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Geography Quiz for 29 June 2014

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Question 1: What links Samarkand, Tashkent, and Bukhara (or Bokhara)?

A
Their names all mean "big city"
B
They are major exporters of natural gas
C
They are cities on the old central Asian silk route
D
They all now exist only as archaeological excavations