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Greenland, Iceland or Norway

Name the corresponding "country".
Just for the record, I am aware that Greenland is not a country.
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1. Is the largest.
Greenland has an area of 2,17 million km².
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
2. Has the highest HDI.
Norway has a HDI of 0.953, Iceland has 0.935 and Greenland has 0.839.
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
3. Ingólfr Arnarson founded this country's capital.
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
4. Has the least public debt.
Greenland has $5,437 public debt per capita as to Iceland and Norway, who botz have more than $20,000.
Greenland
Norway
Greenland and Iceland both have no public debt
Iceland
5. Has the highest GDP (PPP) per capita.
Norway is fourth in the world ranking with more than $74,000 per capita.
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
6. Their flags are opposites.
Greenland and Iceland
None
Greenland and Norway
Iceland and Norway
7. The capital has several different vowels.
Reykjavik - 3, Nuuk and Oslo - 1
Iceland
Norway
Greenland
None
8. It's capital is also known as Godthåb.
This is the Danish name for Nuuk.
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
9. Borders the Atlantic Ocean.
Good job you answered the trivial question correctly.
Norway
Iceland
Greenland
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10. Is known for its extremely high percentage of people being organized in trade unions.
90% of Iceland's jobholders are organized in unions.
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
11. Is in the EU.
Greenland was only a member from 1973 to 1986. The other two should have joined in 2004 but changed their mind.
None
Iceland
Greenland
Norway
12. Is not in Europe.
Greenland is on the North American Plate, therefore part of North America. q.e.d.
They are all in Europe
Iceland
Norway
Greenland
13. Electricity is so cheap, that people there often don't turn off the light in rooms they don't use for days.
Source
Electricity isn't that cheap anywhere
Iceland
Norway
Greenland
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6 Comments
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Level 61
Sep 1, 2019
Do you have a source for the last one?
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Level 77
Sep 1, 2019
The German Wikipedia article on Norway https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegen#Energie
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Level 77
Sep 1, 2019
I put the source in the explanation too
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Level 71
Sep 1, 2019
Malta is on the African plate, does that make it African? :-)
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Level 77
Sep 1, 2019
If I were to decide this, yes, but most people say Malta is part of Europe, unlike Greenland, which most people and Wikipedia count as North America.
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Level 43
Sep 15, 2024
Greenland sometimes is considered North American, sometimes European, but I put the first anyway.

Also, about the electricity, I have heard the same about Iceland.