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Australia 37 Africa 32 Asia 26 Antarctica 25 South America 18 North America 17 Europe 17 Florida 15 Chile 15 Brazil 15 Peru 14 Italy 13 Russia 12 India 12 Greenland 12 the Nile 12 Venezuela 11 Spain 11 France 11 the Netherlands 11 the Yucatan 11 Portugal 10 Panama 10 Colombia 10 Turkey 9 Switzerland 9 Saudi Arabia 9 Michigan 9 China 9 Texas 8 South Africa 8 Norway 8 Iran 8 Germany 8 Denmark 8 British Columbia 8 Belize 8 Suriname 8 the Jordan 8 Baja California 8

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Europe

119 answers | 479 clues

Must-Know (11)

Europe 17x $535 avg J:13 DJ:4

J $100 1987 Continent on which the greatest number of modern Winter Olympic Games have been held

J $800 2020 This continent is home to the world's smallest fully independent country

J $1,000 2023 This continent bears the name of a mythological Phoenician princess pursued by Zeus

Florida 15x $480 avg J:6 DJ:9

J $200 2014 You'll find Pinellas Peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico in this peninsular state

DJ $800 2017 It left the Union 16 years after joining it

J $1,000 DD 1994 Of the 50 counties with the largest percentage of children, 15 are in this state

Italy 13x 15.4% stumper $577 avg J:6 DJ:7

J $100 1991 Known for its wine & cheese, Lombardy is also this country's chief industrial region

J $600 2009 Also known as the Apennine Peninsula, it's the largest peninsula that juts only into the Mediterranean Sea

DJ $1,000 DD 2001 Slovenia & France

Greenland 12x 8.3% stumper $375 avg J:11 DJ:1

J $100 1986 Cape Morris Jesup , northernmost point of North America, is part of this huge island

J $500 1991 The U.S. has a base at Thule on this large island

DJ $1,600 2006 This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole

France 11x $373 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $100 1997 There's a lighthouse at Cape Gris-Nez, this country's closest point to England

J $600 2022 Julia Child cooked up"My Life in ____"

J $200 2015 Germany &Spain

Portugal 10x 10.0% stumper $450 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $100 1994 This nation borders only Spain

DJ $800 2022 This European nation has been nicknamed "The Land of the 3 F's: Fado, Fatima & Futebol"

DJ $1,000 1996 The Douro Valley is one of this country's major wine-producing regions

Switzerland 9x $467 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $200 2019 We're neutral on the subject of 15,000'-foot Dufourspitze in the Pennine Alps, this nation's highest peak

J $800 2010 The capital of this country is within 100 miles of France, Germany, Italy & Liechtenstein

DJ $1,200 2025 Occupying an old glacier basin, Lake Constance sits between Germany, Austria & this nation

Norway 8x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1997 If you include all the fjords & peninsulas, this country's coastline is more than 13,000 miles in length

DJ $800 2018 The 5 degrees east longitude line runs through the Netherlands & this other European country

J $1,000 2011 Sweden's longest

Germany 8x 12.5% stumper $550 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 2015 On its north, Denmark; on its south, Switzerland

J $600 2016 The geographic center of the European Union is in this country

J $1,000 DD 2011 Denmark

Denmark 8x 12.5% stumper $1,200 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $200 1987 This Scandinavian country is made up of 482 islands & the peninsula of Jutland

DJ $600 1993 This country is made up of about 480 islands & the Jutland Peninsula

J $1,000 2017 It's in Europe: its only land border is with Germany

Suriname 8x 37.5% stumper $1,138 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $500 1997 Paramaribo, capital of this country, came under Dutch rule in 1815

DJ $1,000 DD 1987 2 of the 4 countries of South America that lie completely north of the Equator

J $800 2011 Juliana Top, this country's highest point, was named for a Dutch Queen

Should-Know (39)

Mexico 7x $320 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:2

DJ $200 1996 Among this country's Pacific ports are Guaymas, Salina Cruz & Acapulco

J $600 2015 This country's highest peak, Pico de Orizaba, is also known as Citlaltepetl, or "star mountain"

FJ 1997 This country won independence from Spain in 1821 & from France in 1867

Canada 7x 28.6% stumper $429 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1996 In this country they could sing, "South of the border down the U.S. way..."

DJ $800 2003 Why not from Minot, U.S.A., population 35,000

DJ $1,000 1995 Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole

Belgium 7x 14.3% stumper $557 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $200 1988 French-speaking natives of this country spell their capital B-R-U-X-E-L-L-E-S

J $1,000 2022 Ready to hit the spa? Then let's head to the town it's named for in the Ardennes in this European country

J $300 1990 This low country's province of Luxembourg is bigger than the country of Luxembourg

the Yukon 7x $1,986 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 2025 Alaska's border with this Canadian territory is more than 700 miles long

J $500 1994 Alaska borders British Columbia & this Canadian territory

DJ $1,000 1994 This river that begins in Canada & ends in Alaska is one of North America's 5 longest

Vermont 6x $350 avg J:4 FJ:2

J $200 2001 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York

FJ 2020 This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself

FJ 1987 Only state east of the Mississippi that borders Canada but not the Atlantic or a Great Lake

the Soviet Union 6x 16.7% stumper $467 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 1994 The Amu Darya River formed part of Afghanistan's border with this country that invaded it in 1979

J $500 1991 From 1960-1990 the Aral Sea in this country shrank about 40%

J $400 1986 Omsk & Tomsk & Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this country

the Black Forest 6x $483 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1995 In German this wooded region is called Schwarzwald

DJ $800 2002 The Horn's Grinde is a peak in the northern part of this "dark" German region

DJ $1,200 2025 It should be a piece of cake for you to name this 100-mile-long mountain region of Baden-Württemberg

Sweden 6x 40.0% stumper $520 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2016 Sundsvall should be all you're needin' /'Cause you know, we're referring to...

J $600 2015 Norway &Finland

DJ $1,000 1995 Its parliament, the Riksdag, was established in 1435, making it the earliest on the mainland of Europe

Scotland 6x $283 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $100 1987 The Brig O'Doon refers to a bridge over the River Doon in this part of the United Kingdom

DJ $600 1991 The Pentland Firth separates the Orkney Islands from the north coast of this country

DJ $200 1997 Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Great Britain, is located in this country

Poland 6x 16.7% stumper $1,067 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $200 1996 This country's highest point is Rysy Peak, about 60 miles south of Krakow

DJ $800 1995 The western portion of the Baltic island of Usedom belongs to Germany; the eastern, to this country

J $1,000 2019 Outdoorsy vacationers enjoy the thinly populated Baltic Lakes region in the northern part of this nation

Monaco 6x $300 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1990 3 of this country's 4 districts are Fontvielle, La Condamine & Monte Carlo

DJ $600 1997 The closest international airport to this country is about 15 miles away in Nice, France

FJ 2013 8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border, at 2.7 miles, is with this country

Maryland 6x 16.7% stumper $583 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1998 Anne Arundel County in this state is named for the wife of the second Lord Baltimore

J $500 1994 Frederick, Carroll, Calvert

DJ $1,000 DD 2017 This American colony was chartered by George Calvert in 1632 as a refuge for English Catholics

Erie 6x $533 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2022 This city is Pennsylvania's only port on the St. Lawrence Seaway

J $500 1996 This Pennsylvania Great Lakes port is on the site of Fort Presque Isle, built by the French in 1753

J $1,000 DD 2004 Canada's southernmost point lies on Middle Island in this Great Lake

the Thames 5x $240 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2024 In "The Sign of the Four", Holmes & Watson chase 2 killers down this river, from the tower to the Plumstead Marshes

J $200 2021 The widest part of this river seenhereis 18 miles at its mouth between Whitstable & Foulness Point

J $200 2017 210-mile river identified here

Sicily 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1995 It's Italy's most populous island

DJ $600 1999 Messina, where "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place, is a port on this Italian island

DJ $200 1988 The Strait of Messina separates the Calabria region in the "toe" of Italy from this island

Oslo 5x 20.0% stumper $1,460 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1991 In 1948 Norwegians increased the size of this capital city 27-fold

J $600 2015 This European capital was founded near a fjord in the 11th century

J $1,000 DD 2022 This world capital began hosting Holmenkollen ski jump competition in 1892

New York 5x $380 avg J:5

J $100 1996 Orange, Nassau, Niagara

J $1,000 2005 Watkins Glen International

J $200 1993 Dutchess, Kings, Queens

Massachusetts 5x $440 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1994 Cambridge & Lowell are the seats of Middlesex County in this state

J $600 2021 Oh, the shame if you don't know "The Scarlet Letter" is set in what is today this U.S. state

J $100 1990 In area, Nantucket is this state's smallest county; Worcester, the largest

Lebanon 5x 60.0% stumper $1,340 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $500 1997 This small Mideastern country's Bekaa Valley is a fertile farming area

DJ $1,000 1996 This small Mideastern country's Bekaa Valley is a fertile farming area

DJ $1,200 2021 The Levant is a Mediterranean region that includes this nation & its ports of Tyre & Sidon

Greece 5x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1997 Corfu is this country's second-largest Ionian island, & its most populous

DJ $800 1991 The Corinth Canal has made this country's Peloponnesus Peninsula an island

DJ $1,200 DD 1996 The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country

Crete 5x 20.0% stumper $900 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 1985 Diggings on this Greek island have unearthed 4 magnificent 3500-year-old Minoan palaces

J $500 1987 The largest of the Greek islands

DJ $1,000 1985 Most of "Zorba the Greek" takes place on this largest Greek isle

Vancouver 4x $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2021 About 20 minutes after crossing the border into British Columbia, you can be in this big city exploring Stanley Park

DJ $600 1985 A Washington city, a Canadian city & a Canadian island all share this explorer's name

J $400 1992 Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866

the Pyrenees 4x $500 avg J:4

J $200 2025 Monte Perdido, also known as Mont Perdu, lies along an international border in these mountains

J $1,000 2008 The longest river originating in this mountain range is the Garonne, which flows northward through France

J $400 2022 This mountain range of southwestern Europe runs from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay

the North Sea 4x $650 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2018 The Rhine River makes its way to this sea

J $800 2011 Frisia is a European region bordering this sea

DJ $1,000 1991 The Firth of Forth, an arm of this sea, extends into the Scottish Lowlands

St. Petersburg 4x 25.0% stumper $950 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2019 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm at the Shuvalov Palace, now home to the Fabergé Museum in this city that was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991

DJ $800 1995 Arkhangelsk was Russia's chief seaport until this Baltic port city was built by the czar in 1703

J $2,400 DD 2024 At the tip of Pinellas Peninsula, it's nicknamed "The Sunshine City" & has a major sister city in Russia

Patagonia 4x 25.0% stumper $3,578 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $600 2011 (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1860 the United Provinces of La Plata changed its name to Argentina; 21 years later, it expanded its territory by adding this region whose name comes from the Spanish for "big foot"

DJ $1,000 1998 Bigfoot walks the Pacific Northwest; this area, whose name means big foot, is in Argentina

DJ $800 1994 The name of this windswept region of Argentina is from a Spanish word for "big feet"

Paris 4x $750 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 1999 In "Henry VI, Part 1" it's a setting; in "Romeo and Juliet" it's a suitor for Juliet's hand

J $800 2007 In chap. V of "The Sun Also Rises", horse-chestnut trees are in bloom in this city's Luxembourg Gardens

J $1,000 DD 2007 Chapter 1 of "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is entitled "Before I Came To" this city

Nova Scotia 4x 25.0% stumper $750 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1988 Canadian province whose name is Latin for "New Scotland"

DJ $600 1992 First settled by Scottish immigrants, the city of New Glasgow is in this Canadian province

DJ $1,000 1996 The highest point in this Canadian province is in Cape Breton Highlands National Park

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

J $300 1997 Skopje is the capital of this nation that was once part of Yugoslavia

J $600 2025 This region where Alexander the Great was born:Land of the Tall Ones

J $1,000 2015 The 9,068-foot Mount Korab is the highest peak in this former Yugoslav republic

Luxembourg 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2013 Luxembourg National Museum is located in the historic center of this city

DJ $1,000 1994 The name of this grand duchy comes from a Germanic word for "little fortress"

J $200 2008 It's the only grand duchy that borders France

London 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1995 The city, the oldest part of this British capital, began as a trading post c. 43 A.D.

J $600 2007 In "Pride and Prejudice", Mrs. Bennet says, "The country is a vast deal pleasanter" than this city

J $200 2016 This city's Boar's Head Inn is a favorite hangout of Falstaff & his friends

Liechtenstein 4x 25.0% stumper $2,350 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2025 Austria takes up some but not all of this country's 48 miles of borders

DJ $1,000 1990 Smaller in area than Cleveland, this German-speaking alpine country remained neutral during WWII

DJ $3,600 DD 2024 "Walking the Length of" this country "in a Weekend" took a journalist along the Rhine to its southern border with Switzerland

Jutland 4x 25.0% stumper $1,200 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2000 Arhus is the largest city on this peninsula which includes all of mainland Denmark

DJ $1,200 2007 This peninsula that accounts for most of Denmark's land area shares a 42-mile-long border with Germany

DJ $800 1997 This peninsula comprises all of mainland Denmark

Idaho 4x 33.3% stumper $1,067 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $400 2001 Montana & Oregon

DJ $800 2021 Bonners Ferry, north of Coeur d'Alene, calls itself this state's "most friendly town"

DJ $2,000 2002 Counties in this state include Jefferson, Shoshone & Twin Falls

Iceland 4x $300 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $200 2022 Hot water springs called geysers take their name from a specific one in this country

FJ 1996 It's Europe's second-largest island

J $300 1998 Covering about 40,000 square miles, it's the only country between Scotland & Greenland

Hungary 4x $567 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1986 This country's name means "land of the Huns", not a grumbling stomach

DJ $800 2022 The Burgenland wine region forms Austria's eastern border with this nation it was once joined with in an empire

FJ 2005 10 million people live in this country that is almost bisected by the second-longest river in Europe

England 4x 25.0% stumper $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1986 Roger Miller says it "swings like a pendulum do"

DJ $600 1985 "Land's End" is the westernmost point of this country

J $200 2006 (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of theactiontakes place in this Merrie Olde country

Cape Horn 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1995 Projecting into the Drake Passage, this cape is South America's southernmost point

J $600 2024 In 1616 navigator Willem Schouten rounded this cape at the tip of South America & named it for the Dutch city of his birth

J $1,000 2024 At the southern tip of the continent you'll find this promontory named for the birthplace of a Dutch navigator

Austria 4x $575 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1990 European country that calls itself "Osterreich", meaning "eastern kingdom"

DJ $600 1997 Located on the Danube, Linz is one of this country's major ports

DJ $800 2016 The northernmost point is in South Tyrol on the border with this country

Worth Knowing (69)

Wisconsin 3 Wales 3 Vatican City 3 Ukraine 3 the Peloponnesus 3 the Danube 3 the Czech Republic 3 the Baltic Sea 3 the Balkan Peninsula 3 Riviera 3 Rio de Janeiro 3 Pamplona 3 Normandy 3 Mont Blanc 3 Milan 3 Istanbul 3 Ireland 3 Guyana 3 Geneva 3 Finland 3 Easter Island 3 Cyprus 3 Burgundy 3 Budapest 3 Birmingham 3 Bermuda 3 Berlin 3 Andorra 3 Vienna 2 Venice 2 Transylvania 2 the Tiber 2 the Isle of Man 2 the Hebrides 2 the English Channel 2 the Elbe 2 the Channel Islands 2 the Caucasus 2 the Bay of Biscay 2 the Apennines 2 the Adriatic 2 Tahiti 2 Sardinia 2 San Juan 2 Rotterdam 2 Rome 2 Quebec City 2 Quantico 2 Martinique 2 Majorca 2 Latvia 2 Hispaniola 2 Helsinki 2 Hamburg 2 Genoa 2 Eureka 2 Costa Rica 2 Copenhagen 2 Canary Islands 2 Brittany 2 Boston 2 Bonn 2 Ben Nevis 2 Barcelona 2 Athens 2 Albania 2 a steppe 2 A 2 6 2

Asia

83 answers | 341 clues

Must-Know (8)

Asia 26x 19.2% stumper $608 avg J:20 DJ:6

J $100 1995 The Sinai Peninsula is usually considered part of this continent

J $800 2011 Both the highest & lowest places on earth are on this continent

J $1,000 2016 For Peace, Tenzin Gyatso

Russia 12x 8.3% stumper $508 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $200 2024 Norway &Mongolia

J $500 DD 2000 Norway & China

J $1,000 2013 If you ignore its claim of clear up to the North Pole, this country's northern tip is at over 81 degrees N, on Rudolf Island

India 12x 8.3% stumper $433 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $200 2022 The Marabar Caves are on the itineraryin "A Passage to____"

J $600 2014 Forster told of a culture clash:"A Passage to ____"

DJ $1,000 DD 1986 3rd largest producer of coconuts, & to judge by population, 2nd largest producer of people

the Netherlands 11x 9.1% stumper $891 avg J:3 DJ:8

DJ $400 1986 Reclaimed areas from this country's Zuider Zee are called polders

DJ $600 1986 Northern European country whose name means "the low countries"

J $1,000 2004 The West Indian island of Aruba is a self-governing part of this European country

Turkey 9x 22.2% stumper $867 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $100 1999 Cities in this nation include Iskenderun, Islahiye & Istanbul

DJ $1,000 1987 Asia Minor, the westernmost Asian peninsula, is almost wholly occupied by this country

J $200 2005 Hope there's enough gravy for this bicontinental nation

Michigan 9x $600 avg J:4 DJ:5

DJ $200 2000 This U.S. state's Lower Peninsula is sometimes called the Mitten because its shape resembles a mittened hand

J $600 2020 Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin

DJ $2,000 2020 Oakland University isn't in California, it's in this state's cities of Auburn Hills & Rochester Hills

China 9x 11.1% stumper $378 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $100 1989 Inner Mongolia is part of this country, not Mongolia

DJ $800 2004 Nepal & Mongolia

J $200 2010 Of the 6 nations India borders, this one is the most populous

British Columbia 8x $586 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2021 This westernmost Canadian province has a northern border with, fittingly, the Northwest Territories

J $600 2013 All of Washington's 427-mile border with Canada is with this province

DJ $1,600 2026 In the 1860s Barkerville in this province became home to Canada's first Chinese community

Should-Know (27)

Mongolia 7x $586 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $100 1989 The Gobi Desert, with less than 3 people per square mile, is in both the inner & outer parts of this

DJ $800 2009 A 1966 treaty entitles this nation bordering China to Russian military help if it's ever invaded

DJ $1,600 2021 Manzhouli is a town on the border between China's region of Inner this this land, & as you see, Russia

Arizona 7x $771 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 2001 California &New Mexico

J $500 1993 Cochise, Apache, Navajo

DJ $1,000 1987 Tho it seems to mean dry area, this state's name is actually from a Papago Indian word meaning "little spring"

Sri Lanka 6x 33.3% stumper $1,033 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1985 First country to have woman prime minister, it was once Ceylon

J $500 1986 You'd find the cities of Kotte 'n' Kandy on this "Serendipitous" island

J $1,000 2011 In 1972 the Tamil Tigers, a liberation group, not a baseball team, was founded in this country

Nepal 6x $583 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1992 Guinness says the world's highest unclimbed peak is Lhotse II in this country's Himalayas

DJ $600 1991 The cultural & economic center of this country is in the Katmandu Valley

J $1,000 DD 2010 This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%

Kazakhstan 6x 16.7% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $200 2021 Of the 14 countries that border Russia, this "stan" country shares the longest border with it, 4,750 miles

DJ $800 2003 Russia shares its longest border with this large "stan"

DJ $1,000 1999 Only Russia & this former Soviet republic stretch from China to Europe

Indonesia 6x 16.7% stumper $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 2014 This nation of thousands of islands does have a land border with Papua New Guinea

DJ $600 1994 Sumatra is the westernmost of this country's main islands

J $1,000 2008 East Timor

Honshu 6x 16.7% stumper $650 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1993 Japanese for "main island", it's the main island of Japan

J $500 1994 The Inland Sea separates Kyushu & Shikoku from this main island of Japan

DJ $1,600 2009 (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands at a shrine.) I'm near Kyoto at the famed Fushimi Inari Shrine, so I'm in the southwestern part of this island

the Alps 6x $400 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 2002 Many of Japan's highest peaks lie in this range which shares its name with a Swiss mountain range

J $600 2015 (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm on Aviano Air Base, which is 50 miles north of Venice in the Dolomite Range of these mountains

DJ $200 1999 Some of the highest peaks in these mountains are Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa & the Matterhorn

the Malay Peninsula 5x 40.0% stumper $1,520 avg DJ:5

DJ $800 2009 This peninsula extends from the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand to the Johor Strait

DJ $2,000 2006 Tanjung Piai, Asia's southernmost mainland point, is on this peninsula

DJ $800 1994 This Southeast Asian peninsula is known for the wealth of its tin mines

the Bering Strait 5x $200 avg J:5

J $200 2024 In this strait, American & Russian islands are separated by about 2 1/2 miles

J $200 1994 At its narrowest point, this strait separates North America & Asia by only 53 miles

J $200 1994 The Seward Peninsula is on one side of this strait

the Andes 5x $340 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1994 On the average only the Himalayas are taller than this range that stretches down South America

J $600 2017 The mountain range whose highest peak is Aconcagua

DJ $200 1984 World's longest mountain chain, stretching 4,500 miles across South America

Thailand 5x 60.0% stumper $440 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1996 Siam

J $500 DD 1993 This country's 1,118-mile border with Myanmar, formerly Burma, is its longest

DJ $400 2013 Cambodia

Pakistan 5x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $400 2010 The disputed ownership of the Kashmir region is a sore spot between India & this smaller neighbor

DJ $600 2000 Iran & India

DJ $800 2004 India shares its longest border with this nation to the west

Ohio 5x $540 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1995 Indiana, Kentucky & West Virginia have counties that share the name of this Buckeye state

J $600 2016 (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm on the 350-acre campus of NASA Glenn Research Center, located in this home state of NASA hero John Glenn

DJ $1,200 2012 Sherwood Anderson made his reputation with "Winesburg," this state

Malaysia 5x 40.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $600 2006 Brunei

J $1,000 2011 Brunei

DJ $800 1987 The "Yang di-Pertuan Agong" serves as head of state of this nation which once included Singapore

Laos 5x 20.0% stumper $1,240 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $800 1996 Mount Bia, this country's highest peak, lies about 80 miles northeast of Vientiane

J $1,000 2010 To the west, Thailand; to the east, Vietnam; to the south, Cambodia

J $1,200 DD 2011 Vietnam's longest

Japan 5x 20.0% stumper $740 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1997 Hokkaido is the largest & northernmost of this country's 47 prefectures

DJ $1,200 2024 Because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands in the western Pacific, Russia & this nation have never signed a treaty ending WWII

J $300 1991 In 1972 the remaining Ryukyu Islands still under U.S. control were returned to this country

Bangladesh 5x $640 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1992 West Bengal is a state of India; what's often called East Bengal is this country

J $800 2010 The Ganges River flows through India into this neighbor, where it reaches the Bay Of Bengal

DJ $1,600 2010 What was once called Muslim East Bengal is today known as this

Victoria 4x $525 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2009 Australia's southernmost mainland point is Wilson's Promontory in this state named for a queen

J $500 1988 City that's capital of the Seychelles, or Australian state whose capital is Melbourne

DJ $400 1995 Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island

the Philippines 4x $1,100 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1998 Peninsulas in this country include the Zamboanga & Bataan

DJ $600 1988 Country in which there's a city named for Manuel Luis Quezon

DJ $1,600 2015 This Southeast Asian island nation was named for a 16th century Spanish king

the Himalayas 4x $250 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2024 The name of this mountain range comes from Sanskrit words for "snow" & "abode"

J $200 2015 25,646-foot Nanda Devi, the highest peak wholly within India, lies in this range

DJ $200 1994 Tibet's Mount Kailas in this range is sacred to both Hindus & Buddhists

Okinawa 4x 75.0% stumper $2,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $1,000 2002 This island where the U.S. maintains military bases is part of Japan's Ryukyu Islands

DJ $2,000 2017 Ie Shima, just off this largest island in the Ryukus, has a memorial to WWII reporter Ernie Pyle, who died there

DJ $2,000 2007 (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands next to a military helicopter.) I'm at Kadena Air Base on this island, the largest in the Ryukyu Islands

New Guinea 4x 50.0% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1993 The 3 main groups living on this island are Pygmies, Melanesians & Papuans

J $800 2013 Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of this island & about 600 nearby islands

DJ $400 1987 A province of Indonesia & a former territory of Australia share this, the world's 2nd largest island

Hong Kong 4x $400 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2009 Ah, can you smell it? The name of this former British colony is Chinese for "fragrant harbor"

DJ $600 1996 The small Sham Chun River forms the border between China & this British dependency

DJ $200 1985 There are nearly 13,000 people per square mile in this S.E. Asian British colony

Haiti 4x $525 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 DD 1997 The name of this country on Hispaniola is from an Indian word meaning "Land of Mountains"

DJ $1,000 1988 The U.S. halted some $79 million in aid to this country after its bloody presidential elections of 11/87

DJ $400 2000 Dominican Republic

the Spice Islands 4x $525 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1984 Christmas, Easter, or Bermuda, for example

DJ $1,600 2023 Now known as the Moluccas, these islands of Indonesia were so-named for the cloves & nutmeg cultivated there

DJ $200 1994 Greece has over 400 of these & Crete is the largest

the Bay of Bengal 4x $750 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1995 India's Andaman & Nicobar Islands are located in this bay

J $800 2003 Bangladesh banks on this big bay

DJ $1,600 2018 The Brahmaputra & Ganges Rivers both empty into it

Worth Knowing (48)

Vietnam 3 Tokyo 3 Tibet 3 the Yellow River 3 the Gobi 3 Singapore 3 Sierra Madre 3 San Francisco 3 New Delhi 3 Indiana 3 Hokkaido 3 Armenia 3 the Urals 3 Trinidad 2 the Yellow Sea 2 the South China Sea 2 the Seward Peninsula 2 the Sea of Japan 2 the Red River 2 the Pearl River 2 the Mekong 2 the Maldives 2 the Gobi Desert 2 the Ganges 2 South Korea 2 Silicon Valley 2 Shanghai 2 Pocahontas 2 Pakistan & Afghanistan 2 North Korea 2 Myanmar 2 mountain 2 Mount Rainier 2 Mount Everest 2 Mobile 2 Manchuria 2 Malay 2 Macau 2 Lhasa 2 Kuala Lumpur 2 Java 2 India & Pakistan 2 Delhi 2 Darjeeling 2 Canton 2 Bhutan 2 Angkor Wat 2 an oasis 2

Africa

52 answers | 250 clues

Must-Know (7)

Africa 32x 10.7% stumper $700 avg J:23 DJ:5 FJ:4

J $100 1999 Mount Cameroon

J $500 2000 Nubian, Namib

J $1,000 2019 Yogurt with honey at Wilde Eend Bistro in Windhoek

North America 17x 6.2% stumper $569 avg J:14 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 2000 Sonoran, Chihuahuan

J $500 1994 It's the continent with the second-greatest number of Confucians

J $1,000 2007 ...where the Latter-Day Saints believe that Zion or New Jerusalem will be built

Brazil 15x $979 avg J:4 DJ:10 FJ:1

DJ $200 1994 It's bordered by every South American country except Chile & Ecuador

J $500 1985 Iguacu Falls forms part of the border between Argentina & this country

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 Of the countries in South America, this one lies closest to Africa

the Nile 12x $842 avg J:3 DJ:9

DJ $200 1999 In Exodus the waters of this river were turned into blood

DJ $7,000 DD 2021 The Sudd is an almost impenetrable papyrus swamp from which this river emerges

J $200 1991 The "Blue" branch of this river begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia

Spain 11x 9.1% stumper $336 avg J:9 DJ:2

J $100 1995 The Gulf of Cadiz borders Portugal & this country

J $600 2025 Melilla & Ceuta in Morocco are exclaves, small territories controlled by this European nation

J $200 2019 Of Portugal's

South Africa 8x 12.5% stumper $775 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 1987 The southernmost country in Africa

DJ $600 1994 Durban, a city in this country, was named for Sir Benjamin D'Urban, a governor of the Cape Colony

DJ $1,000 DD 1997 Swaziland is bounded on one side by Mozambique & on 3 sides by this country

Belize 8x 16.7% stumper $1,017 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $500 1996 British Honduras

DJ $1,000 2000 Guatemala & Mexico

FJ 2017 The Mopan River flows about 20 miles from the capital of this country

Should-Know (16)

Morocco 7x $771 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 2001 The Spanish called the Muslims Moors, meaning from this country

J $500 DD 1989 If you cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain, you'd arrive in this African country

J $3,000 DD 2017 It's in Africa, where it's the nearest country to continental Europe

Libya 7x 14.3% stumper $1,571 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $600 2000 Egypt

DJ $1,000 1985 Formerly an Italian colony, 90% of it is covered by the Sahara desert

J $800 2017 The country between Egypt & Algeria

the Red Sea 6x 16.7% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1992 Some Bible scholars believe it was the Gulf of Suez & not this sea whose waters parted

DJ $500 DD 1994 The Gulf of Aden is a natural sea link between the Arabian Sea & this sea

J $1,000 2018 Eritrea's vital region along this sea includes the major port cities of Massawa & Assab

Algeria 6x 40.0% stumper $1,140 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 2016 Oran on the sea /Then off to Adrar for me /Farther east, you got Syria /But we're staying here in...

J $500 1989 Alphabetically, countries in Africa run from this to Zimbabwe

DJ $2,000 2013 Tunisia

the Sudan 6x 50.0% stumper $1,267 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $400 2015 On its north, Egypt; on its southeast, Ethiopia

DJ $1,200 DD 2000 Egypt & Kenya

DJ $1,600 2010 Egypt has land borders with Israel, Libya & this large country to the south

Tunisia 5x 20.0% stumper $740 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 2021 Smaller than its neighbors, this northernmost African nation has a coastline that long attracted conquerors

J $500 2000 Algeria & Libya

DJ $1,000 1994 This country is bordered by Algeria, Libya & the Mediterranean

the Indian Ocean 5x 20.0% stumper $800 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1988 The Bay of Bengal & the Arabian Sea are parts of this ocean

J $600 2020 If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, she'll know it's an island country found in this ocean

DJ $1,600 2020 Sri Lanka & Sumatra: this body of water

Madagascar 5x $1,200 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $600 2015 Only Greenland, New Guinea & Borneo are larger islands than this one off the coast of Africa

DJ $1,600 2014 Over 9,400 feet, Maromokotro is the highest point on this island 250 miles east of Africa's mainland

DJ $600 1988 World's largest producer of cloves & vanilla is this large island, southeast of Zanzibar

Egypt 5x $480 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2012 When Joseph died he was embalmed & "put in a coffin in" this country where his father Jacob was also buried

DJ $800 2024 Joseph died at age 110 "and he was put in a coffin in" this country where he had held high power

J $200 2002 Israel & Libya

the Sahara 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1997 The Nubian desert in Sudan is often considered a part of this larger desert

DJ $200 1996 In Egypt & Algeria, some areas of this desert are below sea level

J $400 2025 11,200-foot Mount Koussi in Chad is the highest point in this desert

the Mediterranean 4x $125 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1996 This sea that separates Africa & Europe is the last vestige of the Permian Period's sea Tethys

J $100 1995 This large sea's greatest depth is found in one of its arms, the Ionian Sea

J $100 1993 This sea whose name means "middle of land" is the world's largest inland sea

the Iberian Peninsula 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2024 The Strait of Gibraltar separates the southern tip of this peninsula from Africa

J $200 1995 The southernmost point of this peninsula dips into the Strait of Gibraltar

DJ $400 2021 2 nations make up this peninsula whose name is related to that of its Ebro River

Israel 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1995 This country's fertile plain of Sharon is known for its citrus crop

DJ $800 1988 The Plain of Sharon is the most densely populated area in this country

DJ $400 2004 Egypt & Lebanon

Chad 4x $900 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2022 The capital of this landlocked African nation is N'Djamena

DJ $1,600 2024 This country's longest border is with the Central African Republic

J $600 2016 Come visit Mongo /Not far from the Congo /Tibesti mountains are not that bad /Yes, we're talking, talking 'bout...

the Sinai 4x $1,450 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1993 Under the terms of a peace treaty, Israel returned control of this peninsula to Egypt in 1982

DJ $600 1992 The tallest mountains in Egypt are located on this large peninsula

DJ $1,000 DD 2000 This peninsula has long served as the land bridge between Egypt & Asia

the Arabian Peninsula 4x $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1997 Oman, Yemen & Kuwait lie on this large peninsula

DJ $600 1994 The Red Sea & the Gulf of Aden separate this peninsula from Africa to the west

DJ $1,600 2019 2017's "Queen of the Desert" is the story of Gertrude Bell, a British writer & explorer on this peninsula in the early 20th century

Worth Knowing (29)

the Sinai Peninsula 3 the Horn of Africa 3 Soweto 3 south 3 Polynesia 3 Memphis 3 Malta 3 Ethiopia 3 Casablanca 3 Tripoli 2 the Suez Canal 2 the Orange River 2 the Kalahari 2 the Gold Coast 2 the Atlas Mountains 2 the Atlantic 2 Tanzania 2 South Sudan 2 Serengeti 2 Pretoria 2 north 2 Namibia 2 Liberia 2 Kenya 2 Guinea-Bissau 2 Ghana 2 Cape Town 2 Botswana 2 Babylon 2

Other

73 answers | 200 clues

Should-Know (14)

Hawaii 7x $243 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1994 Kauai, Maui, Honolulu

J $100 1992 Niihau, near Kauai, is called the Forbidden Island of this group

J $200 2018 The only state whose name ends in 3 vowels

Washington 6x $217 avg J:6

J $100 2001 Idaho, Oregon

J $100 1993 Yakima, Spokane, Walla Walla

J $100 1986 "Mr. Smith" & "Billy Jack" both went there

Montana 6x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $300 2001 Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming

J $800 2023 On North Dakota's

DJ $1,000 DD 1988 The Bitterroot Mountain range forms the irregular boundary between Idaho & this state

Oklahoma 5x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2014 A "Trail of Tears" outdoor drama in a Tahlequah amphitheater was once an annual event in this state

J $1,000 2023 On Ark--on that of Arkansas

J $200 1995 This state's panhandle consists of Beaver, Texas & Cimarron Counties

Nevada 5x $950 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 2016 California & Utah

J $600 2010 The ghost town of Adaven is in this state; holding "Adaven" up to a mirror might help

DJ $2,000 2007 A western state:"Snow Covered"

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

J $100 1990 Nebraska has a Cherry County & this state a Peach County

DJ $1,200 2022 I've got this nation on the Black Sea on my mind, along with Mount Kazbek, an extinct volcano that's one of its highest points

J $200 2001 Florida &South Carolina

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

DJ $400 2023 Y'all, Rusty Wallace wanted to go fast at Talladega in 2004 in this state, & sure did; "We hit 228 at the end of the straightaway"

J $600 2023 On Georgia's

DJ $1,200 2002 Talladega, Tallapoosa & Tuscaloosa are all counties in this state

the Crimean Peninsula 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $300 1995 During an 11-month siege, 1854-55, the city of Sevastopol on this peninsula was heavily damaged

DJ $800 2021 This 10,400-square-mile peninsula sits between the Black Sea & the sea of Azov

DJ $1,200 2007 (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Jutting into the Black Sea, this region of Ukraine includes Yalta & Sevastapol, the site of a famous 1855 siege

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

J $300 2001 New York & Ohio

J $600 2005 Nazareth Speedway, Pocono Raceway

DJ $1,200 2010 (Kelly of the Clue Crew sits amongst boxes of crayons.) I'm at the Crayola factory in this state's city of Easton, part of an industrial complex with Allentown & Bethlehem

Mississippi 4x $500 avg J:4

J $200 2009 Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"

J $1,000 2014 Natchez was the capital of this state from 1817 to 1821

J $400 2010 To the west, Louisiana; to the east, Alabama

Minnesota 4x $650 avg J:4

J $200 2024 Winnibigoshish Lake is one of this state's many, many lakes

J $500 1990 Lake of the Woods County is this state's newest county, as well as its least populous

J $1,100 DD 1995 Part of this state's Lake of the Woods County is north of the 49th parallel

Lake Baikal 4x $1,733 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $1,600 2010 The Lena River, one of Russia's longest, rises 10 miles from this deep Siberian lake & flows 2,734 miles to the Arctic Ocean

FJ 2022 It's referred to as "the blue eye of Siberia"

DJ $1,600 2003 This Siberian lake is in the world's deepest continental depression--over 10,000 feet from top to bottom

Chicago 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2019 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is in a mailroom.) I'm with mail for ZIP Codes 60601 through 60827 at the United States Postal Services' main processing plant for this, the third most populous U.S. city

DJ $800 2003 (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm in this city at the site where Fort Dearborn was established in 1803; it's changed a bit since then

J $200 2016 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm going to get deep dish at Gino's East, just off of Michigan Avenue & Superior Street, opened in 1966 by two cab drivers & a pal who were frustrated by rush hour traffic in this city

Brooklyn 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2004 The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links this borough & Staten Island

DJ $800 2012 Betty Smith planted a story with "A Tree Grows In" this borough

J $400 2022 Betty Smith cultivated"A Tree Grows in____"

Worth Knowing (59)

Uzbekistan 3 Utah 3 Pittsburgh 3 North Carolina 3 New Jersey 3 New Hampshire 3 Maine 3 Louisiana 3 Kamchatka 3 Iowa 3 Columbus 3 Cleveland 3 Cardiff 3 Bethlehem 3 Wyoming 2 the Schuylkill River 2 the Potomac 2 the Kamchatka Peninsula 2 the Crimean 2 the Colorado River 2 the Caspian Sea 2 the Blue Ridge Mountains 2 the Blue Grotto 2 the Bermuda Triangle 2 the Arkansas River 2 the Aleutians 2 Tallahassee 2 Stalingrad 2 Siberia 2 Seattle 2 Santa Fe 2 Regina 2 Philadelphia 2 Oxford 2 Oregon 2 New York City 2 Nebraska 2 Mt. McKinley 2 Missouri 2 Martha's Vineyard 2 Lake Superior 2 Kiev 2 Kauai 2 Hollywood 2 Helena 2 Gethsemane 2 Dover 2 Detroit 2 Cook County 2 Como 2 Colorado 2 Cape Cod 2 Branson 2 Belarus 2 Atlanta 2 Arkansas 2 Antwerp 2 a glacier 2 (Stephen) Douglas 2

North America

52 answers | 162 clues

Must-Know (3)

the Yucatan 11x $564 avg J:6 DJ:5

J $200 2011 Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun

DJ $800 1984 "Mexican" region that also contains parts of Guatemala and nearly all of Belize

J $1,000 DD 2009 One of the new 7 wonders of the world is the sprawling ruins of Chichen Itza on this peninsula

Texas 8x 12.5% stumper $400 avg J:8

J $100 2000 This U.S. state has the longest common border with Mexico

J $800 2020 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m at the Children’s Hospital of this state, the primary training site for pediatric students of the Baylor College of Medicine

J $1,000 2020 New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana

Baja California 8x 14.3% stumper $386 avg J:6 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 2012 Cities on this Mexican peninsula include Ensenada & La Paz

J $600 2021 This northwestern Mexican peninsula has 2,000 miles of coastline & Las Tres Virgenes, a volcano last active in 1746

FJ 2025 Officially getting an international border in 1848, this area of land is up to 150 miles wide & has about 2,000 miles of coastline

Should-Know (11)

Ontario 6x 16.7% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2021 Great Lakes:Huron, Michigan...

DJ $600 1989 It's the southernmost of Canada's provinces

J $200 2006 This Great Lake is the lowest in elevation & the only one of the 5 sharing its name with a province

San Salvador 4x $850 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1990 Name shared by an island in the Bahamas & the capital of El Salvador

DJ $800 2024 This alliterative Central American capital has been ruined multiple times by earthquakes since 1854

DJ $2,000 DD 2022 This city was once the capital of the United Provinces of Central America

Puerto Rico 4x $250 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2025 The only tropical rainforest in the U.S. national forest system is El Yunqueon this island

J $200 2021 The new Progressive Party on this island wants it to become a U.S. state

DJ $200 1996 The Virgin Passage separates this U.S. commonwealth from the Virgin Islands

Prince Edward Island 4x $1,850 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 1995 East Point is the easternmost point on this island, Canada's smallest province

DJ $800 1987 Of Canada's 10 provinces, it's the only one entirely unattached to the mainland

DJ $1,200 2010 This Canadian province is in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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

DJ $200 2000 Viking artifacts have been found on this large "new" Canadian island

J $1,000 DD 1995 It's Canada's easternmost province

DJ $1,200 2010 Cape Spear, Canada's easternmost point, is a short drive from St. John's, the capital of this province

Hudson Bay 4x $350 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1996 This Canadian bay is about 850 miles long & 600 miles wide

J $600 2002 Polar bears often congregate in Manitoba on the snow-covered shores of this 316,000-square-mile bay

DJ $200 1994 James Bay in Canada is the shallowest part of this larger bay

Honduras 4x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $500 1997 The Gulf of Fonseca is this Central American country's only direct access to the Pacific Ocean

J $1,000 2025 Nicaragua lost out in 1960 when the northern part of the Mosquito Coast was awarded to this country

J $1,000 2024 Guatemala &Nicaragua

Guatemala 4x 50.0% stumper $700 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $200 1996 Mexicans crossing over their southern border can enter Belize or this country

DJ $1,200 2006 (Jeff Probst reads from near the thicket of trees again.) In 2005 "Survivor" went to the Maya Empire in this most populous Central American country

FJ 2016 Mexico's Programa Frontera Sur aims to secure its 600-mile-long border with this country

Chihuahua 4x $1,750 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2019 At 95,000 square miles, it's Mexico's largest state, though it bears the name of a tiny pet

J $600 2021 Woof! It's the Mexican state highlighted here, north of the state of Durango

DJ $6,000 DD 2025 This Mexican state between Sonora & Coahuila has all 3 of the border crossings from Mexico to New Mexico

Alaska 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2013 At 1,538 miles, it has the longest border with Canada of any U.S. state

DJ $800 1985 U.S. state bordered by two oceans

DJ $200 1986 Sitka, former capital of Russian-America, sits in this state

the United States 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2011 Canada

J $600 2009 The westernmost country in North America

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 It's the northernmost country that's a member of the Organization of American States

Worth Knowing (38)

Tijuana 3 the Dominican Republic 3 Saskatchewan 3 Quebec 3 North Dakota 3 New Mexico 3 New Brunswick 3 Manitoba 3 Lake Nicaragua 3 Lake Erie 3 Cuba 3 Baffin Island 3 Winnipeg 3 Toronto 2 the Sonoran Desert 2 the Rio Grande 2 the Panama Canal 2 the Northwest Territories 2 Santo Domingo 2 San Jose 2 San Diego 2 Port-au-Prince 2 Nunavut 2 Niagara Falls 2 Los Alamos 2 Labrador 2 Kansas 2 Gulf of California 2 Grenada 2 El Salvador 2 Chiapas 2 Brownsville 2 Baffin 2 Antilles 2 an isthmus 2 Albuquerque 2 Alberta 2 Acapulco 2

South America

23 answers | 157 clues

Must-Know (7)

Antarctica 25x 4.3% stumper $474 avg J:17 DJ:6 FJ:2

J $100 1994 The Dibble iceberg tongue hangs off this continent

DJ $500 DD 1997 Explorer James Clark Ross named 2 of this continent's volcanoes Erebus & Terror, for his ships

J $1,000 2018 In H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", an expedition discovers an alien terror on this continent

South America 18x $639 avg J:13 DJ:5

J $200 1987 Say farewell to Greenland's Cape Farewell, sail due south, & this is the continent you'll hit

J $500 1997 Birds found only on this continent include hoatzins & rheas

J $1,000 2020 With a leg span of about 12 inches, the Goliath bird-eating spider is native to this continent

Chile 15x 13.3% stumper $567 avg J:11 DJ:4

J $100 1995 A National Geographic book calls it "the world's longest and skinniest country"

J $500 1985 Cape Horn, southernmost part of South America, lies at tip of Horn Island in this country

J $1,000 DD 2009 The southernmost country in South America

Peru 14x 38.5% stumper $846 avg J:6 DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $100 DD 1994 South America's westernmost point is Punta Parinas in this country

J $500 1985 Westernmost country on the South American continent

J $1,000 DD 2024 Ecuador &Bolivia

Venezuela 11x 9.1% stumper $755 avg J:5 DJ:6

J $300 1986 It's where "Matilda run" after "she took me money"

DJ $600 1995 The world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in the Guiana Highlands of this country

J $1,000 2010 In 2010 Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos moved to end a simmering border dispute with this country

Panama 10x 10.0% stumper $760 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $200 2009 The southernmost country in North (including Central) America

DJ $600 1998 Country hi-lited on the map seen here:

J $1,000 2014 A thriller by Le Carre:"The Tailor of ____"

Colombia 10x 12.5% stumper $525 avg J:5 DJ:3 FJ:2

J $100 2000 Brazil & Panama

J $500 DD 1996 South America's northernmost point is Punta Gallinas in this country

DJ $1,200 2004 This country's Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Darien

Should-Know (5)

Tierra del Fuego 7x 14.3% stumper $914 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $200 1995 The name of this group of islands at South America's southern tip means "land of fire"

J $800 2015 Fuegians are residents of this rugged South American region

DJ $1,000 1994 This largest South American island is shaped like a triangle with its base on Beagle Channel

Argentina 7x $457 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $300 1997 The Patagonian region of South America lies mainly in this country

J $1,000 2018 The lowest spot in South America is in this country that's also home to the continent's highest point

J $300 1994 The continent's lowest point, Valdes Peninsula, lies in this country that also contains the highest point

the Amazon 6x $367 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 2020 The Casiquiare River forms a link between the drainage systems of the Orinoco & this bigger South American river

DJ $800 2006 (Jeff Probst delivers from near a small grove of trees.) The sixth "Survivor" was along this river that has more than 10 times the volume of flow of the Mississippi

J $200 2018 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Andes on the monitor.) A small stream in Peru's Andes flows into the Apurimac, becoming a source of this river that some 4,000 miles later flows into the Atlantic

Bolivia 6x $950 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:2

DJ $600 1996 This South American republic is divided into 9 departments, including Potosi & La Paz

J $1,000 2015 This landlocked country would've gotten away with having a coast on the Pacific if it weren't for that meddling Chile

FJ 2025 This country has 2 capitals, is bounded by 5 other countries & has 37 official languages

Lima 4x $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1994 This Peruvian capital lies just 12 degrees south of the Equator

J $800 2015 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm in the Plaza Mayor in this South American city founded by a conquistador in 1535

DJ $400 2016 The area of this capital of Peru stretches over 1,500 square miles

Worth Knowing (11)

Rio de la Plata 3 Angel Falls 3 the Orinoco 2 the Galapagos Islands 2 the Atacama 2 Ecuador 2 deserts 2 Chile & Argentina 2 Caribbean Sea 2 Buenos Aires 2 Aconcagua 2

Middle East

20 answers | 77 clues

Must-Know (3)

Saudi Arabia 9x 12.5% stumper $775 avg J:6 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1988 It has oil fields in the east, holy cities in the west & the Rub al Khali Desert in the south

J $500 1996 It's immediately south of Iraq, Jordan & the United Arab Emirates

J $3,000 DD 2015 Jordan &Yemen

Iran 8x 28.6% stumper $943 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $600 2019 Of Iraq's

DJ $1,000 1999 You'll find the Shrine of Fatima, seen here, in this country's city of Qom

FJ 2017 It's the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf

the Jordan 8x 25.0% stumper $762 avg J:4 DJ:4

DJ $400 1989 This river links the Sea of Galilee & the Dead Sea

DJ $600 1992 The area known as the West Bank is on the west bank of this river

J $1,000 2025 Legend says the city of Petra, today in this kingdom, is where Moses brought forth water from the rock

Should-Know (3)

the Dead Sea 6x $483 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $200 1994 Jordan borders this "sea" that's 7 times saltier than the ocean

J $500 1987 The rock & fortress of Masada are found by this sea's shore

DJ $1,000 1995 Salt Sea, Sea of the Arabah & Eastern Sea are some Biblical names for this lake

Nicaragua 6x $940 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1985 Largest Central American country in area & least friendly with U.S.

J $1,000 2006 Honduras

FJ 2008 This country's largest lake shares its name with the country; its second-largest lake has the same name as its capital

the Black Sea 5x $720 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $600 1996 Among the busiest ports lying on this sea are Samsun, Turkey & Varna, Bulgaria

J $1,000 2009 If you dove off the southern tip of the Crimean Peninsula, you'd be in this body of water

DJ $600 1995 There are no major islands in this sea, but the Crimean Peninsula protrudes into it

Worth Knowing (14)

Yemen 3 Virginia 3 the Persian Gulf 3 Qatar 3 Oman 3 Jerusalem 3 Iraq 3 United Arab Emirates 2 the Strait of Hormuz 2 Syria 2 Negev 2 Masada 2 Gallipoli 2 Baghdad 2

Oceania

13 answers | 72 clues

Must-Know (1)

Australia 37x 11.1% stumper $589 avg J:23 DJ:13 FJ:1

J $100 1997 You can get down under to the music of this country's Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil & INXS

J $500 1994 This continent has hosted the Olympics only once

J $1,000 2014 It has about the same population as the state of Texas

Should-Know (4)

New Zealand 6x $633 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1988 In 1865, this country moved its capital from Auckland to Wellington

J $600 2012 Once an island formed by 2 volcanoes, Banks Peninsula is now part of this country's South Island

DJ $1,000 1989 The southernmost national capital in the world is this island country's

Wellington 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1990 This capital city sits on the southern end of New Zealand's North Island

J $800 2023 Port Nicholson is the historical name of the harbor of this city, home to the National Symphony Orchestra

DJ $1,200 2014 In January 1855, 15 years after the founding of what's now this New Zealand capital, it suffered an 8.2 earthquake

Tasmania 4x $525 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1995 This island state is Australia's chief producer of tungsten

DJ $600 1997 At 5,305 feet, Mount Ossa is the highest point on this "devilish" Australian island

J $400 2025 Located in Bass Strait, King & Flinders Islands are part of this Australian state

Queensland 4x $1,025 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $500 1995 The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this regal Australian state

DJ $1,200 2022 Home to Brisbane, this "royal" Australian state is bounded to the west by, of course, the Northern Territory

DJ $800 2023 2 Australian states are named for her: Victoria & this one whose territory includes part of the Great Barrier Reef

Worth Knowing (8)

Cook 3 the Great Barrier Reef 2 Sydney 2 Samoa 2 Coral Sea 2 Christchurch 2 Bora Bora 2 Auckland 2

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