Countries that Beat Italy

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

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Rank	Category	Countries
2 (t)	Most men's FIFA World Cup wins	Brazil
4	Source of the most immigrants to the U.S. (1820–2021)	Mexico \| Germany \| United Kingdom
3	Most populous country ending in Y	Turkey \| Germany
5	Source of the most foreign-born French residents (current)	Algeria \| Morocco \| Portugal \| Tunisia
5 (t)	Most islands with a population > 1.5 million	Indonesia \| Philippines \| Japan \| China
8	Oldest continuously inhabited capital city by date of settlement	Syria \| Lebanon \| Israel \| Greece \| Turkey \| Cyprus \| China \| Armenia
2	Longest Mediterranean coastline	Greece
2 (t)	Highest point in Europe	Russia
2	Southernmost point considered part of Europe by JetPunk	Greece
3	Oldest average age	Monaco \| Japan
4	Country with the most Albanians *Other than Albania	Kosovo \| North Macedonia \| Greece
16	Highest % of residents who are Catholic	Vatican City \| East Timor \| San Marino \| Paraguay \| Andorra \| Malta \| Monaco \| Equatorial Guinea \| Portugal \| Croatia \| Philippines \| Cape Verde \| Lithuania \| Seychelles \| Liechtenstein
3 (t)	Within 100 km of the most other countries	China \| Russia
2	Smallest G7 country by area	United Kingdom
6	Highest taxes as a percent of GDP (2020)	France \| Denmark \| Belgium \| Sweden \| Finland

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47 Comments

Level 76

May 3, 2020

Don't forget to try the rest of our Countries that Beat quizzes and all the ones in the Countries that Beat tag!

Level 76

Mar 7, 2021

Also, you can try baptistegorce's version of Countries that Beat Italy

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Level 53

Jun 23, 2020

I was so excited when I saw "Country with most Albanians", I thought finally, a question for me! Then I saw Albania was excluded and I was sad.

Level 69

Mar 6, 2021

How come France doesn't work for highest point in Europe as well as Russia?

Isn't the highest point in Italy Mont Blanc which is also part of France?

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Level 76

Mar 6, 2021

Because France and Italy are tied for #2

Level 69

Mar 6, 2021

But doesn't this mean it should be included? Because they're tied.....

I swear on other quizzes if there is a tie for the same position its included

Currently the way I read it is Russia and Italy are tied for the height of tallest mountain...

Level 74

Mar 7, 2021

The highest point of Europe is the Elbrus in Russia. The second highest is the Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border.

Level 42

Jul 14, 2023

That's not quite true. The true summit of mont blanc is on the French side. The italain side is slightly lower, so France has a higher maximum elevation that Italy. The lower down summit on the italian side is called the 'Monte Bianco di Courmayeur'.

France should be a valid answer

Level 69

Oct 2, 2024

Not true, it's shared.

Level 67

Oct 2, 2024

Actually, the border is disputed

Level 53

Oct 3, 2024

yes but isn't the summit of mont blanc on the French side?

Level 87

Mar 6, 2021

The Encyclopedia Britannica agrees with you. See: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mont-Blanc-mountain-Europe

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Level 75

Mar 18, 2021

The quiz is titled Countries that BEAT Italy. Hence, a tie will not suffice

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Level 71

Mar 18, 2021

This is actually disputed. Italy claims that the border between France and Italy passes at the summit of Mont Blanc, whereas France claims that the border runs just a little further down on the Italian side. As far as I know, the dispute is still not resolved (and, frankly, nobody really cares, not even in France or Italy), but, this being jetpunk, the quiz should probably at least specify that the answer is disputed.

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Level 92

Mar 6, 2021

So the Greeks really love beating Italy at things.

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Level 86

Mar 6, 2021

I really struggled to understand the French residents question because I was so focused on Italy geographically...

Level 75

Mar 18, 2021

I also got it the wrong way around, otherwise it was quite straightforward

Level 63

Mar 6, 2021

Jeez, you're getting features left and right these days!

Level 76

Mar 7, 2021

~~technically, this was our first since mid December ...~~

Level 76

Mar 18, 2021

And now for the first time since November 2019, we do not have one on the lineup to go on the front page

Level 80

Mar 8, 2021

I really liked the islands >1m question, makes you think using parameters that don't often get called on.

Level 71

Mar 11, 2021

Lol I love that you had to include "JetPunk" so that people wouldn't complain about Cyprus.

Also, I'd love it if people checked out the "Countries That Beat" quiz that I recently made for Bangladesh! You can find it here :)

Level 71

Mar 12, 2021

Made another one for Malaysia, right here!

Level 56

Mar 15, 2021

Thank for the mention. I finally lost, but your quiz is great and, with a bit of time, this "unfriendly discussion" was stupid and ridiculous.

Just, will you add a bit more answers? It could be funnier.

Level 76

Mar 16, 2021

It was sixteen answers before it got featured. I am thinking that we may add a few more questions in about a year or so, because the Quizmaster doesn't like featured quizzes getting reset and making people losing points.

Level 56

Mar 16, 2021

Oh, yes, ok...

So I will late a year before taking it.

Level 60

Mar 18, 2021

isn't Malta south of Greece ?

Level 66

Mar 18, 2021

Mainland Greece, yes. Some of the Greek islands (e.g. Crete) are further south.

Level 80

Mar 18, 2021

I literally tried EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY in Europe for 'most wine production per capita' EXCEPT Spain!!!!!

Level 80

Mar 18, 2021

I got everything else right!!

Level 77

Mar 18, 2021

Don't the UK and Italy both have two islands with a population of more than a million?

Level 74

Mar 18, 2021

Why does the UK beat Italy at islands with >1m inhabitants? Italy has Sicily and Sardinia, and the UK has Great Britain and Ireland, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_population. Please correct this!

Level 74

Mar 18, 2021

UK should be substituted for US, which has Long Island, Puerto Rico, and Manhattan.

Level ∞

Mar 18, 2021

UK has been removed.

Level 71

Mar 18, 2021

Does the country need to control the whole island? Because the UK most definitely not "have Ireland"!

Level 65

Mar 18, 2021

Great quiz, just one suggestion: consider rewording the question about "most neighbors within 100km." I didn't understand what you were asking for.

Level 76

Mar 18, 2021

that has finally been corrected. Hopefully people understand the new wording.

Level 63

Aug 25, 2021

France has 18 countries within 100 km, way more than Italy:

Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg and UK (Channel islands) from mainland France; Netherlands from St Martin, St Kitts and Antigua from St Barth, Dominica from Guadeloupe, St Lucia from Martinique, Canada from St Pierre et Miquelon, Comoros from Mayotte, Suriname and Brazil from French Guyana.

Level 76

Aug 25, 2021

Italy has 16, and because St. Bart and St. Pierre are merely territories and not departments, St. Kitts and Canada should be removed from your list. This brings France's total also to 16, tying Italy. This means France does not belong as an answer, but I will edit the quiz to represent the fact that Italy is tied for third and not alone in that standing.

Level 37

Jan 7, 2022

im sorry how does the uk beat italy for "smallest G7 country by area" isnt the uk way bigger?

Level 76

Jan 7, 2022

No, Italy is larger by about 23,000 square miles.

Level 92

Mar 24, 2022

Looks like we'll need to work North Macedonia into this quiz...

Level 62

Feb 4, 2023

I think the U.S. should be added to the list of countries with more islands than Italy. Even disregarding Puerto Rico, it has Long Island, Manhattan, and Oahu.

Level ∞

Aug 28, 2024

Oahu population is around 1 million

Level 63

Sep 1, 2024

This is a bit pedantic, but is the oldest capital city question only asking for continuously inhabited settlements? If not, there was a settlement on Guatemala City back in 1500 BC.

Level ∞

Sep 1, 2024

Added continuously inhabited to the question. The area on which Guatemala City now sits had been completely uninhabited for centuries when the Spanish showed up.

Level 48

Sep 6, 2024

The average age for the Vatican is above 50, Italty's is below 50.