Countries that Beat Egypt

For each selected category, name any of the countries that ranks higher than Egypt.

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Rank	Category	Countries
6	Country with the most Muslims	Indonesia \| Pakistan \| India \| Bangladesh \| Nigeria
5	Northernmost country in Africa	Tunisia \| Algeria \| Morocco \| Libya
2	Most mentioned modern-day country in the KJV Bible	Israel
4	Greatest amount of land in the Nile River Basin	Sudan \| South Sudan \| Ethiopia
4 (t)	Flag with the highest percentage of black	Libya \| Papua New Guinea \| Angola
5	African country with the highest HDI (2021) * HDI measures, health, education, and income	Mauritius \| Seychelles \| Algeria \| Tunisia
11 (t)	Shortest country name	Chad \| Cuba \| Fiji \| Iran \| Iraq \| Laos \| Mali \| Oman \| Peru \| Togo
7	Whose capital has the highest urban area population	Japan \| India \| Indonesia \| Philippines \| Mexico \| South Korea
7	Country producing the most oranges (2021)	Brazil \| India \| China \| Mexico \| United States \| Spain
3	Largest Mediterranean country by area	Algeria \| Libya
2	Northernmost country whose name begins with E	Estonia
3	Most populous African country	Nigeria \| Ethiopia
6	Country hosting the most Syrian refugees	Turkey \| Lebanon \| Jordan \| Germany \| Iraq
7 (t)	African country with the most Men's FIFA World Cup appearances	Cameroon \| Nigeria \| Morocco \| Tunisia \| Algeria \| Ghana
6	Greatest human exposure to air pollution (2019)	India \| Nepal \| Niger \| Qatar \| Nigeria
2	Largest number of ancient pyramids	Sudan

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Level 92

Jul 10, 2020

Greatest human exposure to air pollution - I'm assuming that's on a percentage basis, with Qatar on the list, but China not.

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Level 65

Jul 10, 2020

Somehow I got stuck thinking all the answers needed to be an african country. I did get unstuck, but nearly got stuck again. Wasted too much time by then. Still managed to get all but 4 but could have done better.

Edit: all of which btw did have atleast one african answer, but had lost too much time allready. Not the first time this happened in a quiz like this, getting stuck thinking it has to meet certain extra requirements it actually doesn't.

Good quiz

Level 43

Oct 20, 2023

me too!

Level 50

Aug 3, 2020

what does the (t) mean

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Level 75

Aug 3, 2020

tied

Level 75

Aug 4, 2020

What about 'Number of pyramids' for this quiz?

Level 75

Aug 6, 2020

I wanted to, but couldn't find good data.

Level 59

Sep 19, 2021

Found a few links.

https://www.sciencealert.com/sorry-egypt-but-sudan-is-the-pyramid-capital-of-the-world

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/sudan-pyramids-twice-number-egypt-meroe-soleb-prudhoe-lions-tours-a7579141.html

Level 63

Aug 4, 2020

0:52..

Thx!

Level 72

Aug 12, 2020

I was kind of disappointed when Tokyo worked for "capital with the highest urban area population". It's supposed to be a "Name the country" quiz... (Yes, I'm complaining about a freebie. I prefer earning my right answers, whether than them being handed to me.)

Level 75

Aug 12, 2020

We accept Tokyo because many people think those questions are looking for the city, not the country

Level 58

Oct 19, 2020

ARGH! I thought the Libya flag was under 33% black because the middle section has the Islamic moon and star, but the area of the middle is slightly larger than other flags.

Level 32

May 27, 2021

there is nothing called "Islamic moon". There is a huge misconception that the star and moon are related by any means to Islam and that totally wrong. Yes, most of flag that has moon and star are from Muslim countries but in fact it's not related to Islam. There is nothing mentioned in Islam or Islamic scriptures regarding taking the moon as a holy symbol. Saudi Arabia "Hijaz region" which is the region of the birthplace of Islam, they do not have any moon in their flag, also all countries of Arabian peninsula. North African countries developed the moon and star taken from the ottoman "Turkish" when they were colonized by them because the Ottomans developed the moon and star as they national symbol.

Level 70

Sep 7, 2021

I feel like "Country with the most pyramids" (beaten by Sudan) would be an interesting question for this. :P

Level ∞

Sep 17, 2023

Added!

Level 46

Sep 14, 2021

I refuse to believe:

-Beijing is Smaller than Cairo

-North Korea & "Taliban occupied Afghanistan" does not prosecute Christians

Level 46

Sep 14, 2021

Although the first one probably has sources...

Level 86

Sep 18, 2023

Beijing isn't the most populous city in China.

Level 59

Sep 19, 2021

For ‘Greatest amount of land in the Nile River Basin’ Egypt is rank 3 but beaten by 3 other countries. Should it be rank 4?

Level 75

Sep 19, 2021

Yes, thank you

Level 71

Sep 19, 2023

Actually according to the Guiness book of world records the oldest pyramid in the world is in Peru. And actually it was thought for a while before that discovery that the oldest pyramid in the world was the Djoser pyramid in Egypt.

Level 82

Sep 19, 2023

I had the same thought, then when Peru didn't work I realised the intended meaning must be "largest number of ancient pyramids".

Level ∞

Sep 19, 2023

Thank you. Changed the clue.

Level 90

Sep 21, 2023

Aren't Ceuta and Melilla more to the north than any point of Egypt? So Spain should technically count.

Level 70

Oct 20, 2023

Spain isn't "in Africa". When speaking of a "European country" or an "African country", or a country which is "in Europe" or "in Africa", it's pretty clear that Spain is a European country, and it is in Europe, even though it has land on another continent, just as France is "in Europe" rather than being "in South America".

So I think you'd be right if the question read "Possesses the northernmost land in Africa", but that's not quite what the question says.

Level 75

Sep 30, 2023

For the "Whose capital has the highest urban area population" question it also accepts the capitals themselves! (Except for India's!)

Level 68

Oct 20, 2023

Taking the flags with most black quiz first helped.

Level 45

Oct 21, 2023

ha! Same here - i was thinking the same thing when I saw that question. Glad I did it yesterday.

Level 45

Oct 21, 2023