| GOBI | Large desert area of eastern Asia (about 500,000 sq miles) (4) |
| SIAM | Old name for a country in south-east Asia (about 200,000 sq miles; pop about 70 million (4) |
| SUEZ | Large Egyptian port city (pop about 500,000) (4) |
| YALU | River of eastern Asia forming most of the natural boundary between China and North Korea (4) |
| FENS | Low-lying area of eastern England (4) |
| ZONE | Area of Eastern and Northern Australia looking up |
| GILA | A --- monster, Heloderma suspectum, is a large desert lizard (4) |
| IBIS | This bird was a symbol of the deity Thoth in ancient Egypt, and it is often depicted in ancient Egyptian art. Mummified bodies of this bird have discovered; one tomb housed 500,000. |
| ORYX | Large desert antelope |
| ODDS | Around 1 in 500,000, for getting struck by lightning |
| GOLD | 500,000-selling, as an album |
| BORNEO | Large island in south-east Asia (about 300,000 sq miles; pop about 23 million) (6) |
| BRUNEI | Sultanate in south-east Asia (2,226 sq miles; pop about 500,000), independent since 1984 (6) |
| DRENTHE | Province in the north of the Netherlands (1,030 sq miles; pop about 500,000) (7) |
| ISRAELIS | Citizens of state in western Asia (about 8,000 sq miles; pop 9 million), independent since 1948 (8) |
| BHUTAN | Small mountainous kingdom in southern Asia (about 18,000 sq miles; pop about 800,000) (6) |
| ISRAEL | A country in western Asia (about 8,000 sq miles; pop about 10 million), independent since 1948 (6) |
| NEPAL | Country in south Asia (about 57,000 sq miles; pop 30 million (5) |
| LHASA | Ancient capital in East Asia (pop about 500,000), at a height of 12,000 feet (5) |
| OMAHA | Large US city in the mid-west (pop about 500,000), founded in 1854 (5) |
