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1.
Has the capital with the shortest name.
Riga has four letters as to Tallinn and Vilnius, which both have seven.
2.
Has the highest percentage of people using the internet.
89% of the Estonian population use the internet.
3.
Has the highest GDP (PPP) per capita.
The average Lithuanian has an income of $37,000.
4.
Has the highest consumption of alcohol and is third place in the world ranking.
The average Lithuanian consumes 15.5 litres of alcohol per year.
5.
Its language is part of the Finno-Ugrian language family.
6.
Is the largest.
Lithuania has an area of 62,680 km².
7.
Its flag is similar to Austria's flag.
The Latvian flag like the Austrian is red, white, red from top to bottom.
8.
Has the longest coastline.
Estonia has a coastline of 3,794 km, Latvia and Lithuania have a coastline of 498 and 90 km respectively.
9.
Is the most populous.
Lithuania has a population of 2.8 million.
10.
Its capital is nearest to Helsinki.
Tallinn is ca. 82 km away from Helsinki.
11.
Has a knight on its Euro coins.
This knight is called Vytis and is also depicted on the Latvian coat of arms.
13.
Became independent from the USSR first
March 11, 1990, 2 and 17 months before Latvia and Estonia respectively.
14.
Has the best PISA (a scholastic performance test) results.
Estonia is 3rd place in Science (best European), 6th in Reading and 9th in Maths.
15.
Highest public debt.
Lithuania has $13,000 public debt per capita. The USA for example has $47,000. Estonia, which has the least of the three has $3,000.
16.
Most Olympic Games medals (winter and summer).
Estonia has 41.
17.
Has the most forest area.
Latvia has ca. 39,000 km² woodland.
18.
Has the largest lake partly on its territory.
Lake Peipus has an area of 3,555 km², thereby being the fifth largest in Europe. It is also the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe.
19.
Has the highest amount of ethnic Russian population.
25.2% of the Latvian population are ethnic Russians.
20.
Has the tallest church.
St. Olaf in Tallinn is 123,7 m high, which beats St. Peter in Riga by 0,4 m.
Also I would put a note on what PISA is, for those like myself who have never heard of it before ("Scholastic performance" or the like).
Other than that, a good quiz with a few surprising answers mixed in with some easier ones.