON HIS SECOND VOYAGE OVER, JACQUES CARTIER THOUGHT THIS RIVER WAS THE BEST CHOICE FOR A ROUTE TO ASIA | ST. LAWRENCE
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| ON AUGUST 6, 1945 AN ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON THIS ASIAN CITY ON THE OTA RIVER IN WESTERN HONSHU | HIROSHIMA
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| ASIA'S LONGEST RIVER | YANGTZE
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| THE RUINS OF BABYLON LIE ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER, THE LONGEST IN SOUTHWEST ASIA | EUPHRATES
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| ASIA'S LONGEST RIVER, IT EMPTIES INTO THE EAST CHINA SEA NEAR SHANGHAI | YANGTZE RIVER
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| ASIA'S LONGEST RIVER, IT'S CALLED "CHINA'S FORTUNE" BECAUSE OF ITS FERTILE SOIL AND ECONOMIC INPORTANCE | YANGTZE
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| THIS LONGEST RIVER OF SOUTHEAST ASIA FLOWS THROUGH CHINA, LAOS, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, AND VIETNAM | MEKONG
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| THE RED RIVER OF ASIA EMPTIES INTO THIS GULF | GULF OF TONKIN
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| OVER 300 RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN ASIA, AND ONLY ONE FLOWS OUT, THE ANGARA | LAKE BAIKAL
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| GOD OF MYTH WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO A RIVER IN ASIA MINOR PROVERBIALLY KNOWN FOR ITS WANDERINGS | MEANDER
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| "LAND OF TWO RIVERS" IS THE ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY WHOSE HISTORY GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS | IRAQ
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| THIS ASIAN CITY IS THE ONLY WORLD CAPITAL WHOSE NAME IN ENGLISH HAS 3 DOTTED LETTERS IN SUCCESSION | BEIJING
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| THE BEYKOZ WOODS ON THE ASIAN SIDE OF THIS CITY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR TEA GARDENS | ISTANBUL
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| CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY NEAR RAWALPINDI BEGAN IN 1961 | ISLAMABAD
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| THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY'S GRAND PALACE HOUSES THE EMERALD BUDDHA, WHICH SITS ON A GILDED WOOD THRONE | BANGKOK
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| NO, ARETHA FRANKLIN IS NOT THE QUEEN OF THIS ASIAN CITY MADE CAPITAL IN 1394 | SEOUL
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| ASIAN NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY WITH A 2-WORD NAME | KUALA LUMPUR
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| CYBERJAYA, A CITY BILLED AS AN ASIAN SILICON VALLEY, WAS RECENTLY FOUNDED IN THIS MUSLIM NATION OF 20 MILLION | MALAYSIA
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| HOTELS IN THIS CAPITAL CITY INCLUDE CHILDREN'S CASTLE AND OKUBO HOUSE | TOKYO
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| A DECEMBER 1997 SUMMIT ON GLOBAL WARNING WAS HELD IN THIS CITY | KYOTO
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| THIS ASIAN CITY'S IMPERIAL HOTEL SURVIVED A 1923 EARTHQUAKE DUE TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S CANTILEVERED DESIGN | TOKYO
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| THIS ASIAN PORT CITY WASN'T WON IN A RAFFLE, BUT IT WAS FOUNDED BY ONE...SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES | SINGAPORE
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| AN ASIAN CITY OR A PLAID FABRIC | MADRAS
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| BUILT FOR THE ASIAN GAMES IN 1962, THE HOTEL INDONESIA WAS THIS CITY'S FIRST HIGH-RISE | JAKARTA
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| THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY KNOWN FOR ITS CANALS HAS BEEN CALLED "THE VENICE OF THE EAST" | BANGKOK
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| ASIAN NATION MADE UP OF 25 STATES, 7 TERRITORIES, AND 1 BILLION SOULS | INDIA
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| OPERATION BAUS AU, TAGALOG FOR "GET IT BACK", WAS RUN BY THE U.S. MILITARY IN THIS NATION DURING WWII | PHILIPPINES
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| U IS A TITLE OF RESPECT IN THIS ASIAN LANGUAGE | BURMESE
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| THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION WAS CEDED TO THE BRITISH EAST INDIA CO. IN 1819 | SINGAPORE
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| THIS ASIAN NATION IS THE ONLY NATION WITH THE SAME NAME AS ITS CAPITAL AND THE ISLAND ON WHICH IT IS LOCATED | SINGAPORE
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| OF THE WORLD'S 11 COUNTRIES WHOSE ENGLISH NAMES START WITH "A", THE ONLY 2 WHOSE NAMES DON'T END WITH "A" | AFGHANISTAN & AZERBAIJAN
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| ALONG WITH COMMUNIST CHINA AND NORTH KOREA, THE 2 FORMERLY COMMUNIST NATIONS BORDERING ASIAN RUSSIA | KAZAKHSTAN & MONGOLIA
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| IT'S ASIA'S SOUTHERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL | JAKARTA
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| IN POPULATION, IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY THAT'S NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS | TAIWAN (REP. OF CHINA)
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| ASEAN IS THE "ASSOCIATION OF..." THESE "NATIONS"; LAOS IS A MEMBER | ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
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| IN THIS ASIAN NATION, MANY RURAL PEOPLE LIVE IN CAMEL SKIN TENTS CALLED YURTS | MONGOLIA
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| ISLAM KARIMOV HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THIS CENTRAL ASIAN NATION SINCE 1991 | UZBEKISTAN
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| ASHGABAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THIS CENTRAL ASIAN NATION | TURKMENISTAN
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| NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV TRIES FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF THES WEST-CENTRAL ASIAN ONE AS ITS PRESIDENT | KAZAKHSTAN
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| THE SPANISH ARRIVED ON THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION IN 1521 AND LATER TOOK CONTROL OF IT | PHILIPPINES
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| IN 1893 THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION BECAME A PROTECTORATE OF FRANCE | LAOS
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| THIS COUNTRY IN TRANSCAUCASIA WAS IN THE NEWS IN 2008 FIGHTING A MUCH BIGGER NATION | GEORGIA
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| SOC TRANG AND CAN THO ARE IN THE SOUTH OF THIS ASIAN NATION | VIETNAM
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| DESPITE WAR AND A U.S. INVASION IN 2001, THIS NATION HAS THE HIGHEST BIRTHRATE IN ASIA, 46 BIRTHS PER 1,000 CITIZENS | AFGHANISTAN
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| THE 3 COLORS OF THIS ASIAN ISLAND REPUBLIC'S FLAG ONCE STOOD FOR NATIONALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND SOCIALISM | TAIWAN
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| THIS SMALL ASIAN NATION NEAR MALAYSIA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LOWEST INFANT MORTALITY RATES | SINGAPORE
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| THE DMZ BETWEEN THESE 2 ASIAN NATIONS EXTENDS 1.2 MILES ON EACH SIDE OF THE 38TH PARALLEL | NORTH & SOUTH KOREA
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| IN 2006 PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN SHINAWATRA WAS DEPOSED IN A BLOODLESS COUP IN THIS ASIAN NATION | THAILAND
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| ORAL EPICS ARE SUNG BY POETS & COMPOSERS KNOWN AS BAKHASHI IN THIS CENTRAL ASIAN "STAN" NATION | TURKMENISTAN
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| KOKURITSU SEIYO BIJUTSUKAN (THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART) IS LOCATED IN THIS ASIAN CAPITAL | TOKYO
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| THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE U.S. IN 1946, BUT CELEBRATES ITS 1898 FREEDOM FROM SPAIN ON JUNE 12 | PHILIPPINES
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| IN THE ANCIENT ASIAN DIVINATION SYSTEM CALLED THIS, SOLID & BROKEN LINES REPRESENT MALE & FEMALENESS | I CHING
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| IN 1996 THIS ASIAN-AMERICAN TEEN WON HER FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FIGURE SKATING | MICHELLE KWAN
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| FIRST ASIAN TO SERVE AS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE U.N. | U THANT
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| THIS ASIAN POLITICAL PARTY WAS FOUNDED IN 1885 WITH "INDIAN NATIONAL" AS PART OF ITS NAME | CONGRESS PARTY
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| ASIA'S 2 SMALLEST COUNTRIES | MALDIVES & SINGAPORE
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| ISLAND NATION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE MALAY PENINSULA | SINGAPORE
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| IN THE 1982 WEBSTER'S DESK ENCYCLOPEDIA, IT WAS "A SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION FORMERLY CALLED CAMBODIA" | KAMPUCHEA
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| IZANAGI & IZANAMI ARE MALE & FEMALE CREATOR GODS FROM THIS ISLAND NATION | JAPAN
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| ON SEPT.8, 1954, THE U.S. FORMED THIS ALLIANCE WITH 7 OTHER NATIONS, INCLUDING THAILAND, AUSTRALIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES | SEATO (SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION)
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| NIXON (1970): THIS ASIAN NATION IS "A GREAT AND VITAL PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT REMAIN ISOLATED..." | CHINA
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| FIRST AND ONLY FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA | INDIRA GANDHI
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| IN 1949 A NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT IN EXILE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION | TAIWAN
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| "THE ADVENTURES OF MILO & OTIS" WAS FILMED IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT WAS KNOWN AS "KONEKO MONOGATARI" | JAPAN
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| ANGKOR THOM, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE COMPLEX IN THIS COUNTRY, IS MODELED ON THE HINDU COMPLEX OF ANGKOR WAT | CAMBODIA
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| THE 3 COUNTRIES BORDERED BY NORTH KOREA | SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, AND RUSSIA
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| FOLLOWING THE U.S. AND THE U.K., THIS SE ASIAN ISLAND NATION HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ENGLISH SPEAKERS | PHILIPPINES
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| TRENDY CAFES CALLED MANGA KISSAS ARE PLACES TEENS CAN GO AND MEET & READ COMIC BOOKS IN THIS NATION | JAPAN
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| HOME TO THE GOLDEN TEMPLE & CENTER OF THE SIKH RELIGION, THE CITY OF AMRITSAR IS FOUND IN THIS NATION | INDIA
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| COUNTRY THAT WAS HOST OF THE 1988 SUMMER OLYMPICS | SOUTH KOREA (SEOUL)
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| IN THE 16TH-C., PORTUGUESE SAILORS NAMED THIS ISLAND "FORMOSA", OR "BEAUTIFUL ISLAND" | TAIWAN
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| THE "GOLDEN BUDDHA" STATUE IS FOUND IN THIS SE ASIAN KINGDOM BORDERED BY LAOS & MYANMAR | THAILAND
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| THIS IMPORTANT ASIAN POLITICAL & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IS ABBREVIATED ASEAN | ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
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| 2010 SAW THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS ASIAN CONFLICT OFTEN CALLED "THE FORGOTTEN WAR" | KOREAN WAR
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| THIS 6.5 SQUARE-MILE NATION STRETCHES FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE NORTH TO THE STEPPES OF CENTRAL ASIA | RUSSIA
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| THE ISLANDS OF THE SULU ARCHIPELAGO SOUTH OF MINDANAO FORM THE SULU, BASILAN & TAWITAWI PROVINCES OF THIS ASIAN NATION | PHILIPPINES
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| THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH STARTED THE FIRST BIG WAVE OF IMMIGRATION FROM THIS ASIAN NATION | CHINA
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| BY THE GENEVA ACCORDS OF 1954, THE 17TH PARALLEL DIVIDED THIS ASIAN NATION INTO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS | VIETNAM
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| WITH CURRENT POPULATION TRENDS, BY 2050 THIS ASIAN NATION WITH HAVE 20% FEWER PEOPLE | JAPAN
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| THIS ASIAN NATION WHOSE NAME ENDS IN "RAIN" ONLY GETS 3" OF RAIN A YEAR | BAHRAIN
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| ONCE KNOWN AS BURMA | MYANMAR
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| A MAP OF THIS COUNTRY BEARS MANY KUALAS: KUALA DUNGUN, KUALA LUMPUR... | MALAYSIA
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| RAILWAYS LINK THIS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL OF ULAANBAATAR TO MOSCOW & PEKING | MONGOLIA
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| THE BAATH PARTY RULES THESE 2 MIDEAST COUNTRIES | IRAQ & SYRIA
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| THE DRUK GYALPO, OR DRAGON KING, RULES THIS NEIGHBOR OF INDIA THAT HAS A DRAGON ON ITS FLAG | BHUTAN
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| THIS REMOTE ASIAN NATION ONCE HAD "OUTER" ATTACHED TO ITS NAME; AN "INNER" REGION BELONGS TO CHINA | MONGOLIA
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| IN 1972 MUJIBUR RAHMAN BECAME THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THIS NEW ASIAN NATION | BANGLADESH
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| IN 1942 THIS ASIAN NATION CONTROLLED ALL OR PART OF A DOZEN PRESENT-DAY EASTERN ASIAN COUNTRIES | JAPAN
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| THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THAT SERVES VENICE IS NAMED FOR THIS EXPLORER FAMOUS FOR HIS ASIAN TRAVELS | MARCO POLO
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| A BRITISH COLONY UNTIL 1959, THIS ISLAND CITY-STATE IS THE SMALLEST NATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | SINGAPORE
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| THE FLAG OF THIS ASIAN NATION FEATURES A SYMBOL RESEMBLING THE YIN-YANG | SOUTH KOREA
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| BACK WHEN MYANMAR WAS BURMA, THIS CAPITAL WAS RANGOON | YANGON
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| KOREA'S WEST COAST, INCLUDING INCHON, BORDERS THIS ARM OF THE PACIFIC | YELLOW SEA
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| MALAYSIA CONSISTS OF 2 REGIONS...WEST MALAYSIA, ON THE MALAY PENINSULA, AND EAST MALAYSIA, WHICH OCCUPIES THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS LARGE ISLAND | BORNEO
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| FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER, THIS SOUTHWESTERLY SEASONAL WIND BRINGS HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHEASTERN ASIA | MONSOON
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| ONCE REFERRING TO A REGION CONTROLLED BY FRANCE, TODAY IT'S SIMPLY THE NAME OF THIS PENINSULA THAT INCLUDES THAILAND, CAMBODIA, AND VIETNAM | INDOCHINA
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| THE CLOUDED LEOPARD IS FOUND ON THIS CONTINENT | ASIA
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| THIS COUNTRY'S CHUKCHI PENINSULA IS THE EASTERNMOST MAINLAND PART OF ASIA | RUSSIA
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| THE 1950S SAW THE ARRIVAL OF THIS DEFENSE ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDED THE U.S., THAILAND, AND THE PHILIPPINES | SEATO (SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION)
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| FOUND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, THEY'RE THE SMALLEST APES | GIBBONS
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| THE 2 PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC COUNTRIES IN ASIA | PHILIPPINES & EAST TIMOR
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| A LARGE, MEATY BLACK MUSHROOM NATIVE TO EASTERN ASIA | SHITAKE
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| THIS COUNTRY AT THE TIP OF THE MALAY PENINSULA HAS THE BUSIEST PORT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | SINGAPORE
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| THE NAME OF THIS SEASONAL WIND THAT BRINGS HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHEAST ASIA IS FROM THE ARABIC FOR "SEASON" | MONSOON
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| THE PHRASE "HIC SUNT DRACONES" (HERE BE DRAGONS), APPEARED ON THE 16TH-C. LENOX GLOBE ON THE EASTERN COAST OF THIS CONTINENT | ASIA
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| THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN CAPITAL, COMMONLY KNOWN AS KL, WAS FOUNDED AS A TIN-MINING CAMP IN 1857 | KUALA LUMPUR
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| SOUTHEAST ASIAN KINGDOM BORDERED BY LAOS AND MYANMAR | THAILAND
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| ASEAN | ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
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| SEATO | SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION
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| CHINA'S YANGTZE RIVER EMPTIES INTO THIS BODY OF WATER | EAST CHINA SEA
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| THIS COCKTAIL CONTAINS CHERRY-FLAVORED BRANDY, GIN, LEMON, POWDERED SUGAR & CARBONATED WATER | SINGAPORE SLING
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| THIS OLD NAME OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN KINGDOM LIVES ON IN THE GAME RISK | SIAM (THAILAND)
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| THIS RHESUS MONKEY OF ASIA LIKES TO "CRAQUE" OPEN A CRAB FOR LUNCH | MACAQUE
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| THIS "MONARCH" OF SOUTHEAST ASIA IS THE LONGEST VENOMOUS SNAKE | KING COBRA
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| THE 1998 OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN THIS JAPANESE CITY | NAGANO
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| KAOHSIUNG IS THE MAJOR PORT SERVING THIS ISLAND OF OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE | TAIWAN
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| IN THE 1940S THIS NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL WAS HOME TO FORCES OF THE OCCUPYING SOVIET ARMY | PYONGYANG
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| IT WAS CHINA'S CAPITAL FROM 1928 UNTIL ITS BRUTAL CAPTURE BY JAPANESE FORCES IN 1937 | NANKING
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| ALSO CALLED GUANGZHOU, FOR ALMOST A CENTURY IT WAS THE ONLY CHINESE PORT OPEN TO FOREIGN TRADE | CANTON
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| ADJECTIVE FOR THE MAJOR EASTERN EUROPEAN ETHNIC GROUP AND FOR THEIR LANGUAGES, LIKE RUSSIAN AND BULGARIAN | SLAVIC
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| THIS 2-WHEELED EAST ASIAN CART IS PULLED BY A RUNNER CALLED A SHAFU | RICKSHAW
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| THIS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL IS NOW CALLED YANGON | MYANMAR (BURMA)
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| FARMERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA USE THESE ANIMALS TO WORK IN RICE PADDIES | WATER BUFFALO
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| THE ONLY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY WITH ANY PART LYING SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | INDONESIA
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| EXCEPT FOR THAILAND, ALL INDEPENDENT STATES IN THIS AREA HAVE WON THEIR FREEDOM SINCE 1945 | SOUTHEAST ASIA
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| "LAND OF TWO RIVERS" IS THE ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY WHOSE HISTORY GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS | IRAQ
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| IN 1998, TO IMPROVE AUTO TRAFFIC IN THIS ASIAN CAPITAL, BIKES WERE FORBIDDEN ON XISIDONG AVE. | BEIJING
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| CONSTRUCTION OF THE POTALA PALACE BEGAN IN THIS MOUTAINOUS ASIAN CAPITAL IN 1645 | LHASA
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| IT WAS JAPAN'S CAPITAL CITY FOR 1,000 YEARS | KYOTO
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| HANEDA AIRPORT SERVES THIS ASIAN CAPITAL | TOKYO
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| "NEW" ASIAN CAPITAL OF 300,000 PEOPLE | NEW DELHI
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| FOLLOWING COLLEGE, ANDERSON COOPER STUDIED VIETNAMESE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THIS ASIAN CAPITAL | HANOI
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| CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY NEAR RAWALPINDI BEGAN IN 1961 | ISLAMABAD
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| THIS ASIAN CAPITAL CITY'S GRAND PALACE HOUSES THE EMERALD BUDDHA, WHICH SITS ON A GILDED WOOD THRONE | BANGKOK
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| MANILA WAS SO DEVASTATED DURING WWII THAT THIS CITY SERVED AS THE INTERIM CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM 1948 TO 1976 | QUEZON CITY
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| MANY CANALS CALLED KHONGS CRISSCROSS THIS THAI CAPITAL CITY | BANGKOK
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| IT WAS CAPTURED FROM THE RASHID CLAN BY IBN SAUD IN 1902; IT BECAME A CAPITAL 30 YEARS LATER | RIYADH
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| THIS ISLAND CAPITAL CITY'S MAIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES ARE LOCATED IN THE GREEK SECTOR, NOT THE TURKISH SECTOR | NICOSIA
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| ITS MONUMENTS INCLUDE AN ARCH OF TRIUMPH HIGHER THAN THE ONE IN PARIS AND A STATUE OF KIM IL SUNG 66' HIGH | PYONGYANG
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| THIS CAPITAL OF INDIA WAS LAID OUT IN A SERIES OF GEOMETRIC FORMS EXTENDING FROM A ROCK THAT WAS LATER DESTROYED | NEW DELHI
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| HIGASHI-GYOEN GARDEN IS ON THE GROUNDS OF THIS CITY'S IMPERIAL PALACE | TOKYO
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| ITS HISTORIC TOOPKHANEH SQUARE IS NOW IMAM KHOMEINI SQUARE | TEHRAN
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| IN THE 1620S THE JAVANESE LEADER SULTAN AGUNG TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CAPTURE THIS CAPITAL FROM THE DUTCH | JAKARTA
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| THIS CAPITAL IS SERVED BY KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH LIES ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY | RIYADH
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| KABUL IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY | AFGHANISTAN
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| THIS ASIAN CAPITAL WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1912-29 AND DESIGNED BY THE BRITISH ARCHITECT LUTYENS | NEW DELHI
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| INCHON, ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST, IS THIS CAPITAL'S SEAPORT | SEOUL
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| THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL OF BANGLADESH MAY DERIVE FROM THAT OF A TREE ONCE COMMON IN THE AREA | DHAKA
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| IN 1776, DURING THE REIGN OF TIMUR SHAH, THE DURRANI RULERS MOVED THEIR CAPITAL FROM KANDAHAR TO THIS CITY | KABUL
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| ON JANUARY 6, 2005, AN INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON TSUNAMI RELIEF OPENED IN THIS CITY | JAKARTA
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| THIS CAPITAL'S FAMOUS AVENUE ON THE WATERFRONT, ROXAS BOULEVARD, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS DEWEY BOULEVARD | MANILA
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| THE BRITISH LOOTED THIS ASIAN CAPITAL IN 1860, BRINGING BACK A DOG BREED BEARING ITS OLD NAME | BEIJING
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| CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA | SEOUL
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| 2 ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES WHOSE NAME BEGINS WITH "MAN" | MANILA & MANAMA (BAHRAIN)
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| THE YASUKUNI SHRINE IN THIS ASIAN CAPITAL HONORS WAR DEAD | TOKYO
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| THIS SRI LANKAN CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR THE KELANI FERRY, NOT A DETECTIVE IN A RUMPLED RAINCOAT | COLOMBO
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| WHEN NORTH & SOUTH VIETNAM WERE REUNITED IN 1976, THIS CITY WAS DESIGNATED THE CAPITAL | HANOI
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| FROM 1773-1912 THIS CITY, INDIA'S LARGEST, SERVED AS THE NATION'S CAPITAL | CALCUTTA
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| THIS PLANNED CITY NAMED FOR PAKISTAN'S MAIN RELIGION BECAME THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN 1967 | ISLAMABAD
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| IN THE MID 1800S KING MONGKUT MODERNIZED THIS CAPITAL KNOWN AS THE "VENICE OF THE FAR EAST" | BANGKOK
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| CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PLANNED ASIAN CAPITAL BEGAN IN 1912; THE GOVERNMENT WAS MOVED THERE IN 1931 | NEW DELHI
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