Countries by a Single Clue #10

Can you name the country that corresponds to each clue?
Answer must correspond to yellow box!
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First submittedMay 19, 2017
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Clue
Country
Where flamenco dancing got its start
Spain
African country that is closest to mainland Europe
Morocco
Major languages include Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans
South Africa
Site of a failed coup in 2016 which some suspect was staged
Turkey
European oil exporter with sovereign wealth fund worth over $2 trillion (as of 2025)
Norway
Largest country that is entirely within Europe
Ukraine
Explorers from this country were the first to sail around Africa to India
Portugal
Has the lowest murder rate of any country with a population of at least 10 million
Japan
The only country which starts with O
Oman
Invaded by the USSR in 1979
Afghanistan
Led by the Pope
Vatican City
The Khmer Rouge killed about 25% of the population in the late 1970s
Cambodia
Contains the southern part of the Sonoran Desert
Mexico
The only country in South America that borders the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Colombia
Created from the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania
Known as "The Lion City"
Singapore
Ruled by Idi Amin from 1971–1979
Uganda
Major cities include Qom, Shiraz, and Isfahan
Iran
Country once led by "Colonel" Gaddafi
Libya
Has a GDP per capita more than 5 times greater than its only neighbor
South Korea / Dominican Republic
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10 Comments
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Level 89
May 19, 2017
I thought the last one was Dominican Republic, but the ratio with Haiti seems to be *only* 9.
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Level 66
May 20, 2017
same here
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Level ∞
Mar 26, 2026
Changed it so that it could be either country.
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Level 57
Nov 7, 2017
Only missed Turkey and South Korea. I had "South" typed out when I ran out of time :(
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Level 69
Nov 7, 2017
"neighbor"? Is this an American spelling?
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Level 85
Nov 4, 2020
Yes it is. Tough one innit?
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Level 82
Nov 17, 2020
What do you think it was?
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Level 27
Jan 14, 2025
Was the Japan question changed? How does it have the lowest answer rate? It's like the first country you think of when you hear ''safe country''.
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Level 50
Apr 23, 2025
R.I.P Pope Francis
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Level 65
Apr 28, 2025
Wow I'm surprised Japan was the least guessed answer and how low it is. I thought it was pretty famous for its extremely low violent crime rate.