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Two Truths and a Lie - Geography Edition

For each question you will see three statements relating to geography. But beware! Two are true, but one of them is lying! Correctly identify each incorrect statement.
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1. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Brasilia is Brazil's capital

A cowboy from Argentina is called a gaucho

The capital of Sudan is Khartoum

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Brazil

2. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Corsica is a French possession

The island of Corsica belongs to Italy

Azerbaijan is on the Caspian Sea

The Nile River Delta is in Egypt

3. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
This is Laos's real flag: , the other was Cambodia's

This is the flag of Laos:

This is the flag of Suriname:

This is the flag of Mongolia:

4. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Edinburgh's is Scotland's capital. Glasgow is the biggest city.

Glasgow is the capital of Scotland

Cleveland, Ohio is north of New York City

The Philippines gained independence from the United States

5. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Machu Piccchu is near Cusco, Peru

The ruins of Machu Picchu are in Brazil

This is the flag of Iceland:

Dresden is the capital of Germany's Saxony region

6. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Jordan and Iraq lie between the two

Syria borders Saudi Arabia

Senegal borders Mali

India borders Myanmar

7. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Chile and Argentina are farther south

South Sudan is the worlds newest nation (according to JetPunk)

Kobe, Japan is known for its beef

Australia is the world's southernmost country

8. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Everest is on the China-Nepal border

Seattle is not the capital of Washington

Mount Everest is entirely in China

Japan has four main islands

9. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Shenyang is in China

The city of Shenyang is in South Korea

The Mississippi River Delta is in Louisiana

Namibia got its independence from South Africa

10. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Trick question! Astana changed its name to Nur-Sultan in 2019

Chewing gum is banned in Singapore

Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan

The countries with these two flags border one another:

11. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Stockholm hosted the Summer Olympics in 1912

Romanian is a romance language

Andorra is co-ruled by the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France

Stockholm has never hosted the Olympic Games

12. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
The Tropic of Cancer is actually about 23.5° North

Tropic of Cancer lies at about 18.7° North

Venezuela is not on the Equator

Mali is on the Prime Meridian

13. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.

Luxembourg is the world's last Grand Duchy

Nepal is a communist country

Calgary is the capital of Alberta

14. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
Baghdad is about 120 kilometers, or 75 miles away

Baghdad, Iraq is on the Iranian border

Someone from Cyprus is called a Cypriot

The Orange River has its source in Lesotho

15. Correctly identify the incorrect statement.
The University of Bologna is the oldest, est. 1088

Oxford is the world's oldest university

Indonesia's currency is the Rupiah

Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were once united under the Kalmar Union

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12 Comments
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Level 92
Sep 29, 2020
If you want to get technical with the Astana question, it would help if the other option wasn't also technically wrong. Liberia wasn't founded by former slaves, it was organised and founded by the American Colonization Society which was led by white people.
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Level 78
Jan 15, 2021
I replaced the Liberia option
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Level 91
Jan 15, 2021
Question 7 has two incorrect answers. I can guess what you were going for, but Sudan is not the world's newest nation.
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Level 78
Jan 15, 2021
Sorry I accidentally left out the South
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Level 52
Jan 15, 2021
nominated!
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Level 73
Jan 17, 2021
Great quiz!
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Level 80
Mar 7, 2021
Nominated

However, on question 15, the Indonesian currency should be Rupiah, no 'y'. I went for that one as the wrong one the first time.

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Level 80
May 13, 2021
Good quiz and interesting concept.

10 has two technically incorrect answers, since chewing gun as such is not banned in Singapore, only selling it. Regarding 13, Nepal is a complicated case. It seems that it is governed by a Communist party, however within the framework of a more or less functioning democracy with multiple ideologically different parties, separation of powers, etc. At least that's what I gather from Wikipedia.

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Level 27
Jul 12, 2021
Since when is Nepal communist?
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Level 63
Nov 7, 2023
Astana is the capital of kazakhstan
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Level 63
Nov 7, 2023
Nepal isnt communist
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Level 56
May 29, 2024
Nur-Sultan changed it's name back to Astana now