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  • Game Categories:

    • Countries and Cities
    • Physical Features
    • Vocab Terms
    • People
    • Controversy
    • Catch All
  • Sample Questions:

    • Aside from Indonesia, greatest number of Muslims - What is Pakistan?
    • South Asia’s largest per capita tea exporter - What is Sri Lanka?
    • Capital where Taliban returned - What is Kabul?
    • Smallest population in South Asia - What is the Maldives?
    • India’s largest coastal city - What is Mumbai?
    • Major advantage to defenders against invaders - What are the Hindu Kush?
    • Deltas of Bangladesh - What are the Brahmaputra and the Ganges?
    • Controversial river - What is the Indus River?
    • Type of farming in Nepal - What is subsistence farming?
    • Lowest caste status - Who are Untouchables?
  • Political Context:

    • Buffer state - What is a buffer state?
    • Jihadists in Afghanistan - What are mujahideen?
    • Civil war's effect on Sri Lanka’s economy - What is civil war?
    • Capital of Pakistan closer to India - What is Islamabad?
    • Historical figure associated with non-violent resistance - Who was Gandhi?
    • Kashmir cease-fire line - What is the Line of Control?
  • Economic Factors:

    • Opium trade's role in attracting extremists - What is the opium trade?
    • Nuclear capabilities as a global conflict issue - What are nuclear weapons?
    • Pakistan’s largest city and 12th most populous - What is Karachi?
    • Bhutan's government type - What is a monarchy?
  • Recent Conflicts:

    • Osama bin Laden's prior country - What is Sudan?
    • Kashmir conflict escalation linked to Al-Qaeda - What is Al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden?
  • Final Jeopardy Context: A rise in violence and intensification of the Kashmir conflict due to foreign fighters.