| Hint | Answer |
| Body of water bordering (among others) Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Vietnam | |
| The fourth-largest city in Indiana, the University of Notre Dame lies just to its north | |
| Its currency is the won, and its president is Lee Myung-bak | |
| It holds over 56% of New Zealand's area, but under 24% of its population | |
| Disputed region north of the Himalayas administered by India but claimed by China | |
| It has three capital cities and completely surrounds the nation of Lesotho | |
| Disputed European region; site of a 2008 war between Russia and Georgia | |
| Its largest independent nation is Brazil; its smallest is Suriname | |
| One of the points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface | |
| Autonomous region west of Ethiopia that became an independent nation on July 9, 2011 | |
| The most populous province in the Netherlands, its capital is The Hague | |
| Strom Thurmond was one of its U.S. Senators for over 47 years | |
| Mount Rushmore is located in this state | |
| State that borders every other state in its country except Tasmania | |
| Basin in Colorado that lent its name to a popular cartoon series | |