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Country Superlatives Quiz #1

For each category, name the country that is #1.
Answer must correspond to the highlighted box
Fertility rate does not include Vatican City
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Last updated: August 30, 2018
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First submittedNovember 1, 2010
Times taken74,969
Average score55.0%
Rating4.41
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Category
Country
Most FIFA World Cups
Brazil
Highest population
China
Most international tourists
France
Most wild tigers
India
Biggest economy (GDP, nominal)
United States
Highest military spending
(% of GDP)
North Korea
Northernmost capital city
Iceland
Largest land area
Russia
Highest waterfall
Venezuela
Least densely populated
Mongolia
Category
Country
Most languages spoken
Papua New Guinea
Most land mines
Egypt
Most Spanish speakers
Mexico
Tallest building
United Arab Emirates
Lowest elevation on land
Israel / Jordan
Most AIDS-related deaths (2014)
Nigeria
Tallest average height (people)
Netherlands
Lowest fertility rate
Singapore
Most islands
Indonesia
Fewest international visitors
Nauru
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Nov 6, 2013
good quiz. Missed Egypt and Singapore, along with almost everybody else.
RayH518
+4
Level 40
Jun 15, 2017
I got Singapore, I just came from the lowest fertility quiz
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Mar 2, 2020
Got them this time.
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 66
Aug 3, 2021
Yeah I missed them both and Netherlands as well.
OptStudent
+1
Level 61
Nov 6, 2013
I thought the tallest average height referred to elevation (but I guess it would have said elevation)
finglehorn
+14
Level 62
Nov 6, 2013
i kept trying to type in reykjavik when all i had to do was type iceland... still got a 15/20
Mogysht
+1
Level 50
Nov 11, 2013
Me too. But then capital city misled me.
Arp2600
+2
Level 85
Apr 13, 2014
The question is misleading, even if the quiz is about countries :3.
precisioncontrol
+2
Level 61
Dec 3, 2015
Yea that sucks, I typed Reykjavik too. They should take that as an answer.
mwierenga
+3
Level 83
Dec 3, 2015
I did the same thing. I own my mistake, but I'm wondering if it'd help to say, "Has the northernmost capital city" to prevent confusion.
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Jun 11, 2016
Seriously? When the title (and all the other answers) makes it clear that the answers are countries?

The question is worded exactly fine.

JudgeRudy
+1
Level 65
Feb 19, 2018
Mark me down as another one pounding Reykjavik into my keyboard and blaming the quiz for my ineptitude.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Sep 9, 2018
Me too
Norgeoveralle
+5
Level 16
Nov 27, 2018
Did you also put '1.386 billion' for 'Highest population'?
mrputter
+1
Level 78
Dec 3, 2021
@Norgeoveralle No... but I did try to put down "Rastafarians." 😛
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
Mar 2, 2020
Same... must have typed it more than 10 times. Was so confused. Fortunately after wasting a lot of time on that one I did proceed to put countries again for the rest.
Yanni47
+1
Level 75
Aug 2, 2020
So, did anyone then also write Angel Falls for the highest waterfall question?
PorcNBeanz
+1
Level 57
Nov 7, 2013
After I saw the answer for "Tallest Average Height" was the Netherlands I was stunned. It took me at least 2 minutes trying to figure out why that was wrong to understand that you wanted the tallest average height of the citizens and not the tallest average elevation, which would put the Netherlands close to the bottom.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 8, 2013
Put a note saying "(people)".
BaconBoy
+2
Level 28
Nov 8, 2013
I don't care what the CIA says, America has more tigers than any other country on the planet. Fact. Look it up.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 8, 2013
Changed the clue to "most wild tigers".
Sonko
+3
Level 35
Nov 16, 2013
It's not easy being short in The Netherlands, trust me..
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Nov 23, 2013
It's not easy being extremely tall almost everywhere else. Trust me...
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 67
Jan 12, 2021
What do you consider "extremely tall"?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Mar 11, 2021
6'7" or well into the 99th percentile everywhere including the Netherlands.
nomad14
+1
Level 69
Jan 10, 2014
great quiz!
maxism
+2
Level 68
May 11, 2014
Pretty amazed I got Nauru. Got a bit confused about the lowest elevation one, as far as I was aware, I thought it was the Maldives.
Clarisse451
+2
Level 65
Dec 3, 2015
Dead Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea
eibi
+1
Level 79
Mar 22, 2017
It will be in a couple of years...
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 88
Jul 18, 2018
Nope. Think that one through.
Jerry928
+3
Level 75
Jul 11, 2014
To put the "highest military expenditure" in perspective, North Korea spends around 6 billion dollars, and the US, the highest total spender, spends 640 billion dollars!
Doggies
+3
Level 22
Jul 28, 2014
Billion or Million. 640 Billion is a lot and if so. No wonder they have a multi trillion dollar dept.
Gamer1162
+3
Level 60
May 12, 2017
Yes, billions not millions.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 69
Apr 15, 2020
I think it's like $720 billion now.
Yanni47
+3
Level 75
Aug 2, 2020
I'm actually surprised that North Korea's data on this would be so openly available.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 59
Apr 19, 2022
Kim keeps it free and up to date on his government's website. :)
rawe
+1
Level 66
Nov 11, 2014
Missed Egypt, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea and Singapore.
amm14
+1
Level 67
Apr 24, 2015
Hard to believe the Vatican doesn't have the lowest fertility rate.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 64
Aug 29, 2015
Doesn't include Vatican (says in the instructions)
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Mar 2, 2020
They try.
Gyrenaica
+1
Level 35
May 13, 2015
WOAH! MOre languages spoken in PNG than CHina? AMAZING!
Sulps
+1
Level 57
Dec 3, 2015
Africa, America and Oceania (incl PNG) probably have a lot fewer languages spoken. The reason is a lot of those languages are actually dialects, but we haven't done enough research on the languages to determine which ones. Though, since we don't know for sure, let's consider the official estimates correct.
McLerristarr
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Level 61
Sep 9, 2015
The Australian government is doing a good job at correcting Nauru's lack of international visitors.
AllenY
+1
Level 69
Feb 3, 2016
came here just for this
Freestatebear
+2
Level 83
Oct 21, 2015
The "s" in AIDS should be capitalized. All four letters are part of the acronym.
twained
+2
Level 61
Dec 3, 2015
Egypt number #1 in landmines. I had no idea.
Tramp
+2
Level 74
Dec 3, 2015
Really surprising. I tried Laos and Cambodia.
zjwlxyrpzxx
+1
Level 48
Dec 3, 2015
Couldn't think of Egypt either, though I guess it makes sense considering it's a rather large country. The number of landmines per square mile is much higher for countries such as Cambodia and Bosnia.
scambigol
+1
Level 75
Dec 3, 2015
What is the source for highest people? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world Bosnia is just 'higher' than Netherlands, although I don't really understand the data as Netherlands appears at least 4 times.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 64
Dec 3, 2015
Three of those four have been "self-reported" or "estimated". The lower one has been measured accurately. Mexico seems to a tad higher than Bosnia, but that's only central so you can't really rely on that.
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Jun 11, 2016
Anecdotally, when I was in Bosnia, I do remember that everyone seemed particularly tall! Then again, so have all the Dutch people I've ever known. Maybe because I'm 4' 11". ;-) (Just kidding about that last part! I'm a reasonably-tall-for-woman 5' 7".)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 66
Mar 2, 2020
According to heightcalc.com I am 5'10 (1.78) and taller than 98.9% of US females. And yea, Im from the Netherlands.

I knew I was taller than the average (of most countries), but hadnt expected to clear such a high %.

NightStryder
+2
Level 27
Dec 3, 2015
I put "Reykjavik" But the answer was Iceland -_-
clivey
+1
Level 67
Dec 3, 2015
Good quiz, it didnt accept Reykjavik, so I moved on and came back to it at the end.. had 45 seconds left, was trying all the capital cities and it wouldn't work. Quiz timed out and I remembered its' looking for a country name not city! So 19/20 for my stupidity :(
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Jun 11, 2016
Thank you, smart person, for graciously realizing you had a brain fart, rather than attacking the QM for giving a "wrong" clue, like the dozen other comments in here that did!
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jul 18, 2018
Most Jetpunkers would get escorted off the Jeopardy set. Quizmaster probably wishes he were Alex Trebek sometimes.
Morontague
+2
Level 16
Dec 3, 2015
Surely Vatican has a lower fertility rate?
rawe
+1
Level 66
Dec 3, 2015
Only missed Singapore. Nice quiz!
PauloMX
+1
Level 65
Dec 3, 2015
More sequels of this please!! thanks :)
NightStryder
+1
Level 27
Dec 9, 2015
By "land mine" I didn't know whether it was ore mining or bombs.
Punewolf
+1
Level 69
Jan 3, 2016
Are condoms against the catholic religion
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Feb 3, 2016
The Pope has said that "it was acceptable to use a prophylactic (condom) when the sole intention was to “reduce the risk of infection” from Aids".
KingofQuiz
+2
Level 45
Aug 16, 2016
Complete brainfart and was trying to get the city, not country, for northernmost capital city. *facepalm*
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Aug 18, 2016
Yep, I kept putting Reykjavik, and also Angel Falls. Oh man! I seriously need to read the title!
beachhouse
+1
Level 71
Sep 27, 2016
I would think Vatican City would have the lowest fertility rate.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 2, 2020
They probably have a very high fertility rate.
dmc26
+1
Level 55
Oct 28, 2016
There is something very ironic about listing Nauru as the lowest number of international visitors, considering that Australia dumps its refugees there!
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Nov 25, 2016
Australia is spending over a Billion (1,000,000,000) Dollars yearly on the Refugee problem. The majority of "REFUGEES" come from Iran, why Iranians feel fit to call themselves refugees beggars belief. The average costs of "refugees" paying people smugglers and boat owners is $10,000. Although the media show women and children as refugees, by far the majority of so called refugees are fit and able young men. Any other country that is feeling sorry for these young blokes should speak up, I'm sure Australia wont' mind sending a few thousand.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 2, 2020
Where would you rather live: Iran or Australia? The answer is pretty obvious. Iran or Nauru: less obvious.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Mar 2, 2020
The trouble is that when these so called 'Refugees' are placed they have to be clothed, fed, medically treated, dentistry, etc. etc. and don't have to work or do anything but lounge around. This seems to suit them fine. I wonder if you arrived in a boat in China or USA or most other countries if you would be kept to the same standard.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Mar 2, 2020
I didn't even try Nauru because of that. Maybe they are considered permanent to Nauru even though they are immigrants to Australia?
MrJohsin
+3
Level 43
May 23, 2017
According tp Wikipedia,Finland has 179,000 islands and Indonesia only has about 18,000 islands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Geography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Indonesia

sorbs88
+1
Level 46
May 15, 2018
Iceland is not a capital city. Just sayin
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 88
Jul 18, 2018
So jus' saith all others unto thee, "Read. The. Quiz. Title. Just. Once."
garynumber16892
+1
Level 61
Jul 18, 2018
Missed North Korea because I tried dprk instead of north korea
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jul 18, 2018
Can the Dutch circle jump as high as the Masai though?
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Sep 9, 2018
They don't have to ....... they are already up there.
bezz
+2
Level 68
Sep 9, 2018
Doesn't Vatican City have the lowest fertility rate?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 2, 2020
Probably not. There are women in the Vatican, some of whom are married. As devout Catholics are less likely to use birth control, the fertility rate of the Vatican could very well be the highest in Europe. But there is no exact data.
lvtharrison
+1
Level 81
Mar 2, 2020
Oh that lowest elevation question - reword it!!!
ooftownroad
+2
Level 56
Mar 2, 2020
canada has more islands
Lykos
+3
Level 25
Mar 2, 2020
When I saw "most islands" I was quite confident because I had recently looked that up. It's Sweden with >200k islands. No other country comes close.

Sadly you wanted to see Indonesia which has less than a tenth of the islands of Sweden. I guess you meant something else. Maybe most inhabited islands or something?

AnsoCharmz
+1
Level 64
Apr 28, 2021
I had the same thing. Correctly guessed Indonesia after a while but was disappointed because its not the right answer
vetikkehvajegkan
+1
Level 47
Feb 8, 2023
you are totally right, however norway does come close to sweden (ca. 270000 islands), with ca. 239000 islands
habichi
+1
Level 20
Mar 2, 2020
The country with the most miltary spending is the USA

The USA has spends more on their military than the rest of the world combine. It is not North Korea

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 2, 2020
Read the question again.
Lilylee
+3
Level 72
Mar 2, 2020
The question about islands is still very problematic. Is it really Indonesia with 18.000 islands or Sweden with 270.000 islands?
waffpng
+1
Level 32
May 4, 2020
least visited is Tuvalu now, i'm dissapointed that this quiz from 2018 doesn't reflect 2019 numbers smh
AlysiaK
+1
Level 49
Nov 19, 2020
Um Sweden has the most islands, not Indonesia.
Cantstopwontstop
+1
Level 64
Dec 26, 2020
You could've gone with...

Most cocoa production - Ivory Coast

Youngest population - Niger

Fastest growing economy - South Sudan

Most capital cities - South Africa

Most World Major Marathon winners - Kenya

Most official languages - Zimbabwe

But nope. Africa is AIDS and landmines. Every time with these quizzes.

ornei
+1
Level 60
Apr 22, 2021
Missed Egypt and Nigeria. 0% chance I was guessing Egypt and I thought AIDS was more of a southern Africa problem for whatever reason.
BigFloppa
+3
Level 63
May 11, 2021
Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Canada all have more islands
Maximirb13
+3
Level 73
May 16, 2021
Think its time to correct the islands question after the many comments that have already corrected it. Sweden is far in first with Indonesia in 6th. Here are some sources supporting Sweden being first:

WorldAtlas

Statista (with different numbers as World Atlas)

There are even more you can find. I realize that Indonesia has the most inhabited islands but that is not what the question is asking. If that is what is meant by the question it should be explicitly stated.

fbo1103
+2
Level 54
Dec 14, 2022
Sweden has the most islands in the world but ok...
Uzbekiman
+2
Level 40
Feb 10, 2023
Yeah, it has around 260,000 , right?
BigLaing
+1
Level 63
Mar 8, 2023
Why has the answer for islands not been switched to Sweden? 19/20 because of this.
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