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One hint for each country, can you name them all? This took a very long time, and I would appreciate support. Thank you!
The 196 Countries on the Countries of the World Quiz
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Used to have bombs placed under most bridges and in tunnels leading into the country
Switzerland
The land down under
Australia
Invaded Armenia in 2022
Azerbaijan
Had a bear among its army ranks in WW2
Poland
Many of its churches have two clocks, one of them purposefully wrong
Malta
Translates to "Rich Coast" in Spanish
Costa Rica
Has a large Igbo population
Nigeria
Surpassed China to become the world's most populous country in 2023
India
Has the longest coast on the Mediterranean sea
Greece
Home to the La Soufrière volcano
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The only grand duchy remaining
Luxembourg
Known as Africa's North Korea
Eritrea
Also known as Kirghizia
Kyrgyzstan
Home to the second highest mountain, K2
Pakistan
Formerly Siam
Thailand
Last country to have a ATM
Tuvalu
Was an ancient empire centered around Timbuktu
Mali
The smallest German-speaking state
Liechtenstein
It connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans with a canal
Panama
Only country to start with O
Oman
Has a flag very similar to Qatar
Bahrain
Known as the graveyard of empires
Afghanistan
Only country that majority speaks Catalan
Andorra
The white on this country's flag represents mothers milk
Serbia
Has a breakaway state called Transnistria
Moldova
Only French colony that resisted the allies in WW2
Gabon
European country with the most immigrants
Germany
Has a cave with 1.4 billion pounds of cheese
United States
Borders every -stan country besides Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Invaded by Iraq in 1990
Kuwait
Shares a name with a former Muslim country in Southern Spain
Grenada
The national dish of this country is Adobo
Philippines
Its capital is Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central Asian country with a harsh dictatorship
Turkmenistan
Its capital is Lomé
Togo
Had an underwater cabinet meeting
Maldives
Divided between an independent faction, a Turkish faction, the UK and the U.N
Cyprus
Formerly led by Muammar Gaddafi
Libya
First country to host and win the world cup
Uruguay
Claims Western Sahara
Morocco
Center of the Mayan civilization
Guatemala
Its biggest city was formerly Rangoon
Myanmar
Has the longest coastline in the world
Canada
Center of the Inca empire
Peru
Disputes the Falkland Islands with the UK
Argentina
Has the most elephants
Botswana
Its capital is only 7.3km from Kinshasa
Republic of the Congo
Has many military bases from 8 different countries
Djibouti
Its capital was founded by Romulus and Remus
Italy
Known as the Breadbasket of Europe
Ukraine
Petra can be found here
Jordan
Has the city of Mombasa
Kenya
Composed of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia
Romania
Only country in central America that doesn't mainly speak Spanish
Belize
Country that shares Mt. Everest with China
Nepal
Printed a 100 trillion dollar bill
Zimbabwe
Has a interior Republic with many ethnic Serbians
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country with the most Muslims
Indonesia
Contains Northern Tyrol
Austria
Its modern territory held the city of Carthage
Tunisia
Added the Capital name to another nearby country's name
Guinea-Bissau
Country on its fifth republic
France
Used to be known as the New Hebrides
Vanuatu
Fought the Soviets in the winter war
Finland
Borders 8 countries with 6 different alphabets
Turkey
Largest country in the world
Russia
Country with a predominant dragon on its flag
Bhutan
Has the flag with the most purple
Dominica
Highest HDI country in Africa
Seychelles
Has been embargoed by the U.S since 1960
Cuba
Has three capitals
South Africa
Where Rihanna was born
Barbados
Has the highest inflation rate in the world
Venezuela
Birthplace of Joseph Stalin
Georgia
The only country to have been nuked during wartime
Japan
Island Country 11km from Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago
Changed its name by adding "North" in 2019
North Macedonia
Owns the majority of the Ulster region
United Kingdom
Only country with a modern firearm on its flag
Mozambique
The most bombed country in the world
Laos
Southernmost Muslim majority country
Comoros
Contains the largest salt flat in the world
Bolivia
Shares its name with a lake that also takes up 20% of its area
Malawi
Contains the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang
China
Is completely based around an West African river
Gambia
Its capital is roughly 50 km from Vienna
Slovakia
Its building a city called "The Line"
Saudi Arabia
Place of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas
Dominican Republic
Despite being yellow, the circle on this country's flag represents the moon
Palau
Home to Samsung and LG
South Korea
Banned chewing gum
Singapore
Changed its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega in 2019
Burundi
Oceanic country never colonized (but was a protected state)
Tonga
First Yugoslav country to declare independence
Slovenia
Contains the Chutes de Boali or Boali waterfalls
Central African Republic
Fought El Salvador in a war over a football (soccer) game
Honduras
Gained independence from South Africa
Namibia
Was formerly in a Commonwealth with Poland
Lithuania
Its demonym is Gilbertese
Kiribati
Changed its name from Swaziland 2018
Eswatini
Its capital is named after a foreign president
Liberia
Gained independence from Indonesia
East Timor
Birthplace of Boba tea
Taiwan
First French African colony to become independent
Guinea
Composed of Bohemia and Moravia
Czechia
Country that hosted the 2022 world cup
Qatar
Its leader is Aleksandr Lukashenko
Belarus
Incorrectly translated "land of the Moors"
Mauritania
Home of the Kiwi bird and Māori people
New Zealand
Where Goulash originated
Hungary
Has a statue of Bill Clinton
Kosovo
It shares its name with a American territory in the Pacific
Samoa
Absorbed by Italy in 1939
Albania
Lost most of its male population in the war of the triple alliance
Paraguay
Formed by the unification of Aragon and Castile
Spain
Was divided by the Italians and British in colonial times
Somalia
Home to the world's driest desert, the Atacama
Chile
The government genocided many groups, including people with glasses, from 1975 to 1979
Cambodia
Kicked a city out of the country, forcing independence on them
Malaysia
Formerly Dahomey
Benin
Oceanic country with a significant Indian population (about 40%)
Fiji
Its cities include Cali and Barranquilla
Colombia
India's teardrop
Sri Lanka
The least population dense country
Mongolia
Its exclave of Cabinda accounts for 60% of its oil
Angola
Named after Saint Thomas
São Tomé and Príncipe
Home to the city of Qom
Iran
Owns the Azores and Madeira
Portugal
Its capital is Niamey
Niger
Contains most of Dalmatia
Croatia
Formerly Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Has the world's largest prison
El Salvador
Former Portuguese island country West of Senegal
Cape Verde
Fought the UK in the cod wars
Iceland
Hosts the Houthi rebels
Yemen
Wrongfully called Holland
Netherlands
The first civilization in Africa
Egypt
Owns Southern Dobruja
Bulgaria
Last country to leave the Soviet union
Kazakhstan
Its capital means "Monday" in Persian
Tajikistan
Longest coastline in Europe
Norway
Owns the Faroe islands
Denmark
Country with the island of Bioko
Equatorial Guinea
Only majority Jewish country
Israel
The Lucayan archipelago is mostly composed of this country
Bahamas
Has the most spoken languages out of any country
Papua New Guinea
Brutally ruled by King Leopold personally
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country that contains the Ganges river delta
Bangladesh
Only country named for a woman
Saint Lucia
The oldest republic
San Marino
Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet and flow into the Persian gulf
Iraq
Durings WW1, its cities of Ypres and Leuven were mostly destroyed
Belgium
Only country in the Americas that speaks Dutch
Suriname
Least populated country in Oceania
Nauru
Two-Thirds of this country are claimed by Venezuela
Guyana
Named after a Biblical king
Solomon Islands
Formerly the Gold coast
Ghana
The newest independent country
South Sudan
African country that mostly resisted colonization
Ethiopia
Has the only capital beginning with Q
Ecuador
Contains the Islands of Yap, Weno and Falalop
Federated States of Micronesia
Suffered an explosion in its capital in 2020 due to a fireworks factory
Lebanon
Named after a historically important export
Ivory Coast
Pacific Island Country that the U.S tested nukes on
Marshall Islands
Named after the Zambezi river
Zambia
6th Nordic country?
Estonia
The largest African country before 2011
Sudan
Has a dispute with the UK over the British Indian ocean territory.
Mauritius
Formed from Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania
Made up of 7 emirates
United Arab Emirates
African country that speaks an Austronesian language
Madagascar
African country with the most world cup appearances
Cameroon
Birthplace of whiskey
Ireland
Once ruled by Idi Amin
Uganda
Has the most Islands in the world
Sweden
Its name means "Lion Mountains" in Portugese
Sierra Leone
The only country with no red, white or blue on its flag
Jamaica
Has the most populated city in North America
Mexico
Used to be ruled by François "Papa Doc" Duvalier
Haiti
Biggest country in Africa
Algeria
Most recent country to change its flag
Syria
Microstate on the French Riviera
Monaco
Contains the biggest lake in Central America
Nicaragua
Named after a rapidly drying up African lake
Chad
Known as the hermit kingdom
North Korea
Largest country completely surrounded by another
Lesotho
Its leader resides in the largest palace in the world
Brunei
Uses the Dong as a currency
Vietnam
Its highest peak is called Mt.Obama (or boggy peak)
Antigua and Barbuda
Carried out a genocide on the Tutsi
Rwanda
Was a victim of an Ottoman Genocide, resulting in about 1.5 million casualties
Armenia
Also known as the Holy See
Vatican City
Its name means "Black mountain" in Spanish
Montenegro
Contains the most populated city in the Baltic states
Latvia
Biggest South American country
Brazil
Almost completely surrounds the Gambia
Senegal
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4 Comments
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Level 73
Oct 18, 2025
The most bombed country 'per capita' in the world?

+Isn't Ireland also named after a woman?

+Isn't Tonga the most obese country now?

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Level 74
Oct 18, 2025
1. This is measured by the amount of ordnance dropped on a country divided by the population. (I included "per capita" to help with the fact that it isn't a large country that fits the criteria)

2. The name Ireland comes from the Irish name for the country "Éire" meaning "land" (So technically Ireland means Landland)

3. Yes it is, apologies for the outdated data, it has been fixed.

Thank you for pointing these out.

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Level 78
Oct 18, 2025
There are a couple of instances where "It's" should be "Its" (in the clues for Liberia, Togo, Myanmar, Republic of the Congo, Italy, Angola, Kiribati, Belarus, Niger, Tajikistan, Brunei and Montenegro).

Also, the clue for Panama says "Its connects" which should be "It connects".

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Level 89
Oct 20, 2025
Kuwait was invaded by Iraq in 2003?