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Countries by a Single Clue #16

Can you name the country that corresponds to each clue?
Answer must correspond to the yellow box!
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Last updated: August 10, 2024
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Clue
Country
Known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"
Japan
Where Eva Peron lived
Argentina
Located about 60 km south of Sicily
Malta
The Māori people were its original inhabitants
New Zealand
The largest lake in this Central American country has a freshwater shark population
Nicaragua
The easternmost country in the EU
Cyprus
Central Asian country called "The Graveyard of Empires"
Afghanistan
Connected via bridge to Sweden
Denmark
Known in its national language as Österreich
Austria
Cities include Kraków, Wrocław, and Łódź
Poland
Its capital, Brazzaville, is just across the river from Kinshasa
Republic of the Congo
Despite being a member of the Commonwealth of Nations,
it has its own monarch (Tupou VI)
Tonga
Fought a war in the 1860s against Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay in which as
much as 90% of the adult male population died
Paraguay
Island nation located northwest of Madagascar
Comoros
Where the steel drum, calypso music, and the limbo come from
Trinidad and Tobago
The third-smallest country in Asia (after Maldives and Singapore)
Bahrain
Its third largest city, Samarkand, was conquered by both Alexander the Great
and Genghis Khan
Uzbekistan
The government in Ouagadougou has been toppled by coups in
1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, and twice in 2022
Burkina Faso
Despite its name, this African country lies just north of the equator, not on it
Equatorial Guinea
The last country to have a tsar (1946)
Bulgaria
14 Comments
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Level 83
Aug 15, 2024
EqG has territory also south of the equator.
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Level 78
Aug 15, 2024
ooooh...that Cyprus question is gonna trigger some folks :-)
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2024
Why, the question is pretty much based on facts? If you refer to "Cyprus not in Europe" drama, I doubt anyone (except for Turkey, but that's a story for another day) questions the fact it is an EU member.
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Level 90
Aug 17, 2024
Success!
+2
Level 68
Aug 29, 2024
Reunion is further east
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Level 75
Aug 16, 2024
Who's Eva Peron?
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2024
Evita, as portrayed by Madonna and Elaine Paige.
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Level 80
Aug 28, 2024
google.com
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Level 86
Aug 16, 2024
Wikipedia: "The Svinesund Bridge is a through arch bridge crossing Iddefjord at Svinesund, and joining Sweden and Norway."
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Level 76
Aug 18, 2024
Yes, here is the Sweden-Norway bridge. Sweden is also connected to Finland by this bridge connecting Övertorneå and Aavasaksa.
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Level 69
Dec 14, 2024
Swedens probably also connected to Sweden via some bridges as well
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Level 71
Aug 29, 2024
Got Bulgaria at the last second, interesting to know. Missed Tonga and Trinidad
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Level 53
Dec 9, 2024
Didn't Maori people migrate from Polynesia to New Zealand? I think the original people were the Moa people.
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Level 69
Dec 14, 2024
The moa were birds