| 52nd | Top etymologies of country subdivision names |
| 11st | Top divided islands |
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Question 1: Where does Sakhalin come from?
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Question 2: Sakhalin, Diomede Islands and Franz Josef Land are all:
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| Question 3: [3] Sakhalin was claimed by both Russia and ________ in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, which led to bitter disputes between the two countries over the control of the island. | |||
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Question 4: Where is Sakhalin?
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Question 5:
What does the following picture show?
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| Question 6: [10] While the predominant majority of Sakhalin Japanese were eventually evacuated to Japan in 1946–1950, tens of thousands of ________ (and a number of their Japanese spouses) remained in the Soviet Union. | |||
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Question 7: Which of the following is an officially recognised ethnic group in Sakhalin?
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Question 8: Sakhalin, Sakhalin Husky and Nivkhs are all:
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| Question 9: The rivers swarm with fish, especially species of ________ (Oncorhynchus). | |||
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| Question 10: The Pliocene deposits contain a mollusc fauna more Arctic than that which exists at the present time, indicating probably that the connection between the Pacific and ________ was broader than it is now. | |||
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