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

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