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Countries by Clue #5

We give you three clues. You name the country.
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Last updated: September 10, 2018
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First submittedApril 6, 2015
Times taken43,633
Average score55.0%
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Clues
Country
Tapas, Flamenco, Siesta
Spain
St. Peter's, Swiss Guard, Conclave
Vatican City
Birthplace of Humanity, Abyssinia,
Ark of the Covenant?
Ethiopia
Zaire, Bonobos, Diamond Mines
D.R. Congo
Indochina, Aung San Suu Kyi,
Irrawaddy River
Myanmar
Juche, Mass Games, Hermit Kingdom
North Korea
Freshwater Sharks, Daniel Ortega,
Mesoamerica
Nicaragua
Country Code .dz, Berbers, Maghreb
Algeria
Strait of Malacca, Batu Caves,
Petronas Towers
Malaysia
Kofi Annan, Gold Coast, Fufu
Ghana
Clues
Country
Mayans, Volcán de Fuego, Quetzal
Guatemala
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, Shona Language
Zimbabwe
Khmer, Angkor, Kouprey
Cambodia
Sharjah, Indoor Ski Slope, Ferrari World
United Arab
Emirates
Caucasus, Batumi, Khvantchkara Wine
Georgia
First World Cup, Río de la Plata, Asado
Uruguay
Tesla, Balkans, Novak Djokovic
Serbia
Al Jazeera, 2022 World Cup,
80% Expatriates
Qatar
Cher's Ancestry, Capital founded 782 BC,
Last Names end in "ian"
Armenia
Tiny Island, Phosphate Mining,
World's Richest Country in Late 60's
Nauru
44 Comments
+3
Level 81
Apr 7, 2015
Should Golf Coast not be Gold Coast for Ghana?
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Level ∞
Apr 8, 2015
Fixed
+14
Level 71
Dec 15, 2015
Wait until there will be enough golf courses to change the name to the Golf Coast ;)
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Level 45
Sep 17, 2015
It is Myanmar not Burma.
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Level 65
Dec 15, 2015
Countries of the World begs to differ.
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Level 70
Dec 15, 2015
Good to see the old "Myanmar V Burma" discussion start again.
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Level 69
Dec 18, 2015
See every country quiz ever on this site if you want all the debatable points.
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Level 90
Apr 14, 2019
You may know it as Myanmar, but it'll always be Burma to me.

That had to be said as well. Obligatory.

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Level 61
Feb 16, 2020
Please accept burma
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Level 42
Dec 15, 2015
Beg to differ on Ethiopia being the "birthplace". Certainly old, but not as old as Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.
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Level 84
Oct 28, 2019
It might be Zimbabwe now:

https://news.yahoo.com/every-person-alive-today-descended-160000167.html

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Level 73
Dec 15, 2015
Nauru is also a place that Australia likes to imprison refugees for years and years and years.
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Level 70
Dec 15, 2015
Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Program resettles 20,000 refugees each year. This increase came as part of the Houston Expert Panel recommendations in 2012, upping the number from 13,750. Australia is in the top three countries for resettlement of refugees. The USA, Canada and Australia provide 90 percent of global resettlement places
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Level 42
Dec 15, 2015
With all due respect to Cher, isn't it a bit sad to put her ancestry as a defining clue for one of the world's longest civilised countries?
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Level 73
Dec 15, 2015
You would prefer the Kardashians?
+1
Level 90
Dec 15, 2015
Like! ^
+11
Level 70
Apr 19, 2017
A good clue might have been "First Christian Nation."
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Level 74
Oct 5, 2018
I'm just happy the answer wasn't Cherokee Nation.
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Level 37
Oct 28, 2024
Agreed! Maybe something about Mt. Ararat?
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Level 65
Dec 15, 2015
needs more time
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Level 48
Dec 15, 2015
Despite its low population, I've never thought of Nauru as being that rich (at one point in time). Interesting.
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Level 66
Dec 16, 2015
Tesla was Serb but born in present-day Croatia
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Level 28
Dec 18, 2015
Nauru was the richest country in the late 60's?!?!?!
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Level 57
Apr 7, 2017
By GDP per capita, due to rich phosphate deposits. They're not quite as prosperous now.
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2016
Missed 8 of them... I can't believe I missed Ghana, Serbia, Uruguay, and UAE, but the other three I didn't know the clues for at all.
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Level 83
Feb 16, 2018
Huh, I tried all the Maghreb countries before realising that for my first guess I'd accidentally typed Afghanistan instead of Algeria.
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Level 66
Oct 5, 2018
Tesla was born in Austro-Hungarian empire, modern day Croatia, identified as a Yugoslav and died as an American. Moreover "Tesla" now denotes a corporation.

As for Novak, he is half Montenegrin, half Croatian and lives in Monaco.

Just eject Serbia from this quiz or put less ambiguous clues like perhaps Slobodan Milosevic.

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Level 75
Oct 9, 2018
Tesla has Serbian roots and his family members got murdered for being Serbian by Croatians during wartime. The village is indeed in modern day Croatia, but I'd be surprised if he'd identify as such. His final resting place happens to be in Serbia as well. As for Mr Djokovic, he adheres to the Serbian orthodox church, but more importantly he has Sebian nationality, which should account for something... Not disputing the general statement of your note, but do see the choices not as ambiguous as you state them to be.
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Level 67
Oct 15, 2018
Yes. Djokovic identifies as Serbian, and he is always identified as Serbian in tennis competitions (which is how the whole world knows him). When I close my eyes and picture his last name, I cannot help but picture the little Serbian flag next to it (that's actually how I remember what the flag looks like!).
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Level 61
Oct 5, 2018
"Gold Coast" was a bit confusing as I'm an Australian and my common sense tells me that the more popular Gold Coast would be the right answer. Hadn't even heard of the one in Ghana before this.
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Level 71
Oct 5, 2018
"The Gold Coast" was the name of what is now Ghana before independence.
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Level 74
Oct 5, 2018
Before taking quizzes on this site I never knew there was a Gold Coast in Australia, but as an American I learned of the African Gold Coast in history class due to its importance in the slave trade.
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Level 79
Dec 9, 2018
Also the one in W.Africa was named first, so has a historical precedence.
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Level 72
Feb 12, 2020
And what would this "more popular gold coast" be?? The only gold coast I have ever heard of (and was actually taught about as young 10 in elementary school) is the one in africa
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Level 68
Apr 9, 2020
It's a city in Australia, the largest one that isn't a state capital. I'm guessing it's quite important for Australia (especially if you live in Queensland), but not so much for the rest of the world.
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Level 64
Oct 5, 2018
100%!!! YES!
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Level 50
Oct 18, 2018
myanmar wasnt in indochina it was in british india
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Level 70
Jan 4, 2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia
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Level 49
Dec 25, 2019
Missed Armenia and N Korea. Loved this quiz
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Level 46
Jan 28, 2021
Asado is more Argentinian than Uruguayan
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Level 37
Oct 28, 2024
Agreed. I also associate yerba mata more with Uruguay. Maybe those two could be swapped.
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Level 42
Dec 17, 2021
Nikola Tesla was born in modern day Croatia, from mixed serbo-croatian family.

he had austro ungarian birth certificate cuz then croatia was a part of austrian empire, and he lived most his life in the USA

so this is not correct to put in with strictly serbian affiliations.

thanks!

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Level 83
Jun 17, 2022
While Tesla was a Serb, he had little to do with the country (he spent 31 hours in Serbia during his whole long life).
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Level 69
Nov 25, 2023
got it with 3 seconds left lol