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1. West African national capitals
The de jure capital of Ivory Coast was moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983.
Nouakchott
Abidjan
Conakry
Accra
2. Canadian provincial capitals
The capital of Québec is... Québec. Not Montréal.
Victoria
Charlottetown
Montréal
Toronto
3. Emirates of the UAE
Falaj al Mualla is an oasis region in the emirate of Umm al Quwain.
Ras al Khaimah
Umm al Quwain
Sharjah
Falaj al Mualla
4. Five largest islands in the world
Sumatra is the 6th-largest. In addition to Greenland, Madagascar and Baffin, the top 5 is rounded out by New Guinea and Borneo.
Greenland
Madagascar
Baffin
Sumatra
5. Official languages of South Africa
Koisan is a language family spoken mostly in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Sotho
Ndebele
Tswana
Koisan
6. Countries whose national flag contains a cross
Tuvalu
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Malta
7. Rivers in China
The Changja river is entirely within North Korea, and ends at the Chinese border where it meets the Yalu. The Lancang starts in China, and the Amur forms the border with Russia.
Mekong-Lancang
Changja
Yellow
Amur
8. South Pacific countries with more than one inhabited island
Vanuatu
Nauru
Samoa
Palau
9. Asian countries containing a point at over 24,000' (7,315m) of elevation
The highest point in Kazakhstan is Khan Tengri, at 22,999' (7,010m).
Kazakhstan
Bhutan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
10. European Highways ("E-Roads") that stretch from the Atlantic Ocean* into Russia.
* counting the English Channel as part of the Atlantic Ocean. This includes E-Roads that go past Russia, e.g.: continuing into the Caucasus.
E70 runs from A Coruña Spain, to Poti Georgia, by running through the Balkan peninsula and Turkey, south of the Black Sea. It bypasses Russia entirely.
E70
E20
E50
E40
11. US states with fewer than 1 million people (as of the July 2021 US Census)
Montana had 1,084,000 people; Delaware only had 990,000.
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Delaware
12. Countries whose largest city is NOT the capital (according to the most recent figures on citypopulation.de)
The largest city in Bolivia is Santa Cruz, in Bosnia/Herzegovina is Sarajevo, in Nigeria is Lagos, and in Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam
Bolivia
Nigeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
13. Countries that Bhutan does NOT have formal diplomatic relations with
Bhutan's policy of neutrality means they refuse to hold diplomatic relations with any of the UN Security Council permanent members: the USA, UK, France, China or Russia.
China
USA
France
Israel
14. National Dishes that typically contain fish (or other seafood)
Panama's Sancocho is a stew made from chicken, root vegetables (yams and/or cassava) and herbs. Thieboudienne is fish cooked in broken rice, Tom Yam Kung is a prawn soup, and Hákarl is fermented shark.)
Hákarl from Iceland
Thieboudienne from Senegal
Sancocho de Gallina from Panama
Tom Yam Kung from Thailand
15. Deserts in South America
The Monegros Desert is in Spain not South America. It plays host to an eponymous electronic music festival every summer.
Monegros Desert
La Guajira Desert
Patagonia Desert
Atacama Desert
16. Capitals of the Holy Roman Empire
While the HRE did not have an official, permanent de jure capital, many cities served this function as the seat of the emperor and, in later years, home of the Reichstag. These included Nuremberg, Prague, Vienna, Frankfurt, Aachen, Palermo, Innsbruck and others. Berlin was never associated in any way with being a capital of the HRE.