Missed monarch, christian population and prime minister. During the quiz so many times I kept forgetting the answers could be anywhere in the world, not just europe.. it seemed liked I had to realize all over again each question...
coffee is popular there but not as much as tea. Pretty much every restaurant will bring you tea whether you ask for it or not just as a matter of course with every meal.
I haven't found that to be true at all (although it does happen). But it is for sale absolutely all over the place, and is of course much easier to carry around to sell than Turkish coffee.
In my experience tea is more commonly consumed as green tea flavored food in Japan. So it is popular but consumed differently. I can see how looking at drinking alone the UK would beat Japan as some Brits drink 5-6 cups on any given day.
If you really wanted to do the genealogical research, I'd guess that Australia and Canada would be pretty close too. The 19th century potato famine caused mass emigration to the "colonies"
Good quiz! Almost missed Nigeria, for some reason I don't automatically associate African countries with large Christian populations but got there in the end after lots of trial and error...
You really should start associating African countries with large Christian populations as they are actually some of the most Christian nations in the world. Though their Christianity is often mixed with different indigenous religions that creates a unique flavour of Christianity. The same happens with Islamic African countries
Female head of state doesn't means progress. Our female Prime Minister was kinda worthless and even the current head of my state is stupid, she rules like a monarchy and does stupid things and says idiotic stuffs. If her government see's my this comment and finds me, I'll be going to jail (though I'm a minor)
Your country is not alone in having a leader who is worthless (matter of opinion), says (tweets) stupid things, and does stupid things. There are many countries that have leaders with those qualities.
Where did I get it in my head that the oldest university is in Belgium? I was so sure that I typed it like four times. I looked it up, and Belgium's not even close. What the heck was I thinking of?
According to the Wikipedia page below, it states the University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world, "in the sense of a higher-learning, degree-awarding institute."
Though I also looked up the university you mentioned, which is the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco. Apparently it wasn't considered to be a university in the modern sense until the 1960s, but it's status is still up for debate. Feel free to take a look.
You're correct my friend, Johann is in third and Elizabeth is fourth - I miscounted. However, the Austrian chap has been overtaken and should be off the list.
I highly doubt the non-religious thing. The source is a survey which means that people in e.g. North Korea or similar countries have probably not even been considered, which changes the results I'd say.
North Korea is supposedly 71.3% irreligious, whereas China is 52.2% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions_by_country), to support your claim. However, China is still a correct response, as the UK is only 21.3% irreligious, so it's just that some countries need to be added.
For question 5, what is meant by ' in the ocean ', please? I don't understand that at all I'm afraid. Am I missing something obvious? (wouldn't be the first time...)
The longest reigning monarch question needs to be updated. Elizabeth II has reigned 2 years longer than Austria's longest. In 2 months time Liechtenstein and Thailand will be beaten too so maybe wait until then to update.
Longest reigning monarchs needs to be updated, since Elizabeth II (70 years, 214 days) reigned longer than Rama IX of Thailand (70 years, 126 days), Johann II of Liechtenstein (70 years, 91 days), and Franz Joseph I of Austria (and Austria-Hungary) (67 years, 355 days.)
"Argentina" had a female president five years before the UK. Maria Estela Martínez was elected vice-president in the 1973 elections and was sworn in as president at the death of Presidente Perón in 1974. She was in office until 1976, when a coup overthrew her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation
Though I also looked up the university you mentioned, which is the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco. Apparently it wasn't considered to be a university in the modern sense until the 1960s, but it's status is still up for debate. Feel free to take a look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_al-Qarawiyyin#Status_as_world's_oldest_university
Argh.
My brain simply cannot do final letters ones.
So, you know, only 7 times more than Ireland.