Countries by trivia

Leased a large area of forest to the Peoples Temple cult, which massacred 900 of its members in 1978

Its English name comes from the Venetian language. In its own language, it is called Crna Gora

Home to 6,600 Akhal-Teke horses, renowned for their speed, endurance, and gold-coloured coats

The largest landlocked country in the world

The most recent amendment to its constitution was ratified in 1992, 202 years after it was proposed

Invented democracy

This island nation lies 350 miles west of the geographical feature that it is named after

Its parliament has 61% female members, the highest of any country

The singer Rodriguez became extremely popular here in the 1970s, but was unaware of his fame until the late 1990s.

Its name is 90 per cent consonants

Women in this country often wear bowler hats

The people of this nation, which occupies one of the largest islands on Earth, descend from emigrants from an even larger island some 5,000 miles away

Since it became independent in 1974, only one president of this country has served a full five-year term

Has the only flag in the world that has no red, white or blue on it

Shares its etymology with a district of West London which has several canals

The town of Shibam Hadramawt, with its mud-brick buildings up to 30m tall, is known as the Manhattan of the Desert

Known as the Graveyard of Empires

Elephants go deep underground in search of salt-rich rocks in mountainous regions of this country

Founded by freed former slaves from the United States

The only member state of the European Union which is in Asia