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Countries by Three Words #2

Can you guess each country based on three one-word clues?
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First submittedSeptember 8, 2012
Times taken186,599
Average score81.8%
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Clues
Country
Panda, Jade, Mandarin
China
Baguette, Beret, Bordeaux
France
Boomerang, Billabong, Brisbane
Australia
Cigars, Mojito, Camagüey
Cuba
Mecca, Bedouins, Aramco
Saudi Arabia
Goulash, Magyar, Balaton
Hungary
Kibbutz, Knesset, Negev
Israel
Ayatollah, Farsi, Zoroaster
Iran
Igbo, Abuja, Nollywood
Nigeria
Flanders, Trappists, Waffles
Belgium
Tết, Phở, Nguyễn
Vietnam
Clues
Country
Samba, Carnaval, Pelé
Brazil
Jutland, Hamlet, Legoland
Denmark
Gymnastics, Vampires, Ceausescu
Romania
Ottomans, Bosphorus, Cappadocia
Turkey
Trujillo, Hispaniola, Baseball
Dominican Republic
Himalayas, Sherpas, Kathmandu
Nepal
Neutrality, Watches, Banks
Switzerland
Kandahar, Taliban, Pashto
Afghanistan
Samsung, Incheon, Kimchi
South Korea
Sauna, Suomi, Sibelius
Finland
Tesla, Balkans, Djokovic
Serbia
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Can you guess each country based on three one-word clues?
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57 Comments
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Level 27
Dec 2, 2012
Nice quiz! Missed Hungary and Belgium.
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Level 51
Dec 3, 2012
Those are the two I missed as well.

Weird.

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Level 16
Jan 1, 2015
Denmark, Israel, Nigeria and Dominican Republic are the countries that I missed... I live in Belgium and Magyar is Hungarian for Hungarian or Hungary (I went 8 times to Hungary, so :D ) and Caecescu gave Romania away for me, but Dominican Republic I couldn't guess.
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Level 33
Aug 5, 2015
Didn't the vampires of Transylvania give Romania away?
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Level 54
Mar 2, 2022
lol thats how I got it
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Level 26
Apr 10, 2016
Also try the harder one: Countries by HInt
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Level 59
Dec 16, 2016
hungary finland and israel were the ones i missed. nice quiz.
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Level 46
May 26, 2023
I own a Nokia so Finland was guessable from the Nokia my device app
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Level 58
Feb 7, 2020
I missed Hungary and Denmark..lol
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Level 34
Dec 26, 2012
20. misd israel and cuba!
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Level 43
Dec 30, 2012
missed Djibouti, am thinking of mogadishu - somalia, LOL
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Level 58
Feb 7, 2020
LOL the same almost happened to me!
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Level 71
Apr 22, 2013
22/22 with 1:30 left, fun!
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Level 53
Jun 18, 2013
19, missed Israel,Hungary and Dominican
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Level 16
Jul 31, 2013
I missed a whole bunch :(
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Level 35
Aug 21, 2013
22/22 with 0:47 sibelius sounded european, so i started guessing countries i europe and got finland easy quiz anyway
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Level 76
Jul 12, 2020
You didnt get it by the more obvious clues Nokia and sauna? those should have atleast directed you to Nordic countries/Scandinavia, so would leave only a few to guess between.
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Level 67
Aug 22, 2013
I did not know the Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. I thought it was just Somalia, but I couldn't think of the name in time anyways.
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Level 45
Oct 19, 2014
Djibouti kicked mine.
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Level 44
Jan 27, 2015
lol missed Djibouti , Turkey and for some reason Hungary lol
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Level 89
Jul 17, 2015
22/22 with 2:26 left
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Level 56
Jul 19, 2015
Nice to see a quiz featuring eastern Europe countries like Hungary and Romania. Dom Rep nearly got me though!
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Level 80
Jul 19, 2015
Very easy. Anyone who thinks this is a brag, you are probably a nerf herder.
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Level 85
Jan 20, 2021
No idea what a nerf herder is, but I agree.
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Level 71
May 20, 2024
Han Solo is, at least to Leia
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Level 56
Dec 31, 2025
If it's not a brag, why say it?
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Level 89
Jul 19, 2015
agree with kalbahamut, this is very easy but I will brag! I got 100% with two minutes leftover. about only trouble was spelling Djibouti.
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Level 33
Jul 22, 2015
I just can't spell dji.. dijib dijouti
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Level 43
Mar 31, 2016
21. Missed cuba!
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2016
Missed Hungary and Israel - I kept thinking I knew the Balfour Declaration but I couldn't place where I'd learned about it being...
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Level 47
Sep 14, 2016
Missed Israel.
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Level 36
Nov 26, 2017
20. Missed Finland and Nigeria.
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Level 57
Aug 23, 2018
Thanks for accepting ROK
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Level 70
Aug 23, 2018
Djibouti is easy.
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Level 61
Aug 24, 2018
Isn't Khyber Pass in Pakistan? I know it 'cause I'm Pakistani. It links Landi Kotal to Peshawar, and only a minute part is in Afghanistan. So it can't be a clue, as the majority is in Pakistan. By the way nice quiz, and that Djibouti clue is actually funny.
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Level 75
Oct 20, 2025
This makes sense, but historically the Khyber Pass is known as a chokepoint, crossroads and invasion route between Afghanistan and the subcontinent, so even if the feature itself is mostly in Pakistan, it seems a valid hint for both countries (lots of these clues could apply to more than one country, taken in isolation).
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Level 76
Jan 23, 2019
Im surprised there isnt any arguing about the clues. In every other quiz people liked to complain. And then it is about facts. What a country is known for is quite subjective. If you'd ask 100 different people you d get 100 different lists.

if it was possible that might be interesting. Putting up a country and see what people think it is famous for.

let me see the first things that come to my mind for some of the countries above.

france-eiffeltower, australia-uluru, denmark-legoland, cuba-cigars.

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Level 71
May 20, 2024
Thought Australia would have kangaroo for sure
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Level 36
Feb 12, 2019
This time I missed Nigeria. Can't wrap my mind around Nigeria being an OPEC country.
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Level 52
Sep 28, 2020
i missed israel
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Level 59
Jan 27, 2021
I missed Finland, DR, and Nigeria
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Level 52
Aug 26, 2023
I missed Hungary and Israel,I was surprised when the percentages for Djibouti was that low
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Level 69
Oct 18, 2025
Easy. I wasn't challenged at all.
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Level ∞
Oct 19, 2025
Yeah, it's a pretty easy one.
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Level 86
Oct 18, 2025
Tesla spent 31 hours in Serbia 🙃
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Level ∞
Oct 19, 2025
He was Croatian! He was born in Smilodon, Croatia!!!
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Level 80
Oct 19, 2025
He was an ethnic Serb born in Smiljan, Croatia which was then part of Austria-Hungary.
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Level 50
Oct 22, 2025
Tesla has nothing to do with the country Serbia.

Visited once and spent less than 2 days there.

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Level 80
Oct 19, 2025
@Quizmaster Hahahahahha I had a feeling all those years that you have some Balkan blood in your veins :D

Come, join the family :D

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Level 80
Oct 19, 2025
Omg. It is going to be eleven years next january...
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Level 51
Oct 27, 2025
Congrats for the feature!
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Level 55
Nov 7, 2025
Fun and great quiz.
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Level 42
Dec 10, 2025
Just missed Israel. Glad it's not a country.
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Level 73
Dec 29, 2025
Way too easy!
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Level 23
Dec 29, 2025
Didnt get romania and domrep
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Level 4
Dec 29, 2025
Bizarre, plein de bonnes réponses m'ont été refusées alors que je n'ai pas fait de fautes d'orthographe...
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Level 24
Dec 31, 2025
I almost typed "strawberry" as switzerland. Am i ok?