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Canada 37 Mexico 35 Greece 32 Italy 30 Germany 29 France 29 South Africa 27 India 27 Egypt 27 Australia 27 Denmark 26 Argentina 26 Switzerland 24 Sweden 24 China 22 Northern Ireland 22 Poland 21 Israel 21 Norway 20 Japan 20 Brazil 20 the Philippines 19 Morocco 18 Iceland 18 Algeria 18 Spain 18 Indonesia 17 Belgium 17 Austria 17 the Netherlands 17 Russia 16 England 16 Dolly Parton 16 Sri Lanka 15 Hungary 15 Andorra 15 Thailand 14 New Zealand 14 Monaco 14 Ethiopia 14 Portugal 13 Panama 13 Cuba 13 Nigeria 13 the United States 13 Turkey 12 Romania 12 Saudi Arabia 12 South Korea 11 Scotland 11 San Marino 11 Liechtenstein 11 Iran 11 Afghanistan 11 Madagascar 11 Singapore 10 Reba McEntire 10 Pakistan 10 Luxembourg 10 Iraq 10 Cambodia 10 Bolivia 10 Angola 10 Albania 10 Jordan 10 Willie Nelson 9 Venezuela 9 Nepal 9 Johnny Cash 9 Colombia 9 Chile 9 Peru 9 Tammy Wynette 8 Patsy Cline 8 Libya 8 Liberia 8 Haiti 8 Garth Brooks 8 Belize 8 Bahrain 8

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Europe

68 answers | 676 clues

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Greece 32x $709 avg J:21 DJ:11

J $200 2019 Statue of Zeus

J $500 2000 Griechenland

J $1,000 2010 Odysseus Elytis

Italy 30x 17.2% stumper $593 avg J:15 DJ:14 FJ:1

J $100 2000 Leonardo da Vinci International

J $600 2007 The name of this Mediterranean country comes from an ancient Greek word for "calf" (as in cow, not leg)

DJ $1,200 2009 This country's special forces include the Alpine Commando Unit & the Gruppo Intervento Speciale

Germany 29x 3.4% stumper $638 avg J:14 DJ:15

J $200 2021 500-mile long Bundesstrasse 1

J $500 1999 Allemagne

DJ $1,200 2023 The Bauhaus design school

Australia 27x 3.7% stumper $893 avg J:8 DJ:19

DJ $200 1997 Producing about 30% of the world's wool, this country has 7.7 jumbucks per person

J $600 2025 Surfing at Bondi Beach; choreographed drone light show over Uluru

J $1,000 2013 Lake Eyre

Denmark 26x 30.8% stumper $858 avg J:14 DJ:12

J $200 2025 Bumper cars at Tivoli Gardens; a visit to Hans Christian Andersen's childhood home

J $600 2008 Pianist/entertainer Victor Borge

J $1,000 2008 Jyllands-Posten, Dagbladet

Switzerland 24x 22.7% stumper $1,032 avg J:13 DJ:9 FJ:2

J $100 1997 Suisse

J $500 2000 Emmentaler

J $1,000 2004 This European country is a confederation

Sweden 24x 25.0% stumper $704 avg J:13 DJ:11

J $200 2025 Its prime minister is Ulf Kristersson & it's the third-largest country in area in the European Union

J $600 2015 We begin in Odeborg, then we zip east to Skovde & north to Bjorbo, all on our "IKEA Quest 2015"!

J $1,000 2011 SAS

Northern Ireland 22x $695 avg J:9 DJ:13

J $200 2002 Oak-smoked Blarney Castle

J $500 2000 Among its 26 counties are one famed for its cut glass & one known for its tweed cloth

J $1,000 2010 Robert Boyle, George Berkeley

Poland 21x 19.0% stumper $862 avg J:6 DJ:15

J $200 2012 Frederic Chopin

J $600 2019 The zloty is this country's unit of currency

J $1,000 2016 Belvedere

Norway 20x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:12 DJ:8

J $200 2010 Slightly larger than New Mexicoitcontains the northernmost point in continental Europe

J $500 2001 Oppland, Nordland, Telemark

J $1,000 2020 Scandinavia's Gro Harlem Brundtland

Brazil 20x 10.0% stumper $615 avg J:16 DJ:4

J $200 2021 It occupies about half the land mass of the South American continent

J $500 2001 Terry Gilliam co-wrote & directed this 1985 film

J $1,000 2012 Heitor Villa-Lobos

Spain 18x 11.1% stumper $561 avg J:12 DJ:6

J $400 2010 Truly, you have created a beauteous painting

J $500 2000 Order of St. Ferdinand

J $1,000 2002 Manchego

Belgium 17x 17.6% stumper $859 avg J:9 DJ:8

J $100 1996 Belgique

J $600 2014 58% Fleming

J $1,000 2018 Jean-Claude Van Damme

Austria 17x 20.0% stumper $807 avg J:8 DJ:7 FJ:2

J $200 2018 Johann Strauss the younger

J $600 2021 Villa Trapp, home of "The Sound of Music" family from 1923 to 1938, now a hotel

DJ $1,200 2004 Grossglockner Mountain in the Alps is the highest point in this country

the Netherlands 17x 25.0% stumper $794 avg J:9 DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $200 1997 This name of one of the low countries means "low country"

J $500 2000 Leyden

J $1,000 2007 Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatshappij(you might know it by its abbreviation)

England 16x 18.8% stumper $431 avg J:13 DJ:3

J $100 2000 Double Gloucester

J $800 2020 Epping Forest, Forest of Dean

J $200 2024 The Avon & Cheddar Gorges

Dolly Parton 16x $444 avg J:9 DJ:7

J $100 1996 She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996

J $500 1996 She recently recorded her composition "I Will Always Love You" as a duet with Vince Gill

DJ $1,000 1998 Billboard Magazine's top female country artist of all time, she's had No. 1 hits in the '70s, '80s & '90s

Hungary 15x 21.4% stumper $650 avg J:7 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $200 2016 Magyars make up almost all of this country's population

J $500 1999 The Czardas

DJ $1,200 2011 Magyarorszag

Andorra 15x 16.7% stumper $567 avg J:5 DJ:7 FJ:3

J $200 2004 This tiny nation in the Pyrenees is one of the 3 nations of Europe officially designated as principalities

J $500 2001 This European nation occupies only about 175 square miles

DJ $1,200 2007 This small landlocked nation of the Pyrenees is only 180 square miles in area

New Zealand 14x 18.2% stumper $918 avg J:5 DJ:6 FJ:3

J $100 1999 Nouvelle-Zelande

J $800 2014 The Cook Strait separates the 2 main parts of this Southern Hemisphere country

J $1,000 2022 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa & Sir Ernest Rutherford

Monaco 14x 23.1% stumper $831 avg J:4 DJ:9 FJ:1

J $200 2004 It's the country where you'll find a theatre, library & rose garden all named for Grace Kelly

DJ $800 2025 Once an ancient Greek colony, this country of about 40,000 people gets its name from the Greek for "single house"

DJ $2,000 2015 In area this European coastal principality is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C.

Romania 12x 33.3% stumper $1,367 avg J:3 DJ:9

J $400 2006 Country where "Dracula II: Ascension" & "Cold Mountain" were mainly filmed

J $800 2016 Mount Moldoveanu in the Transylvanian Alps is this country's highest point

DJ $1,000 1999 1947:Eastern Europe's King Michael

Scotland 11x 9.1% stumper $1,136 avg J:5 DJ:6

J $100 2000 Schottland

J $500 1996 Ecosse

DJ $8,800 DD 2022 Corra Linn, part of the Falls of Clyde

San Marino 11x 18.2% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:10

DJ $200 1989 This tiny country, the world's oldest republic, was founded by a stonecutter named Marinus in the 4th Cent. A.D.

DJ $600 1995 In 1631 the papacy formally recognized the independence of this nation that's surrounded by Italy

DJ $1,000 1986 Independent since 301 A.D., this "most serene republic" in Europe is the oldest republic in the world

Liechtenstein 11x $1,846 avg J:5 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $300 1998 It's about the same size as Washington, D.C.; it's a principality; it's next to Switzerland

J $800 2025 The eastern part of this principality includes foothills of the Alps & the west is in a floodplain of the Rhine River

J $1,000 2021 "Bright stone"(Europe)

Iran 11x 9.1% stumper $491 avg J:8 DJ:3

J $100 1997 Persia

J $600 2015 Shiite central:"Land of the Aryans"

DJ $2,000 2016 After it was stolen from India, the Peacock Throne became a symbol of this country's monarchy

Luxembourg 10x $1,320 avg J:3 DJ:7

J $200 1996 The northern third of this grand duchy is an extension of the Belgian Ardennes

DJ $800 2002 This European grand duchy was founded in 963 when Count Siegfried acquired land in the area

J $1,000 2011 This European country is in last place in the "L"s

Albania 10x 22.2% stumper $1,144 avg J:4 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $500 DD 2001 Slightly larger than Maryland, this nation is located on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea

DJ $1,800 DD 1997 Skanderbeg Square in Tirane is named for this country's national hero

FJ 2016 This nation joined the Warsaw Pact in 1955 & NATO in 2009, & was alphabetically first in each

Venezuela 9x 25.0% stumper $775 avg J:4 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1989 About 1/3 of South America's crude oil is extracted from this country's Maracaibo Basin

DJ $600 1988 This country has the highest waterfall, largest lake, & largest oil reserves in South America

J $1,000 2010 CITGO, as in gas (go south)

Johnny Cash 9x $500 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1989 He wrote "Folsom Prison Blues" in Germany while he was in the Air Force, not in prison

J $800 2003 He won a 1968 Grammy for the liner notes he wrote for his "At Folsom Prison" album

DJ $1,200 2004 In 2003 this late great entertainer won 3 CMA Awards, including Single of the Year for "Hurt"

Peru 9x 11.1% stumper $711 avg J:3 DJ:6

J $200 2022 It was the home of the Inca civilization for centuries before its conquest by Spain

DJ $600 1994 El Misti, a volcano in this country, was of great religious significance to the Inca

DJ $1,000 2000 In South America:Arequipa, Callao, Piura

Haiti 8x 12.5% stumper $725 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 2024 This country on Hispaniola has 2 official languages--French & Creole

J $1,000 2008 Honoring the country's liberator, "La Dessalinienne" is this country's national anthem

DJ $200 1994 This world's oldest Black republic occupies the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola

Belize 8x 25.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 2012 A Central American country:Ends with E

J $800 2025 Explore Mayan ruins at Xunantunich; dive the Great Blue Hole

DJ $1,000 1994 This country was the last in Central America to gain its independence

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Finland 7x 28.6% stumper $1,257 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $400 1990 This country's Olympic Stadium features a statue of long distance runner Paavo Nurmi

DJ $800 2021 This country has the Gulf of Bothnia to its west & a gulf named for it to its south

J $1,000 2021 Valtatie 8, running north from Turku along the Gulf of Bothnia

Belarus 7x 28.6% stumper $1,029 avg J:3 DJ:4

DJ $800 2024 This Eastern European country's 2-letter Internet code is .by

J $1,000 2002 In Eastern Europe: REAL SUB

J $800 2018 'White Russia"

Suriname 6x 16.7% stumper $933 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $500 1991 Dutch Guiana

J $1,000 2003 It's the only nation in the world with "name" in its English name

DJ $800 2021 Until 2004 the guilder was the currency of this South American country

Lebanon 6x 16.7% stumper $850 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1997 A cedar tree is featured on this country's coat of arms

DJ $600 2001 Libano

DJ $1,000 2001 Politician Ralph Nader

Honduras 6x 16.7% stumper $650 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $400 2000 This Central American country's name means "depths"; it's what Columbus named the region

J $500 1998 SAND HOUR

DJ $600 1998 Carlos Roberto Flores is the current president of this Central American nation

Nicaragua 5x 40.0% stumper $1,460 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $500 2000 Augusto Cesar Sandino International

J $1,000 2019 Let's rent a "car" to drive over Honduras' southern border into this country

DJ $800 2017 It shares a long border on its northwest with Honduras

Latvia 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1992 In mid-1992 this Baltic country will change its unit of currency to the lats

J $500 1997 Lettonie

DJ $1,200 2016 The Letts are the main ethnic group of this country

Jamaica 5x $680 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $400 2022 We don't know what the reggae scene is in this Queens neighborhood, but we do know you transfer there to get the JFK Air Train

J $600 2012 Kingston & Montego Bay are 2 of its largest towns

DJ $1,600 2024 Known for coffee cultivation & rising to 7,400 feet, the Blue Mountains are the highest in this country

Glen Campbell 5x 40.0% stumper $840 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1989 The 7th son of a 7th son, he spent many "Southern Nights" in Delight, Ark. where he grew up

J $600 2003 He won a 1967 Grammy for "Gentle on My Mind", which later became the theme song to his TV series

J $1,000 2010 In 1969 the King released a version of "Gentle On My Mind", for which this singer had won a 1967 country Grammy

the Ukraine 5x 20.0% stumper $860 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $400 1993 In June 1992 this country & Russia settled a dispute over control of the Black Sea fleet

J $500 1998 NUKE AIR

J $1,000 2010 "The Bread Basket of Europe", it stretches from Uzhgorod to Luhansk

the Czech Republic 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2020 Snezka in Bohemia is this country's highest point

DJ $800 2017 The Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia

DJ $1,200 2016 Ostrava & Brno are cities in this country of Central Europe

Bulgaria 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2015 It borders Turkey & Greece

J $1,000 2016 BGR

DJ $1,000 1995 This Balkan country lost its Aegean coastline in World War I

the United Kingdom 4x 25.0% stumper $1,450 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2014 It's the island of Great Britain plus a bit more

DJ $1,600 2009 Ramsgate, Kirkcaldy

DJ $3,000 DD 2015 Reino Unido

Worth Knowing (22)

Slovenia 3 Slovakia 3 Macedonia 3 Lutheranism 3 German 3 Estonia 3 Cyprus 3 Bosnia 3 Benelux 3 the U.K. 3 Yemen 2 West Germany 2 Slovenia & Slovakia 2 Serbia 2 Lithuania 2 inland (from Finland) 2 Great Britain 2 East Germany 2 Czechoslovakia 2 Amsterdam 2 Opryland USA 2 NATO 2

Africa

49 answers | 335 clues

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France 29x 15.4% stumper $458 avg J:21 DJ:5 FJ:3

J $100 2000 Montrachet

J $500 2001 Nobel Prize-winning novelist Anatole, or the country of his birth

DJ $1,000 1989 From 1895-1958 this country administered a federation of 8 territories in West Africa

South Africa 27x 11.5% stumper $642 avg J:15 DJ:11 FJ:1

J $100 1997 Prince Edward & Marion, 2 small islands of this country, lie about 1200 miles southeast of Cape Town

J $500 1999 Namaqualand, Bushmanland, Zululand

J $1,000 2011 This country's Rand was named for a gold mining region

Egypt 27x 15.4% stumper $500 avg J:11 DJ:15 FJ:1

J $100 1996 Most of this Mediterranean country's population lives along the Nile Valley

DJ $600 1999 1952:Infant king Fu'ad II

DJ $1,200 2018 Popular unrest ousted its president in February 2011, just in time for spring

Morocco 18x 12.5% stumper $750 avg J:9 DJ:7 FJ:2

J $200 1998 The Spanish ports of Ceuta & Melilla actually lie on the Mediterranean coast of this North African nation

J $600 2024 Todra Gorge in the High Atlas

J $1,000 2021 This fine flexible leather made from tanned goatskin is often used for book covers

Algeria 18x 17.6% stumper $1,171 avg J:5 DJ:12 FJ:1

J $200 2001 As ancient Numidia, this north African country became a Roman colony

J $600 2020 Multiply Texas 3 1/2 times to get the size of this North African biggie

J $1,000 2010 This north African country once ruled by France launched its ALSAT-1 satellite from a Russian cosmodrome

Ethiopia 14x 15.4% stumper $938 avg J:6 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $300 1998 This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia

DJ $800 2018 A 1974 military coup deposed the last of this Africa nation's emperors

J $1,000 2019 Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor"

Portugal 13x 9.1% stumper $873 avg J:4 DJ:7 FJ:2

DJ $200 1997 It's the smaller of the 2 countries on the Iberian Peninsula

DJ $600 1992 In the 15th c. Prince Henry founded one of the 1st navigation schools near Sagres in this country

DJ $1,000 DD 1999 1910:King Manuel II

Nigeria 13x 36.4% stumper $1,564 avg J:2 DJ:9 FJ:2

J $600 2012 Lagos

DJ $1,000 1997 This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous

FJ 2024 Until 1991 this country named for a river had a capital whose name means "lakes" in Portuguese

the United States 13x 38.5% stumper $669 avg J:9 DJ:4

J $100 1999 The Lindy Hop

J $600 2016 Skyy

J $1,000 2020 Tongass National Forest

Madagascar 11x 18.2% stumper $918 avg J:5 DJ:6

J $400 2018 This island country is 250 miles across the ocean from Mozambique

J $500 1997 The Malagasy Republic

J $1,000 2010 In World War 2, the British occupied this island because it maintained ties with Vichy France

Angola 10x $1,533 avg J:3 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $600 2008 On southern Africa's west coast, it's been independent of Portugal since 1975

J $1,000 2021 As seenhereit borders another 6-letter country, Zambia

FJ 2024 About 70% of its people can speak Portuguese; about 20% can speak Umbundu, 8% Kikongo & 8% Kimbundu

Libya 8x 25.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $400 2022 So sit back & relax as we leave Tunisia & head east along the Mediterranean coast over this country on our way to Egypt

J $600 2002 With a population density of about 7.0 per square mile, its people can easily duck Qaddafi

J $1,000 2015 The Tobruk War Cemetery

Liberia 8x $700 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:4

DJ $400 2013 LBR

DJ $800 2015 In 1821 the American Colonization Society secured the land that became this African country

DJ $1,200 2011 Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg

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Tanzania 7x 14.3% stumper $914 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 2015 Mount Kilimanjaro

J $600 2015 Kilimanjaro National Park

J $1,000 2024 Olduvai Gorge

Namibia 7x 16.7% stumper $900 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $600 1990 The former German colony of South West Africa is now known by this name

J $1,000 2007 Bet you 10 of its dollars it used to be called South West Africa

FJ 2016 Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. member is the only one named for a desert

Somalia 6x $883 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $400 2015 It's highlighted here

J $800 2006 Trouble spotseen here

J $1,000 DD 2010 Barren & arid, this troubled country hasn't had a real working central government since 1991

Tunisia 5x 25.0% stumper $1,700 avg DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $1,000 1998 This north African country has been part of the Ottoman & Carthaginian Empires

FJ 1997 The northernmost country in Africa, it's much smaller than the countries that border it

DJ $1,600 2008 TNS

Sierra Leone 5x 20.0% stumper $1,800 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $800 2009 This African country is named from the Portuguese for "lion mountains"

DJ $1,600 2016 In 1462 an explorer gave this country its name, possibly because a nearby mountain resembled a lion

DJ $1,600 2003 This west African country's city of Freetown was founded in 1787 as a haven for freed slaves

Malta 5x 40.0% stumper $1,560 avg DJ:5

DJ $400 1997 Gozo is one of the islands of this Mediterranean country, once home to a famous group of knights

DJ $1,200 2015 The strategic importance of this country, located 60 miles south of Sicily, has guaranteed it a turbulent history

DJ $1,600 2022 Situated between Sicily & Libya, it was a major strategic base for the Allies during World War II

Kenya 5x 40.0% stumper $1,200 avg DJ:5

DJ $400 2021 The Nairobi Animal Orphanageis in this country

DJ $800 2016 It's in between Ethiopia & Tanzania, "K"?

DJ $1,600 2019 Somalia & Uganda

Equatorial Guinea 5x $1,550 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $1,000 2014 The adjective in its 2-word name comes from the nation's position near 0 degrees latitude

FJ 2026 Its island province of Annobón lies at 1.4 degrees south latitude; its mainland begins at .92 degrees north latitude

DJ $1,200 2008 Bioko, an island of this "equatorial" African republic, was once known as Fernando Poo

Botswana 5x 40.0% stumper $1,560 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $200 2002 The Kalahari covers much of it: SWAN BOAT

DJ $1,600 2011 In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe

DJ $2,000 2017 "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency"

Uganda 5x 20.0% stumper $860 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 2016 The Ganda are one of its major ethnic groups

J $500 1998 You'll find this African country's national museum in its capital, Kampala

J $1,000 2006 Hug and accept it

Mali 4x 25.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 1998 Lima

DJ $1,000 1997 Timbuktu is the legendary out-of-the-way stop in this landlocked African country

DJ $1,600 2016 Algeria is on the northern border of this 4-letter nation

Lesotho 4x 33.3% stumper $1,167 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1994 Most of this country's people are Basotho, & speak English & Sesotho as their official languages

DJ $1,200 2014 Found in Africa, it's the southernmost landlocked country

FJ 2023 Nicknamed "the Kingdom in the Sky", this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet

Sudan 4x $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 1998 Sandals are popular there; many of the people speak Dinka; the second largest city is Khartoum

DJ $600 1996 Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation

DJ $2,000 2007 The only one in Africa

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Zimbabwe 3 the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 the Congo 3 South Sudan 3 Senegal 3 Rwanda 3 oil 3 Mozambique 3 Guinea-Bissau 3 Ghana 3 chad 3 Arabic 3 Zaire 3 Togo 2 the Red Sea 2 the European Union 2 Swaziland 2 Islam 2 Cameroon 2 Burundi 2 Burkina Faso 2 the Seychelles 2 Rhodesia 2

Asia

36 answers | 310 clues

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India 27x 17.4% stumper $674 avg J:15 DJ:8 FJ:4

J $100 2001 In one of its official languages, this nation of 1 billion is known as Bharat

J $600 2003 This country is credited with giving Buddhism to Asia & what are called Arabic numbers to the West

J $1,000 2007 Kingfisher is a world-renowned brew from this country of Asia

Argentina 26x 4.2% stumper $779 avg J:13 DJ:11 FJ:2

J $100 2001 "Don't Cry For Me," this country

J $500 DD 1999 Chaco Central, Pampa de las Salinas, Chaco Austral

J $1,000 2016 Men of letters Jorge Luis Borges & Manuel Puig

China 22x 9.5% stumper $624 avg J:15 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1998 P'u-Yi

J $500 2001 Principal mountain ranges in this large country include the Kunlun, the Tian Shan & the Trans-Himalaya

J $1,000 2015 Puccini's "Turandot"

Japan 20x 5.3% stumper $474 avg J:13 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $200 2011 It's the world's third-biggest economy, with 2010 GDP of $4.3 trillion--that's more than 300 trillion yen

J $600 2007 Order of the Rising Sun

FJ 1995 Other than in Germany, the U.S. has more military personnel stationed in this foreign country than in any other

the Philippines 19x 6.2% stumper $756 avg J:8 DJ:8 FJ:3

J $300 2000 Ninoy Aquino International

DJ $600 1994 This island nation north of Indonesia was named for Philip II of Spain

J $1,000 2017 A Pinoy

Indonesia 17x 30.8% stumper $846 avg J:6 DJ:7 FJ:4

DJ $200 1993 In 1963 the Dutch turned over West New Guinea to this island nation

DJ $700 DD 1992 It's the largest country in area & population in southeast Asia

J $1,000 2010 It claims all or part of 3 of the 10 largest islands in the world

Sri Lanka 15x 40.0% stumper $920 avg J:7 DJ:8

J $200 2007 Until 1972 it was Ceylon

J $800 2024 In 1960, this island country elected the world's first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike

J $1,000 2003 The Sinhalese make up nearly 75% of this island country's population

Thailand 14x $750 avg J:7 DJ:7

J $100 1998 It's a leading tin producer; fish fights are all the rage; it's the country formerly known as Siam

J $500 1998 Rad Na & pad woon sen are popular noodle dishes from this country

J $1,000 2018 "The Land of the White Elephant", AKA "The Land of Smiles"

Turkey 12x 25.0% stumper $1,058 avg J:3 DJ:9

J $200 2014 TUR

DJ $600 1993 The Gallipoli Peninsula, a site of major action in WWI, is part of this country

J $1,000 2019 Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

South Korea 11x 18.2% stumper $727 avg J:3 DJ:8

DJ $400 2023 The musical genre K-pop

J $800 2008 Daegu Polytechnic College & the Catholic University of Pusan are 2 colleges in this country

J $1,000 2015 The Westin Chosun

Afghanistan 11x 30.0% stumper $690 avg J:5 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $100 2001 This nation is bordered on the east & south by Pakistan

J $800 2004 Since its former rulers were defeated, it's been known as a "transitional Islamic state"

J $1,000 2020 The expanse of Long Island to Georgia is about the size of this troubled Asian land

Singapore 10x 22.2% stumper $511 avg J:3 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1998 Sing opera

J $500 1994 It was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in August 1965 & became a republic a month later

FJ 2009 This Asian nation is the only nation with the same name as its capital & the island on which it's located

Pakistan 10x 33.3% stumper $789 avg J:6 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2014 Peru, Pakistan, Poland

J $500 1999 Punjab, Baluchistan, Sind

DJ $1,200 2003 Benazir Bhutto

Cambodia 10x 20.0% stumper $720 avg J:8 DJ:2

J $200 2019 Pol Pot was the despotic leader of this Asian country from 1975 to 1979

J $800 2013 Slightly larger than Missouri, this country is bordered by Laos

J $1,000 2007 The former Asian monarch seenherereigned in this country until 2004, when he turned the throne over to his son

Nepal 9x $688 avg J:5 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2012 Kathmandu

J $600 2015 The Yak & Yeti

DJ $2,000 2024 The northernmost point in this nation between China & India, Lapche Pass is in Karnali, the biggest province

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Vietnam 6x 16.7% stumper $850 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $400 2019 Da Nang, Da Lat

J $500 1998 Vine mat

DJ $2,000 2008 You'll need some dongs to have fun in this southeast Asian country where it's the national currency

Mongolia 6x 20.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 1998 GOON MAIL

J $600 2019 China shares the Gobi Desert with this country that's 1/70 as densely populated as China

DJ $1,200 2013 This Asian country has an average altitude of 5,200 feet above sea level

Brunei 6x $717 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $400 2007 The sultan of this island nation has about 30 billion of his country's dollars

J $500 1998 Its official language is Malay; Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital; its head of state is a sultan

DJ $1,600 2017 Part of Borneo, it's an independent sultanate

Bhutan 6x $1,320 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 2002 Not far from Nepal: ANT HUB

DJ $1,000 1992 The name of this Himalayan kingdom is derived from an Indian word meaning "the edge of Tibet"

FJ 1994 The people of this kingdom call it Druk Yul, meaning the realm or land of the dragon

Kazakhstan 5x $1,500 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $1,000 2017 The ninth-largest nation in area, historically, it's been part of different empires

FJ 2013 In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean

DJ $1,000 1997 This second-largest member of the C.I.S. has almost twice as many sheep & goats as people

Bangladesh 5x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2019 We're "glad" its capital is Dhaka

DJ $600 1997 The name of this country means "Bengal Nation"

FJ 2022 The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous

Laos 4x $1,933 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $800 2013 A communist country of southeast Asia

DJ $2,000 2012 In 2012 this country stretching between Vietnam & Thailand got its first visit from a U.S. Secretary of State in 5 decades

FJ 2013 North Korea is the DPRK; this country is the LPDR

Ecuador 4x $1,200 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $200 1990 In Pre-Columbian times the region that's now this country was called Quito, for the Quitu Indian natives

DJ $3,000 DD 2021 This country is divided into more than 20 provinces, including Guayas & Galapagos

FJ 2004 A Spanish dictionary defines it as "circulo maximo que equidista de los polos de la tierra"

Crystal Gayle 4x 25.0% stumper $775 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1997 Appropriately, her gift shop at Belle Meade Plaza in Nashville features a fine selection of crystal

DJ $600 1997 Her big sister Loretta Lynn wrote her 1st single, "I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes"

DJ $2,000 2025 Thisyounger sister of Loretta Lynn was the first female country artist to have a platinum album

Buddhism 4x $1,000 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $800 2013 Thailand

J $1,000 2015 Mongolia

J $1,000 2009 Laos

Armenia 4x 25.0% stumper $1,075 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 2001 In 1998 Robert Kocharian became president of this country, the smallest of the former Soviet republics

J $1,000 2018 Its provinces include Aragatsotn & Ararat

J $1,000 2008 Yerevan, the capital of this republic, lies about 35 miles from Mount Ararat

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Taiwan 3 Malaysia 3 Britain 3 Uzbekistan 2 South Vietnam 2 North Korea 2 Hinduism 2 Borneo 2 United States of America 2 Myanmar 2

Other

51 answers | 186 clues

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Iceland 18x 6.2% stumper $700 avg J:7 DJ:9 FJ:2

J $100 2000 An island, it's the world's northernmost "I" country

J $500 1996 Odadahraun, the largest lava bed on Earth, lies on this North Atlantic island nation

J $1,000 2018 Established in 930, this country's Althing is the world's oldest national parliament

Russia 16x 25.0% stumper $456 avg J:12 DJ:4

J $100 1998 The Kremlin Cup is this country's most important tennis event

J $600 2010 The Ural mountains form a boundary between the European & Asian parts of this country

J $1,000 2016 From 1809 to 1917 Finland was controlled by this country

Willie Nelson 9x 11.1% stumper $833 avg J:4 DJ:5

DJ $200 1997 This long-haired country music "outlaw" was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993

DJ $800 2008 He could go "on the road again" asLEONINE SWILL

J $1,000 2002 When this man starred in the film "Honeysuckle Rose" at age 47, Roger Ebert said he didn't look a day over 60

Tammy Wynette 8x $650 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $200 1997 Record producer Billy Sherrill suggested that Virginia Wynette Pugh change her name to this

J $800 2011 1969:"Stand By Your Man"

DJ $1,600 2022 She said of "Stand By Your Man" that she spent 20 minutes writing it & over 20 years defending it

Patsy Cline 8x $838 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $200 1988 Long before she "fell to pieces", she won 1st prize on Arthur Godfrey's talent scouts

DJ $600 2000 In the early '60s fans went "Crazy" for her

J $1,000 2018 She got her big break in 1957 after winning "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" with the song heard here

Garth Brooks 8x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1998 In 1998 he re-issued his first 6 albums as part of a specially-priced "Limited Series" box set

J $500 DD 1998 (Hi, I'm Trisha Yearwood.) I once opened concerts for this superstar whose 1990 CD "No Fences" is the biggest-selling country album of all time

J $200 2017 His "Ropin' The Wind" was 1991's top album, remaining at No. 1 for 18 weeks

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Yugoslavia 5x 20.0% stumper $1,160 avg DJ:5

DJ $600 1998 In April 1992 this reconfigured republic was declared by Serbia & Montenegro

DJ $1,600 2018 1960, gymnastics:Miroslav Cerar of this country, father of a future prime minister of Slovenia

DJ $800 DD 1996 In 1991 Macedonia declared its independence from this country

Tanya Tucker 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1998 In 1972, the same year her "Delta Dawn" charted, she had a cameo role in the film "Jeremiah Johnson"

J $500 1998 Her tell-all autobiography was not titled "Delta Dawn", but "Nickel Dreams", after a song by Mac McAnally

DJ $1,000 1997 This Texan was just 13 when her hit single "Delta Dawn" made her a country star in 1972

Charley Pride 5x $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1988 With his band the Pridesmen, he's the "pride" of country music

DJ $2,000 2023 Jimmie Allen's "Down Home" mentions this trailblazing Black country singer who died in 2020

J $200 1988 Willie Nelson helped this Black singer's career by using him in shows during the civil rights era

Billy Ray Cyrus 5x $700 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1997 This "Achy Breaky Heart"throb called his second album "It Won't Be The Last"

DJ $800 1996 Don't break his heart, his achy breaky heart: buy his new album "Trail of Tears"

DJ $1,600 2008 Maybe he could have won "Dancing with the Stars" with a name likeSILLY BAY CURRY

Vatican City 4x $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2025 Moving at 4 mph, it should take you about 1/2 an hour to walk around the entire border of this country & its 882 residents

DJ $800 1986 World's shortest railroad line runs 300 yards in this, the world's smallest independent state

DJ $1,200 2006 Most of the people in this third-most-densely peopled country are employees of the state

Georgia 4x 33.3% stumper $1,600 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $800 2004 This former Soviet republic is less than half the size of the U.S. state of the same name

DJ $2,000 2015 After tensions escalated for years, it fought a short war with Russia in the summer of 2008

FJ 1997 It's the only country whose name is the same as an American state's

Croatia 4x $950 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2013 This country seenherehas had a stormy history

J $1,000 2014 Slavonia, Istria, Dalmatia

DJ $600 1993 Zagreb is the capital & largest city of this former Yugoslav republic

Carrie Underwood 4x 50.0% stumper $900 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2011 2006:"Jesus, Take The Wheel"

J $800 2017 In May 2005 she won "American Idol"; 6 months later, her debut album "Some Hearts" was released

DJ $1,200 2022 As runner-up on the Season 10 finale of "American Idol", country star Lauren Alaina got to sing with her idol, this season 4 winner

Alabama 4x $325 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1998 In 1977 the group led by Randy Owen named itself after this, their home state

J $400 2012 Randy Owen fronted this "stately" group whose hits include "Christmas in Dixie" & "Born Country"

J $400 1996 "Tennessee River" was the first No. 1 hit for this group named for another state

Worth Knowing (36)

Waylon Jennings 3 Tim McGraw 3 the U.S. 3 Merle Haggard 3 Hank Williams, Jr. 3 George Jones 3 Eddie Rabbitt 3 Vince Gill 2 the World Trade Organization 2 The Judds 2 The Dixie Chicks 2 Soviet Union 2 Rosanne Cash 2 Roger Miller 2 Randy Travis 2 Naomi Judd 2 Montenegro 2 Mel Tillis 2 LeAnn Rimes 2 Lady Antebellum 2 Kiribati 2 Kenny Rogers 2 Keith Urban 2 June Carter Cash 2 Hawaii 2 Hank Williams 2 George Strait 2 Elton John 2 Dwight Yoakam 2 Clint Black 2 Boston 2 bluegrass 2 Barbara Mandrell 2 Alison Krauss 2 "Dang Me" 2 The Oak Ridge Boys 2

North America

11 answers | 112 clues

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Canada 37x 11.1% stumper $653 avg J:22 DJ:14 FJ:1

J $100 1999 Southampton Island, Prince Charles Island, Baffin Island

J $500 2000 Labatt's

J $1,000 2021 Here is the Château Frontenac, &Peggy's Covein all its glory

Mexico 35x 11.4% stumper $597 avg J:20 DJ:15

J $100 2001 Oaxaca, Durango, Nayarit

J $600 2021 "In the navel of the moon" (North America)

DJ $1,600 2017 "Under the Volcano"

Cuba 13x 7.7% stumper $738 avg J:6 DJ:7

J $200 2007 Hand-rolled Cohiba & Montecristo cigars originated in this country

J $600 2022 Columbus landed on this island nation in 1492, but Diego Velazquez began its first permanent settlement in 1511

J $1,000 2013 La Coloma &Jose Marti International

Should-Know (4)

El Salvador 5x 40.0% stumper $1,020 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $500 DD 1996 It's the only Central American nation that does not border the Caribbean

J $1,000 DD 2009 This Central American country is named for "The Savior", Jesus Christ

DJ $800 DD 1993 This Central American country is the smallest mainland nation in the Western Hemisphere

Barbados 5x 40.0% stumper $1,120 avg J:3 DJ:2

DJ $400 2018 This Caribbean nation takes its name from a word meaning "bearded ones"

J $800 2016 BRB

J $1,000 2012 A type of raw sugar is named for this easternmost island of the West Indies

the Bahamas 4x $867 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $600 2017 It's a multi-island nation off the Florida coast (OK, we're ignoring the "the")

J $1,000 2011 Freeport

FJ 2016 It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left

Guatemala 4x 25.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $800 2009 Its national bird is the quetzal & so is its currency

J $1,000 2024 Tikal National Park is part of this country's Maya Biosphere Reserve

DJ $1,000 1990 The name of this neighbor to Mexico is Mayan from "land of many trees"

Worth Knowing (4)

Dominican Republic 3 reggae 2 Antigua and Barbuda 2 Myrtle Beach 2

Middle East

15 answers | 104 clues

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Israel 21x 20.0% stumper $830 avg J:13 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $200 2008 Yitzhak Rabin was this country's first native-born prime minister

J $500 1999 Mayim, Mayim

J $1,000 2015 "Hatikvah"

Saudi Arabia 12x 8.3% stumper $1,408 avg J:6 DJ:6

J $200 1997 Arabie Saoudite

J $600 2017 A Medinan or a Khobari

J $1,600 DD 2003 It's the only country in the world with the name of its ruling family in the name of the country

Reba McEntire 10x 20.0% stumper $490 avg J:5 DJ:5

DJ $200 2000 When you see this singer, tell her "We're Doing Fine"

J $500 1988 Her 1987 win made her the only woman to win CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year 4 years in a row

J $400 2006 Her hit song "I'm A Survivor" was also the theme to her TV sitcom

Iraq 10x 22.2% stumper $556 avg J:3 DJ:6 FJ:1

DJ $200 1999 President & Prime Minister Saddam Hussein

DJ $600 1995 Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran

J $1,000 2019 In 2017 this country's prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State

Jordan 10x 20.0% stumper $1,060 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $100 2000 Under Hussein I this country gave its women the right to vote in 1973

DJ $800 2022 In the 19th century William Holmes named a city in southern Minnesota this, after a river in the Holy Land

J $1,000 2007 Order of the Hashemite Star

Bahrain 8x 12.5% stumper $1,150 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $400 1986 Of Bahrain, Tuvalu, or Nauru, the island country in the Persian Gulf

J $600 2016 BHR

DJ $1,000 1990 A 15-mile causeway connects this Persian Gulf island nation with Saudi Arabia

Should-Know (6)

Shania Twain 5x 40.0% stumper $720 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1999 In 1996 this Canadian-born woman sang, "If you're not in it for love, I'm out of here"

J $600 2011 1998:"You're Still The One"

DJ $1,200 2017 From 1997, her "Come on Over"

Loretta Lynn 5x 20.0% stumper $640 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1996 You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee

DJ $800 2022 Among those joining this icon for her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry were Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack & sister Crystal Gayle

J $1,000 2008 There's a recipe for Butcher Holler possum in "You're Cookin' It Country" by this country music queen

Qatar 4x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2017 It's also one of only 4 countries with a "Q" in its name

J $600 2020 In the 19th century, this Mideast nation fell under the control of the Al Thani Dynasty, which still rules there today

J $1,000 2017 This peninsular country's only land border is with Saudi Arabia

Oman 4x 25.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $1,000 DD 2022 Sultan Haitham rules this nation on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula

J $1,000 2017 Muscat Daily

DJ $1,200 2021 Until 1970 Muscat was part of this country's name

Kuwait 4x $625 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1996 This Persian Gulf nation gets its name from kut, an Arabic word for "fort"

DJ $1,600 2022 We hope you enjoyed your time in Iraq; now take in the Persian Gulf on our left as we cross this small emirate & land in Saudi Arabia

DJ $400 1998 The neighbors of this country include Saudi Arabia & oh-oh, Iraq

Faith Hill 4x $575 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2006 In a 2006 Country Weekly poll, she was named "Country's Most Beautiful" woman; I'm sure hubby Tim agrees

J $500 1999 I trust you'll know in 1996 she married her touring partner Tim McGraw

DJ $800 2025 Though they had had several hit duets, it wasn't until 2017 that she & Tim McGraw released their first joint album

Worth Knowing (3)

Syria 3 Iran & Iraq 2 Persia 2

South America

8 answers | 53 clues

Must-Know (4)

Panama 13x 30.8% stumper $1,169 avg J:4 DJ:9

J $200 2010 This Central American country is "a shortcut with its own national anthem"

J $500 DD 2015 "Himno Istmeño", or "Isthmus Hymn"

DJ $1,000 1996 In 1994 actor Ruben Blades ran for president of this Central American country; he came in 3rd

Bolivia 10x 30.0% stumper $1,640 avg J:2 DJ:8

J $200 2018 This country is the BO in minculturas.gob.bo

DJ $800 2001 Dating from 1624, this country's San Francisco Xavier University in Sucre is one of the oldest in the Americas

DJ $1,000 1995 Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile

Colombia 9x 33.3% stumper $956 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $200 2008 Bogota, Bolivar & Boyaca are political divisions of this country

J $600 2016 A leading coffee & coal producer, this country ranks 2nd in population in South America

J $1,000 2006 Pico Cristobal Colon

Chile 9x 33.3% stumper $611 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $200 2020 It stretches southward to Cape Horn

J $500 1997 Its borders with Bolivia & Peru are much shorter than its border with Argentina

DJ $1,000 1989 Nearly all the world's supply of sodium nitrate, used in making fertilizer, is found in its Atacama desert

Should-Know (1)

Costa Rica 4x $2,100 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2016 The flag of Argentina inspired the design of the flag of this central American country, seen here

DJ $1,200 2009 Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias Sanchez is its president

DJ $2,000 2022 Skies are clear as we fly west out of Panama & into this country's airspace; we'll ease north & have you in Nicaragua in no time

Worth Knowing (3)

Paraguay 3 Catholicism 3 Grease 2

Oceania

6 answers | 20 clues

Should-Know (3)

Tonga 6x 50.0% stumper $1,117 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1998 TANGO

J $800 2010 Beach walking may require you to put on galoshes

J $1,000 2020 Thiskingdom consists of some 170 islands located about 1,300 miles north of New Zealand

the Solomon Islands 4x 33.3% stumper $1,133 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 1986 Discoverers of these South Sea islands named them for wise Biblical king whose wealth they sought

DJ $1,600 2025 Rumors of a biblical king's gold source being discovered there led to the name of this nation of Oceania

FJ 1998 This island nation is the only country in the world named for a biblical king

Fiji 4x 50.0% stumper $1,350 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2018 There's diving info at naia.com.fj, this country

J $1,000 2022 Mostly volcanic, about 300 islands make up this Pacific Ocean nation 1,000 miles north of New Zealand

DJ $1,000 1995 Suva, the capital of this country in the South Pacific, lies on the island of Viti Levu

Worth Knowing (3)

Samoa 2 Micronesia 2 the Marshall Islands 2

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