Kazakhstan Country Quiz

What do you know about this "stan" country with an unspellable name? Try to guess these facts about the country of Kazakhstan.

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First submitted	November 22, 2014
Times taken	36,185
Average score	70.0%
Rating	4.74

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Hint	Answer
Capital of Kazakhstan	Astana
Name of that capital from 2019–2022	Nur-Sultan
Most populous city	Almaty
Most-practiced religion	Islam
Most important export	Oil
Khan who conquered the region in the 1200s	Genghis Khan
Bird depicted on the flag, traditionally used for hunting	Golden eagle
Country from which Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991	Soviet Union
Kazakhstan borders this inland sea, the world's largest	Caspian Sea
Once the world's second largest inland sea, now almost entirely evaporated	Aral Sea
15th largest lake in the world, parts freshwater and part saline	Lake Balkhash
Kazakhstan is the world's largest producer of this element, atomic number 92	Uranium
Eurasian grassland biome which covers much of Kazakhstan	Steppe
Holiday celebrated on January 7	Christmas
Animal that some believe was first domesticated in the region	Horse
Fruit which originated in the Kazakhstan area	Apple
The Baikonur Cosmodrome, currently leased to Russia, is the world's largest...	Spaceport
Ancient trade route that passed through Kazakhstan	Silk Road
Kazakhstan comes within 40 km of bordering this country, but doesn't border it	Mongolia
The Kazakh language is part of this language family	Turkic

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57 Comments

Level 78

May 16, 2020

Akmola was also a former name of Nur-sultan

Level 70

Apr 8, 2021

akmola is a region. i think it was the inspiration for the name but could be wrong?

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Level 55

Apr 16, 2021

Actually, the city has changed its name four times in the last sixty years! In 1961, it was named Akmolinsk. Then the name was changed to Tselinograd (hence the IATA airport code TSE, valid until 2020), then to Akmola, to Astana, and finally to Nur-Sultan. I bet we're going to see another change in our lifetime.

+16

Level 72

Feb 17, 2023

And we're back to Astana.

Level 61

Nov 11, 2022

This aged well

Level 78

Nov 25, 2022

Yep, took less time than I expected

Level 55

May 17, 2020

Can you add more names for Genghis Khan? I tried Dengis, Djengis, Dzjengis and then Kublai and then thought: must've been another Khan then...

+20

Level 62

Jun 16, 2020

I've never seen any of those names in English before. He's fairly universally known as Genghis.

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Level 66

Aug 11, 2020

It's spelled Chinggis everywhere in Central Asia (and by many historians), that should at least be added.

+12

Level 74

Sep 3, 2020

That's not universal at all. For example in Sweden he's known as Djingis Khan.

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Level 80

Sep 3, 2020

It makes sense to accept alternative spellings of words that are originally not in the latin alphabet.

Level 76

May 23, 2020

Great selection of questions! If you would have told me I could answer 15 questions about Kazakhstan correctly I would be laughing haha, I would think I would get 2, its capital and how it is spelled.

(I would have gotten 16, cause I new what was meant in the last question, I just could not come up with the (english) word space, sky and star was the closest thing my mind could make of it haha)

Missed the export, holiday, and the 2 remaining city questions

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Level 91

Jul 22, 2020

Kazakhstan has a great flag, striking design and colors. It's one of the few I always know on flag quizzes.

Level 79

Sep 3, 2020

we worship the hawk

Level 32

Dec 9, 2020

Indeed my comrade. Indeed.

Level 55

Sep 20, 2022

RIP

Level 71

Mar 1, 2021

Absolutely love their flag. I think it's my favorite.

Level 93

Sep 3, 2020

Wow. Christmas was a total guess. Never knew about that.

Level 63

Sep 3, 2020

Orthodox Christmas*

Level 80

Sep 3, 2020

*Eastern Orthodox Christmas, in certain jurisdictions

Level 46

Jan 27, 2021

Yes, according to Julian calendar.

Level 20

Sep 3, 2020

I don't follow the name of Nur Sultan as well. Most people still call it Astana and some people do follow it, which is OK. But also, people don't, like said.

Level 70

Sep 3, 2020

Officialy it is Nur-Sultan and that is what counted.

Level 63

Sep 3, 2020

Even though the official name changed to Nur-Sultan, I quite like the previous name Astana. It has a nice ring to it.

Level 66

Mar 21, 2021

Astana is more guessed than Nur-Sultan, so I can only assume many people on Jetpunk don't know about the name change.

Level 45

Sep 3, 2020

17/20 Wow! I didn't expect to know so much about Kazakhstan! I thought I was gonna get lower! XD

Level 73

Sep 3, 2020

No question about apples? okay.

Level ∞

Apr 17, 2026

Added

Level 48

Sep 4, 2020

My wife!

Level 70

Apr 28, 2021

question 13 kazakhstan is misspelled

Level 71

Jun 22, 2021

It seems kind of weird saying that Kazakhstan gained independence from the Soviet Union, when they were the last ones to leave.

Level 95

Apr 17, 2026

There were many other Soviet republics who wanted to cecede, but were in the end unable to achieve this. Chechnya springs to mind, but there are others

Level 51

Jun 29, 2022

Great quiz, I got 20 out of 20. I did not expect that.

Level 51

Aug 18, 2022

Kazakhstan is unspellable? You mean Kirgistan, or Kyrgstan, or Kyrgyzstan, whatever it is. :P

Level 81

Nov 4, 2022

I had no idea they changed the name back.

Level 63

Feb 15, 2023

20/20 Didn't know "Nur Sultan" is no longer the Capital. Long live Astana.

Level 79

Apr 18, 2023

Missed Aral, Almaty, and Steppe

Level 47

Apr 28, 2023

I feel like the description should have been used in the kyrgyzstan quiz,lol

Level 44

Jul 12, 2023

I love Kazakhstan. I spent some time there a few years back and I miss it a lot. Be prepared for almost no one to know english if you go though, lol.

Level 86

Dec 13, 2023

Tenge (currency) would make more sense than Orthodox Christmas

Level 37

Feb 17, 2025

I'm from Kazakhstan and got 100% first try

Level 67

Apr 17, 2026

Wonder why

Level 86

Apr 17, 2026

It's usually Balkhash (from Russian spelling), or Balqash directly from Kazakh. Balkhash is rarely if ever used

Level ∞

Apr 17, 2026

Fixed

Level 71

Apr 17, 2026

This quiz has a mistake, their most important export is obviously potassium /s

For real though, nice job making a quiz that doesn't have to lean on Borat for a question. Kazakhstan seems like a pretty incredible country and I can get why the constant association ruffles some feathers there.

Level 71

Apr 18, 2026

"Hiiiigh fiiiive" to everyone who typed potassium just for fun!

Level 79

Apr 17, 2026

Good luck to those competing 5 years from now when Kazakhstan inevitably changes the name of the capital city again

Level 66

Apr 23, 2026

One of the few I got 100% for no reason

Level 74

Apr 23, 2026

Actually, Kazakhstan was the last nation in the USSR and left after Russia, so I am not sure it gained its independence from the USSR over just granted it to itself.

Level 28

Apr 23, 2026

USSR and soviet government technically (and barely) existed up until december 26, 1991. Kazakhstan gained independence december 16. Kazakhstan didn't become the USSR itself, since the government center was still in Moscow. Kazakhstan was just a Soviet Republic that was the last to decede.

Level 72

Apr 23, 2026

What about Turkish instead of Turkic for language?

Level 27

Apr 23, 2026

I think that Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey, whereas Turkic refers to the whole language family including Kazakh. Or at least that’s how it works in English.

Level 56

Apr 25, 2026

Turkish and Turkic are not the same thing though. Turkic is the whole family of languages, one of which is Turkish. It would be like you referring to the likes of Italian and Spanish (and all Romance/Latinate languages) as Romanian.

Level 27

Apr 23, 2026

Minor quibble, but the closest point from Kazakhstan to Tajikistan is also around 40 km (44.1 km using a map distance calculator with manual points). Maybe accept Tajikistan also?

Admittedly Mongolia is much more obvious, given how messy the borders near Fergana Valley are, but numerically Tajikistan should also be an answer in my humble opinion.

Level 72

Apr 29, 2026

Distance from Kazakhstan to Mongolia seems to be about 37.5 km, so it is a little closer than it is to Tajikistan.

Level 36

Apr 24, 2026

Should accept 'Orthodox Christmas'

Level 44

Apr 27, 2026

Why wasn't Potassium listed? Kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium, all other countries have inferior potassium