Countries by trivia

Four successive presidents resigned over just two weeks during a financial crisis in 2001

Both this country and its northern neighbour claim sovereignty over the Halaib triangle, but neither country wants sovereignty of the neighbouring Bir-Tawil triangle

Inexplicably gives its name to a species of rodent native to the Andes

The Akan people of this country often name their children after the day of the week on which they were born

Ruled for thousands of years by a monarchy which enthusiastically built pyramids and obelisks

The northernmost penguins in the world are found here

Both this country and the country that it shares a border with are named after rivers

Cohiba and Montecristo are two brands of one of its most famous products

The most recent country to change its capital, doing so in 2019

Founded by freed former slaves from the United States

Visiting for up to six months requires no visa, unless you are from a nearby country which has its first eight letters in common with this one

Ruled by a junta known as the SLORC from 1988 to 1997

In the Ewe language, its name means "behind the river"

Most hamsters sold as pets today descend from a litter captured in a wheat field in this country in 1930

Erta Ale volcano in its Afar Region has had an active lava lake for more than 100 years

In 1884, an absolute legend from this country discovered that if you force water at 88°C through 7g of ground coffee at a pressure of 130 pounds per square inch, you get a tiny cup of magic

The most generically-named of all countries

Administered as two largely separate entities, neither of which corresponds to the two regions in the country's name

In Greek, Arabic and Turkish, the word for "orange" (the fruit) is the same as this country

The home of voodoo