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Derek Choi, 11, who contributed these questions, is a middle-schooler at the Science and Arts Academy in Des Plaines. He placed second in this year’s Illinois Geography Bee. His hobbies: geography, current events, political satire and political thrillers. He also sings in a school chorus.

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    • 1. Which country has the highest per capita rate of broadband connections in Asia?
    • 2. In what isolated Buddhist country, formerly known as Burma, are thousands of monks leading a protest against decades of military dictatorship?
    • 3. Which Asian country has the world’s second largest economy?
    • 4. The highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, straddles the border between which two countries?
    • 5. Beijing, host to the 2008 Summer Olympics, is often hit by dust storms and sandstorms from what major desert to the northwest?
    • 6. In what country was the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty setting environmental standards, signed?
    • 7. The currency of China, which is generally tied to the U.S. dollar, goes by what name?
    • 8. Which two countries have been fighting for many years over the region of Kashmir?
    • 9. Naval patrols in the Strait of Malacca have been stepped up because it is a haven for pirates. What three countries border this body of water?
    • 10. Bangalore, a city in southern Asia known as an outsourcing center for many western companies, is located in which country?

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