Countries of the World quiz, in random order, with clues and map - Statistics

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Shares its name with an U.S state	Georgia	81%
The first country alphabetically	Afghanistan	77%
Island nation in the Nordics	Iceland	77%
The first european country alphabetically	Albania	73%
Home to The Great Pyramids	Egypt	73%
Shaped like a boot	Italy	73%
The only country starting with Y	Yemen	73%
Formerly called East Pakistan	Bangladesh	69%
The world's most populous country	China	69%
The only country starting with the letter O	Oman	69%
The teardrop of India	Sri Lanka	69%
The land "Down Under"	Australia	65%
The largest South American country	Brazil	65%
Home to the Angkor Wat	Cambodia	65%
Prague is it's capital city	Czech Republic	65%
The smallest landlocked country in South America	Paraguay	65%
The largest country on the Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia	62%
The southernmost african country	South Africa	62%
The country where Chernobyl lies	Ukraine	62%
The last country alphabetically	Zimbabwe	62%
Landlocked country between Spain and France	Andorra	58%
Is often confused with Australia	Austria	58%
The most visited country in the Caribbean	Dominican Republic	58%
The only South American country with English as the official language	Guyana	58%
Budapest is its capital	Hungary	58%
Landlocked Southeast Asian country	Laos	58%
Completely surrounded by South Africa	Lesotho	58%
The largest island nation of Africa	Madagascar	58%
The largest country by area	Russia	58%
The largest country in northern Europe	Sweden	58%
African country with the northernmost point	Tunisia	58%
Its three official languages are Dutch, French and German	Belgium	54%
North american country that since 11 June 2022, shares a land border with Denmark	Canada	54%
Its offical languages are Greek and Turkish	Cyprus	54%
The northernmost of the three baltic countries	Estonia	54%
European country that shares a land border with Brazil	France	54%
Poor Caribbean country struck by an 7.0 earthquake in January 2010	Haiti	54%
Persian is its official language	Iran	54%
World War 2 started after this country got invaded by Germany	Poland	54%
Has the easternmost point on mainland Africa	Somalia	54%
The most visited country in Southeast Asia	Thailand	54%
Consists of seven emirates	United Arab Emirates	54%
The smallest country by area and population	Vatican City	54%
Largest african country by area	Algeria	50%
Island nation a few hundred kilometers east from Florida	Bahamas	50%
This african country is considered as the poorest in the world. Extra hint: Starts with B	Burundi	50%
The Galapagos Islands belong to this country	Ecuador	50%
The largest economy in Europe	Germany	50%
Where you can find the Taj Mahal	India	50%
Its capital city is holy to three religions	Israel	50%
The smallest country that Iraq borders	Kuwait	50%
Has the largest city of the three baltic nations	Latvia	50%
The southernmost Baltic country	Lithuania	50%
Borders Morocco in the north and Senegal in the south	Mauritania	50%
The most visited country by americans	Mexico	50%
The poorest country in Europe	Moldova	50%
City state on the French Riviera	Monaco	50%
Formerly called Burma	Myanmar	50%
Where you can find the Bran Castle (Dracula Castle)	Romania	50%
Where the music "genre" K-pop originates from	South Korea	50%
The youngest country in the world	South Sudan	50%
The largest country on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	50%
Smallest South American country by area	Suriname	50%
Borders both Kazakhstan and Iran	Turkmenistan	50%
Where Lionel Messi comes from	Argentina	46%
The largest country in the Caribbean sea by area	Cuba	46%
This country's name comes from the Portuguese word “gabao” meaning “cloak”	Gabon	46%
Home to the first major european civilization, known as the minoans (ca. 2800 BC)	Greece	46%
The only stan-country left in this quiz	Kyrgyzstan	46%
Has the southernmost capital city in Europe	Malta	46%
Former name of this country was the same as a region in northern Greece	North Macedonia	46%
Has won the most Winter Olympic medals	Norway	46%
The southernmost of the stan-countries	Pakistan	46%
The country in Oceania which is closest to the Philippines	Palau	46%
A canal was built in this country, to connect two oceans	Panama	46%
One of its largest cities, was the capital city of the Incan Empire	Peru	46%
The only asian country that was a part of the Spanish Empire	Philippines	46%
Gambias only neighbour	Senegal	46%
Its capital city lies only 55 km away from Vienna	Slovakia	46%
A narrow country between Ghana and Benin	Togo	46%
Has the most oil reserves in the world	Venezuela	46%
Where you can find the Ha Long Bay	Vietnam	46%
Island nation connected to Saudi Arabia by a bridge	Bahrain	42%
Rihanna comes from this country, starting with B	Barbados	42%
Country with the southernmost point	Chile	42%
Formerly known as Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	42%
Where the most of Mesopotamia is located	Iraq	42%
Has the most populous capital city in the world	Japan	42%
Country closest to the Hawaiian islands	Kiribati	42%
A doubly landlocked country in Europe	Liechtenstein	42%
Home to the largest lake in Central America	Nicaragua	42%
Part of Oceania, but shares a land border with an asian country	Papua New Guinea	42%
Country bordering Quintana Roo (Mexico)	Belize	38%
The only african island nation with all it's territory completely north of the Equator	Cape Verde	38%
Largest african country that is landlocked	Chad	38%
Its largest island is called Ngazidja, maybe better known as Grade Comore	Comoros	38%
The only country in Africa which has Spanish as an official language	Equatorial Guinea	38%
The smallest country in mainland Africa	Gambia	38%
Was called "Le Grenade" under French rule	Grenada	38%
Its name came from it's trade in elephant tusks	Ivory Coast	38%
Where you can find the historical city of Petra	Jordan	38%
European country that gained independence in 2008	Kosovo	38%
Country which means Black Mountain	Montenegro	38%
African country on the Strait of Gibraltar	Morocco	38%
Has the world's highest % of obese inhabitants	Nauru	38%
Westernmost country on the european mainland	Portugal	38%
FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts	Qatar	38%
The meaning of this country is "Lion Mountains"	Sierra Leone	38%
Until 2011, it was the largest country in Africa	Sudan	38%
Shares the Matterhorn with Italy	Switzerland	38%
The southernmost island nation in North America	Trinidad and Tobago	38%
Its capital city borders Lake Victoria	Uganda	38%
Winners of the 1st and 4th FIFA World Cups	Uruguay	38%
Its currency is called Vatu	Vanuatu	38%
The only european country with Capital punishment	Belarus	35%
South American country with two capital cities	Bolivia	35%
Its capital city is a common name for girls	Bulgaria	35%
In the late 18th century, Venice controlled almost the whole coastline of this Balkan country	Croatia	35%
Southeast Asian country that gained independence in 2002	East Timor	35%
Called Suomi in its native language	Finland	35%
The second largest cocoa exporter on the planet, only behind the Ivory Coast	Ghana	35%
Was formerly named French Guinea	Guinea	35%
Got invaded by El Salvador in 1969, because of a FIFA World Cup qualifying match	Honduras	35%
The emerald isle	Ireland	35%
Landlocked southern african country that has the same name as a lake it borders	Malawi	35%
The birthplace of Buddha	Nepal	35%
Has the busiest port in Europe	Netherlands	35%
The most populous african country	Nigeria	35%
Has been nicknamed "the African Galapagos" due to its high density of endemic species	Sao Tome and Principe	35%
Had the world's tallest building from 2004-2010	Taiwan	35%
Dar-es-Salaam is its largest city	Tanzania	35%
The country closest to Russia (that doesn't border it)	United States	35%
The largest african country that got colonized by Portugal	Angola	31%
Has the shortest coastline of any non-landlocked countries (excluding microstates)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31%
Has the largest elephant population worldwide	Botswana	31%
The smallest country on Borneo	Brunei	31%
Together with Panama, this country is the only non-island- or non-micronation with a standing army	Costa Rica	31%
Borders both Lake Tanganyika and the Atlantic ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31%
The most populous island nation	Indonesia	31%
Produces some of the best sprinter athletes in the world	Jamaica	31%
Home to the second largest mountain in Africa	Kenya	31%
The flattest country in the world, with an average altitude of 1.8 metres above sea level	Maldives	31%
Where the extinct Dodo birds lived	Mauritius	31%
Has the lowest population density in the world	Mongolia	31%
Has the easternmost city with a population above 1 million	New Zealand	31%
Brazzaville is its capital	Republic of the Congo	31%
The only asian city-state	Singapore	31%
Home the longest continually inhabited city in the world	Syria	31%
The most populous island nation that isn't in Asia	United Kingdom	31%
Livingstone, a city close to the Victoria Falls, is located in this country	Zambia	31%
Has its largest city on the Caspian Sea	Azerbaijan	27%
Has the highest average elevation in the world	Bhutan	27%
Nicknamed the "Land of Volcanos"	El Salvador	27%
Renamed it's capital city in 2019	Kazakhstan	27%
The only african country that never got colonized by europeans	Liberia	27%
Had the largest death toll of the Arab Spring	Libya	27%
The first country to make all public transport free to use	Luxembourg	27%
The non-island nation in Southeast Asia with the longest coastline	Malaysia	27%
Has the only national flag with a modern weapon on it	Mozambique	27%
Its calendar is based on its founder's date of birth	North Korea	27%
The first british colony in the Caribbean	Saint Kitts and Nevis	27%
The first country to be named after a woman	Saint Lucia	27%
Shifted it's time zone forward by 24 hours in December 2011	Samoa	27%
Nikola Tesla was from this country	Serbia	27%
Dushanbe is its capital	Tajikistan	27%
Formerly known as Upper Volta	Burkina Faso	23%
Has the world's lowest life expectancy	Central African Republic	23%
Zealand is its largest island	Denmark	23%
The last Caribbean island to be colonized by europeans	Dominica	23%
Africa's last absolute monarchy	Eswatini	23%
Most populous african country which is landlocked	Ethiopia	23%
"Operation Hailstone", a major US offensive against Japan took place here in World War 2	Federated States of Micronesia	23%
Where the largest accidental non-nuclear explosion (by magnitude) of the 21st century happened	Lebanon	23%
The Great Mosque of Djenne can be found in this country	Mali	23%
The word “Bikini” was borrowed from the country	Marshall Islands	23%
Has the lowest population density in Africa	Namibia	23%
Has the highest GDP per capita of any african country	Seychelles	23%
Home of the second largest ski jump in the world	Slovenia	23%
Its capital city is called Nuku’alofa	Tonga	23%
Has the same name as a bird	Turkey	23%
Samarkand is one of its largest cities	Uzbekistan	23%
The first nation that adopted Christianity as its official religion	Armenia	19%
Before 1975, this country was known as Dahomey	Benin	19%
It's national sport is Tejo, which is similar to Bowling	Colombia	19%
The lowest point in Africa is located in this country	Djibouti	19%
Its capital city is Asmara	Eritrea	19%
Home to the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere	Fiji	19%
Has the most cars per capita	San Marino	19%
The least visited country in the world	Tuvalu	19%
Nicknamed the "Land of 365 Beaches"	Antigua and Barbuda	15%
Home to Korup National Park Forest, which is the oldest forest in Africa	Cameroon	15%
Its highest peak is Tamajulco, at 4220 meters	Guatemala	15%
In 2020, this country was ranked as the least developed country in the world according to the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI)	Niger	15%
Known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"	Rwanda	15%
This country is home to the oldest botanical gardens in the Western Hemisphere	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15%
Home to the world's largest raised coral atoll	Solomon Islands	15%

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