Which Central Asian country is the largest by land area?

The Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, has shrunk to a fraction of its original size. Which two countries now share its remnants?

Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, was born in roughly which century?

The ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand is located in which country?

The Mongol Empire at its peak was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Which modern-day country was its heartland?

The Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan, a burning pit that has been on fire for decades, is nicknamed what?

Lake Baikal in Siberia is the world's deepest lake. Approximately what percentage of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water does it contain?

Which Central Asian country is entirely landlocked and surrounded only by other landlocked countries, making it one of only two doubly landlocked nations in the world?

The Trans-Siberian Railway, the world's longest railway line, connects Moscow to which city on the Pacific?

The ancient city of Bukhara, one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Central Asia, is in which country?