| 100% | CONGO | 5 | River in Africa whose name appears in two African countries |
| 53% | NIGER | 5 | River in West Africa that starts in the Guinea Highlands and shares its name with an African country |
| 52% | OMAN | 4 | Country whose name appears in "Romania" |
| 47% | LIMPOPO | 7 | River that rises in South Africa whose name is derived from Rivombo |
| 47% | HANOI | 5 | World capital whose name means "between two rivers" in Vietnamese |
| 46% | LIBERIA | 7 | African country whose name in Latin means "free" |
| 46% | LIBERIA | 7 | African country whose name means "free" in Latin |
| 46% | CONGO | 5 | River that lent its name to two African countries |
| 44% | IVORYCOAST | 10 | West African country whose name is usually rendered in French |
| 44% | NIGER | 5 | African river with two countries named after it |
| 43% | SENEGAL | 7 | River in West Africa that shares its name with a country it flows through |
| 41% | TORI | 4 | Character in "Victorious" whose name appears in the title |
| 40% | CARFAX | 6 | Company whose name appears in an odometer in its logo |
| 40% | OSLO | 4 | Norway city whose name appears in the center of "Czechoslovakia" |
| 39% | NILE | 4 | Longest river in Africa that passes through Egypt and other countries |
| 39% | CONGO | 5 | Part of the names of two African countries |
| 39% | PEEDEE | 6 | Southeastern river whose name sounds like two letters |
| 39% | EBOLA | 5 | Viral disease named for a river in Africa |
| 39% | GAMBIA | 6 | African country named after its river |
| 38% | ASIA | 4 | Home to seven countries whose names end in "-stan" |
| 38% | ZAMBIA | 6 | African country named after the Zambezi River |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital |
| 38% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that includes seven countries whose names end in "-stan" |
| 38% | NIGER | 5 | African country whose name begins another African country |
| 37% | NAMIBIA | 7 | Country in southern Africa whose capital is Windhoek |
| 37% | ERITREA | 7 | Country in NE Africa whose capital is Asmara |
| 37% | SAHARA | 6 | African desert whose name means "desert" in Arabic |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | Country name pronounced by natives in two syllables |
| 37% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name is also a two-word sentence |
| 37% | FASO | 4 | Word in a West African country name |