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Gabon or Peru?
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Last updated: March 12, 2022
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| First submitted | September 24, 2020 |
| Times taken | 1,063 |
| Average score | 66.7% |
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1.
Its capital is on the Atlantic coast
Gabon
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Peru
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Libreville is an Atlantic city, Lima is a Pacific city.
2.
Its official name in English is "Republic of __________"
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Peru
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Gabonese Republic ("République gabonaise") vs. Republic of Peru ("República del Peru")
3.
Its most-used language is Spanish
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Peru
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Gabon: French; Peru: Spanish
4.
It does not touch the equator
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Peru
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Peru comes within 5km of the equator, but does not touch it.
5.
It is in the southern half of its continent (South America vs. Africa)
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Peru
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Taking measurements from the extreme north of Colombia to the extreme south of Chile, Peru is in the northern half of South America. In the same way, Tunisia - South Africa, Gabon is [just] entirely in the southern half.
6.
It gained independence first
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Peru
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Gabon: 1958; Peru: 1821 (Happy 200th Birthday Peru!)
7.
It has more than 10x the population of the other
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Peru
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Gabon: 2,226,000 (2020 census); Peru: 31,237,385 (2017 census)
8.
It shares a currency with neighbouring countries
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Peru
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Gabon uses the Central African Franc, along with Cameroon, C.A.R., Chad, R.O.C. and Equatorial Guinea. Peru uses its own currency, the Sol.
9.
It has had a citizen serve as UN Secretary General
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Peru
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Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar served as UN Secretary General 1982-1991.
10.
It has a higher GDP per capita
Gabon
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Peru
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Gabon: $19,252; Peru: $13,410
11.
It has more forest coverage (% of area)
Gabon
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Peru
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Gabon: 89.3%; Peru: ≈60% (not easy to calculate, but pretty clear that Gabon is "ahead")
12.
Its flag has horizontal stripes
Gabon
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Peru
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Gabon: horizontal green, yellow, blue stripes; Peru: vertical red and white stripes
13.
It has a higher population density
Gabon
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Peru
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Gabon: 8/km squared; Peru: 24/km squared
14.
Its exports are dominated by petroleum
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Peru
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Peru's exports are dominated by metal ore, although petroleum is also a major part. Gabon's exports are massively dominated by petroleum.
15.
Its capital city is closer to Tokyo
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Peru
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Libreville-Tokyo: Cross Africa, cross the Arabian Sea, cross India & China, then cross the sea to get to Japan. It is still a shorter distance than Lima-Tokyo, crossing the Pacific ocean.
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12 Comments
NV1
+3
Level 51
Nov 26, 2020
lol
moonshot
+2
Level 56
Feb 17, 2021
nice quiz
AllOfSanMarino
+3
Level 64
Mar 20, 2021
Great quiz! I don’t understand, why Peru and Gabon though? They seem so random.
AlexThirkell
+11
Level 75
Mar 26, 2021
Haha, well I started with Peru because I live there and my imagination isn't all that enormous, but Gabon? Hard to say, I wanted a country that was as different as possible without being ridiculously different, if that makes sense.
Fini
+2
Level 45
Mar 26, 2021
Nice quiz, love the randomness.
chailattee
+2
Level 62
May 7, 2021
I mixed up horizontal and vertical *facepalm*
YouLoveEagle
+1
Level 49
Jun 5, 2022
Me too
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 63
Jun 7, 2021
Cool quiz! Had no idea that Gabon is a petroleum-exporting country. Knowing that, the higher GDP also makes sense.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Jun 13, 2021
Certainly one of the lesser-known OPECs
Jealous1sEnvy
+4
Level 89
May 8, 2022
Wow, some of these answers are quite surprising! Cool quiz
WhatIsLove
+1
Level 60
Aug 29, 2022
Great quiz, nominated :)
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Feb 16, 2023
Hmmm...I did worse on this than Either / Or quizzes of similar countries.
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