| NEVADA | US state (110,540 sq miles; pop about 3 million), ceded to the US by Mexico in 1848 (6) |
| ALSACE | Region of north-east France (3,200 sq miles; pop 2 million), ceded back to France in 1919 (6) |
| ALAMO | 18th-century Texas mission, seized by Mexico in 1835 despite fierce resistance (5) |
| KANSAS | US state in the mid-west (pop about 3 million), nicknamed the Sunflower State (6) |
| YEMENI | Citizen of a country in the Middle East (214,000 sq miles; pop about 3 million) (6) |
| NAPOLI | Regional capital in southern Italy (pop about 3 million), founded in 470 BC (6) |
| RHODES | Island in the Aegean Sea (540 sq miles; pop about 115,0000, ceded to Greece in 1947 (6) |
| BRETON | Relating to a region of north-west France (pop about 3 million) (6) |
| HONCHO | Slang term for a person in charge, brought back to the US by servicemen who had been stationed in Japan (6) |
| QUEBEC | Largest province of Canada by area, settled by the French in 1608 and ceded to Britain in 1763 (6) |
| TRENTO | City in northern Italy (pop about 120,000), ceded to Italy in 1919 (6) |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, ceded to the US by Spain in 1898 (4) |
| ALASKA | Largest state of the US by area. bought from Russia in 1867 for $4.7 million (5) |
| BELIZE | Country on the Eastern coast of Central America, bordered by Mexico and Guatemala (6) |
| ARMENIA | Country in west Asia (11,490 sq miles; pop about 3 million), independent since 1991 (7) |
| ALBANIAN | Citizen of a country in south-east Europe (11,100 sq miles; pop about 3 million) (8) |
| AMAZON | Home in its canopy to 60-90 per cent of its three million species, the world's largest rainforest (6) |
| ELPASO | City ceded to Texas in the Compromise of 1850 |
| STASIS | At the start of Red Dwarf, Dave Lister wakes from three million years in ____ |
| SAHARA | Desert covering over 3 million square miles |
