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Facts... Or Are They?

Those are some nice facts down there. Wait a minute, they aren't correct! Looks like it's your job to make them right. Can you make these sentences speak the truth?
For each sentence, change the last word to fit the context.
Just enter the word, don't retype the whole sentence.
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The most populated nation on Earth is China.
India, not China.
The largest nation in Africa is Russia.
Algeria, not Russia.
The largest island in the world is Madagascar.
Greenland, not Madagascar.
The world's largest producer of cocoa is Brazil.
Ivory Coast, not Brazil.
The first element on the periodic table is Helium.
Hydrogen, not Helium.
The smallest string instrument is the Viola.
Violin, not Viola.
The smallest territory in Canada is Nunavut.
Yukon, not Nunavut.
The nation that spans the most time zones in the world is Russia.
France, not Russia.
The capital of Australia is Sydney.
Canberra, not Sydney.
The Galapagos islands are found in Argentina.
Ecuador, not Argentina.
The nation with the most Pyramids is Egypt.
Sudan, not Egypt.
The largest landlocked nation is Mongolia.
Kazakhstan, not Mongolia.
France’s longest border is with Spain.
Brazil, not Spain.
The nation to have most recently gained independence is Montenegro.
South Sudan, not Montenegro.
The least populated U.S. state is Vermont.
Wyoming, not Vermont.
The sixth smallest nation in the world is Nauru.
San Marino, not Nauru.
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21 Comments
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Apr 25, 2023
This is a good idea but I have two gripes with this:

1. India is going to surpass China in population probably within the next month so that statement should be changed.

2. How do I know what word should be changed? For example, for the Nunavut question, I could change Nunavut to Yukon--OR, I could change smallest to largest, and it would still make sense. Maybe add a caveat that the words that need to be changed are all proper nouns/countries, or something along those lines.

AllOfSanMarino
+1
Level 68
Apr 25, 2023
1. I will change it when it happens, so keep me notified, and

2. Thanks for the suggestion, it has since been implemented.

maur85
+3
Level 73
Apr 25, 2023
As of yesterday, statement number one IS a fact.
tshalla
+3
Level 78
Apr 25, 2023
Tried Cote d'Ivoire, was surprised it wasn't the answer. Tried Ghana. Then tried random stuff. Then gave up.
Lilylee
+1
Level 79
Apr 25, 2023
As did I.
AllOfSanMarino
+1
Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
added the type-in.
Lemondance
+3
Level 68
Apr 25, 2023
I agree with JWatson24 that the concept of the quiz is a little too loose at the moment. As another example, you could replace "cocoa" with something like "coffee" and get a true fact: The world's largest producer of coffee is Brazil. Also, some of these require changing multiple words, not just one ("The United States", "New Guinea"). Maybe you could restructure the questions so that the very last word is the one that needs changed in every question? Or they could be underlined? The alternative is writing questions where there is really only one word that can be changed to make a fact but that sounds pretty difficult to create...
nichster
+3
Level 57
Apr 25, 2023
With the whole India China situation, you can't tell which country actually has more people unless you counted the almost 3 billion people in those countries. I would change it to something else entirely.
PotatoBoy
+2
Level 66
Apr 25, 2023
It says one word away from being correct. What if you don't need to replace a word? I could just add "not" to all of these and ace the quiz.

Jokes aside, you should really add some better explanation on what kind of answer the quiz aims for, it took me a while to get the first answer right, because I was trying a lot of different words that would make the sentence correct.

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Apr 30, 2023
I tried "was" for the first one.
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 66
Apr 25, 2023
Yukon is the smallest territory?

Edit: Territory not province. My bad. Should probably change that question though, it’s really confusing.

AllOfSanMarino
+2
Level 68
Apr 25, 2023
I understand the confusion, but I think it's best to have a more difficult question.
Deuteronomius
+1
Level 69
Sep 15, 2025
I disagree there, hard questions are good, confusing questions arent. People from outside Canada dont really know about the distinction from Province and Territory
Dimby
+3
Level 83
Apr 25, 2023
Yeah, I tried “Russians” to replace “Time Zones” and it didn’t work! Seriously, though, I think the quiz is generally pretty straightforward for what it is going for. Otherwise you might as well just ask, “What’s the most populous country in the world?” rather than giving it in the guise of a fact. So good job!
AllOfSanMarino
+2
Level 68
Apr 25, 2023
I tried creating a fun concept, but it seems I failed in the end. Won't stop me from trying to fix it!
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Apr 25, 2023
I think it worked OK. It’s not so much to ask that quiz takers do a little trial and error.
postwaste
+2
Level 88
Apr 25, 2023
I thought it was a good puzzle. The only thing is, in the instructions, it says one noun off from being correct. I think numbers are adjectives.

But this is a good idea for a quiz.

AllOfSanMarino
+2
Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
That's my bad, the question has since been replaced.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Apr 30, 2023
A bit of critique: I would try to steer away from having two Russias and South Sudan shouldn't be accepted for Sudan. As it is, I was able to get a few two-in-ones. Another way to fix this would be adding yellow box.

Australia could be replaced with New South Wales.

Fun quiz idea!

AllOfSanMarino
+1
Level 68
Oct 9, 2023
I've since changed the way some answers work, and I think Australia is fine as is, though I appreciate the suggestion.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Dec 12, 2023
https://discord.gg/7vw5J9mN (the jp group has reached 1k comments
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