Top Five Countries By Category #3

Very nice quiz!

I love these quizzes as they challenge me so much and i end up naming random countries!

Russia appears in the top 5 of one list now, but it is not a desirable category.

How is Vatican City not at the top of "lowest fertility rates"? Is there something going on there we don't know about?

You beat me to it. I assume they are excluded, otherwise I fail to see how a few hundred/thousand people who are celibate can ehhh procreate lol.

Both the recent age and the overall number should be 0 anyway. Why is the Vatican not there

Quizmaster, I've actually been to the Vatican City twice. Even the highest ranking nuns don't live in Vatican City. The Vatican City doesn't have regular citizens aside from the Pope and the other clergy who live there.

Regarding the Grand Slams question, If you're going by the stats in this quiz:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/107642/countries-with-most-grand-slam-titles-in-tennis

Note that Switzerland has surpassed Sweden for the fifth place, although the order hasn't been corrected in there.

Further proof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Slam_singles_champions_by_country#_Sweden

So you're the one that got this quiz reset. Please don't do that again.

Unfortunately, here in Belgium, we have so many roads that we can't maintain them...

Well it is smaller and the north(-east) part of the Netherlands is not so densely covered.

But yea I remember reading somewhere it was one of the most densely covered in roads hmm or was it railways... think it was railways.. anyway it was quite some time ago and I was kinda surprised, cause you don't really think about those things when you are young you just assume that it is similar in all countries.

good chance it is coming in right after belgium

Measuring foreign aid as a % of GDP is kind of silly... no country on Earth gives a substantial amount of its GDP to foreign aid. It's the difference between 0.9% or 0.7% or other negligible percentages that differentiate the "top" donors. And most of those that come out on top this way (minus a few outliers) are small countries with small economies with few budgetary responsibilities such that giving half a percent of their GDP to foreign aid really doesn't amount to much.

Well the difference amongst OECD Development Assistance Committee members spans the 0.09% given by Poland to the 1.36% given by Sweden, which I would hardly call negligible. Nor would I call the amount given by Sweden - $7.09 billion - negligible. For comparative purposes, the US gives $31 billion, the EU as a whole $92 billion and China (not a DAC member) about $38 billion. Your point may be true of say, Luxembourg, but other major givers near the top end in percentage terms - such as the Netherlands, the UAE and the UK - are hardly giving negligible sums.

Though the difference between 1st (1.36%) and last (0.09%) is indeed still negligible, because 1.36% is still negligible (and by the way the figures you are quoting are % of GNI not GDP), I was really more focused on the difference between 5th and 6th, or 5th and 10th, which is even more insignificant. Also, Luxembourg is the best example of the description I was giving, but of the top 5 countries listed all of them have a population smaller than Chicago. And Luxembourg has a population less than Toledo's.

If you've spent enough time looking at JetPunk comments, you should already have an answer.

You don't seem like one. And I'm going to have to agree with Jack on this.

It has to do with quality restaurants. The Michelin tire company began publishing its Michelin Guide in the early 20th century. The guide listed points of interest and things that were worth driving to, including good restaurants. It was meant to increase demand for cars and, by extension, tires. The original criteria was basically.. a 1 star restaurant was worth stopping at if it was on your way, a 2 star restaurant was worth a detour, and a 3 star restaurant was worth a special trip by itself.

Yes, it's considered one of the highest awards a chef can receive. France and Japan have the most, and there are currently 14 three-star restaurants in the US, all in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. Until your reply, Kalba, I never realized it was the tire company who bestowed them. Makes sense, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michelin_3-star_restaurants

I'll also add that the Michelin guide was originally published to promote road tripping, not just places to drive to. Driving cross country is a great way to wear down tires and have to buy new ones :P Also, active Michelin reviewers are "famously anonymous;" they make reservations with fake names, sometimes wear disguises, and have cover stories to tell acquaintances to keep their real job a secret. This way they don't get special treatment and can test a restaurant's consistency over the years.

Country Suicide Rate Rank

Sri Lanka 35.3 suicides per 100k 1

Lithuania 32.7 suicides per 100k 2

Guyana 29 suicides per 100k 3

South Korea 28.3 suicides per 100k 4

Mongolia 28.3 suicides per 100k 5

the suicide list is totally wrong

Not that I'm complaining but I get 5 points for getting only 81%?

Suprised Vatican City is not in lowest fertility rate top five...

Now I understand why it's been so difficult unloading my time share in El Salvador.

Having been to none of the countries in question, I was really surprised that Singapore wasn't as dense as Belgium.

Indonesia has more tropical rainforest than Brazil? Has deforestation been that bad? It must be, because given how many palm plantations I saw in Borneo when I was there (almost ten years ago), Indonesia's not exactly winning at conservation either.

Did not scroll down so I never saw the bottom four categories. Funny thing is, I did better on those (80%) than on the categories I did see (73%).

Where do they put their railroads in the Marshall Islands?

Italy, Malta and Spain all have lower fertility rates than Bosnia and Japan now

Greece and Cyprus are also lower than Japan with Albania being tied

It should be

1. South Korea

2. Taiwan

3. Singapore

4. Malta

5. Italy/Spain

i believe

Is Guyana's place at the top because of the huge outlier of Jonestown?

I feel like you didn't mean muslim countries and more like hindi countries. IDK.

doesn't the vatican technically have the lowest fertility rate?

The countries with the highest fertility rate never cease to amaze me. I wonder what makes people have so many children given the harsh environment and conditions in general.