| NETHERWORLD | The world after death (6,5) |
| QUITO | Second-highest capital city in the world after La Paz, and the closest to the equator (5) |
| YANGTZE | What is the third-longest river in the world after the Nile and Amazon? (7) |
| EURO | What is the second most traded currency in the world, after the US dollar? (4) |
| EMU | Second-tallest bird in the world, after the ostrich |
| DUBAI | City whose hotel rooms are the second most expensive in the world after Geneva (5) |
| HINDUISM | Indian religion - it's the third largest in the world after Christianity and Islam |
| NAURU | Third-smallest country in the world after Vatican City and Monaco, in the SW Pacific west of Kiribati (5) |
| THIMPHU | Capital city of Bhutan since 1962; the fifth highest capital in the world after La Paz, Quito, Bogota and Addis Ababa (7) |
| GREENLAND | Arctic island that's the largest in the world (after Australia, which is a continent) |
| INDIA | Second-most populous country in the world (after China) |
| CANADA | Second largest country in the world, after Russia (6) |
| YOUTUBE | Second-most-visited website in the world after Google |
| AMAZON | Second-largest company in the world, after Walmart |
| CONCRETE | Second-most-used substance in the world, after water |
| DELHI | Second-most-populous city in the world (after Tokyo) |
| HELSINKI | Second northernmost capital in the world after Reykjavik (8) |
| AVIS | Second-largest car rental company in the world (after Hertz) |
| EMUS | Third-largest birds in the world, after ostriches and cassowaries |
| THEORISE | Speculate they'll move up in the world, after article on October 1st |
