Statistics for Countries by trivia

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Known as the Graveyard of EmpiresAfghanistan
100%
The Queen sacked the Prime Minister of this country in 1973Australia
100%
Hosted the first Formula One race to be held in the Middle EastBahrain
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A monarchy since becoming an independent nation, it became a republic in November 2021Barbados
100%
Administered as two largely separate entities, neither of which corresponds to the two regions in the country's nameBosnia and Herzegovina
100%
Home to more elephants than any other nationBotswana
100%
You can spend this country's money in Singapore and vice versaBrunei
100%
Abolished its monarchy in 1946, although the last king was elected Prime Minister some 55 years laterBulgaria
100%
Its name consists of two words, one from each of the two major languages spoken, and roughly means "Land of the upright people"Burkina Faso
100%
Has 60% of the world's lakesCanada
100%
Named after a lake which was formerly the fourth-largest of the continent, but has lost 95% of its volume since the early 1960sChad
100%
Despite spanning more than 60 degrees of longitude, the country uses a single time zoneChina
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Abolished its army after a brief but bloody civil war in 1948Costa Rica
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Its people are so known for their stylish neckwear that the cravat derives its name from the countryCroatia
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Cohiba and Montecristo are two brands of one of its most famous productsCuba
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The only member state of the European Union which is in AsiaCyprus
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Ironically, ranked second to last in the 2020 Democracy IndexDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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Its language is largely mutually intelligible with those of its two northern neighbours, although they probably still can't understand why the number 75 should literally mean "Five and half-fourth"Denmark
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In 1870, it voted overwhelmingly to become part of the United States, but the US congress rejected the proposalDominican Republic
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Its name consists of an English word and a Malay word that both mean the same thingEast Timor
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The only Central American nation with no Caribbean coastlineEl Salvador
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Introduced online voting in 2005Estonia
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Has the most Formula One world champions per capita of any nationFinland
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Ruled since 1967 by a family whose surname is almost an anagram of the country's nameGabon
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If someone's surname ends in "shvili", they or their descendents almost certainly come from this countryGeorgia
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Invented democracyGreece
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Was invaded by the United States in 1983, ending four years of communist ruleGrenada
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Inexplicably gives its name to a species of rodent native to the AndesGuinea
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Known in ancient times by a Greek name meaning "Between the Rivers"Iraq
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Seven-time winners of the Eurovision Song ContestIreland
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In 1978 when this country won the Eurovision Song Contest, Jordanian television cut the broadcast and later announced that Belgium had wonIsrael
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In 1884, a genius from this country discovered that if you force water at 88°C through 7g of ground coffee at a pressure of 130 pounds per square inch, you get a tiny cup of magicItaly
100%
Named after a man called Gilbert, although the language has no G, L or T soundKiribati
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Its currency is the highest valued in the world and could buy you 140,000 of the lowest-valuedKuwait
100%
Founded by freed former slaves from the United StatesLiberia
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The capital of one of its eight regions is a metaphor for the mysterious and remote.Mali
100%
Ruled by a junta known as the SLORC from 1988 to 1997Myanmar
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80% of this island nation is uninhabitable due to ecologically devastating phosphate miningNauru
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The crown prince murdered nine members of the royal family in 2001Nepal
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The first recorded speculative bubble took place here, inflating the price of tulips to absurd levelsNetherlands
100%
This nation gained a compass point in its name in 2019 to distinguish it from a region of a neighbouring countryNorth Macedonia
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Colonised successively by Spain, Japan and the United States, this nation became independent in 1981, rejecting membership of a federation with a neighbouring nationPalau
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At least half of its population died during a war with three of its neighbours between 1864 and 1870Paraguay
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Partitioned by more powerful neighbours in 1772, 1793, 1795 and 1939Poland
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In Greek, Arabic and Turkish, the word for "orange" (the fruit) is the same as this countryPortugal
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Its capital was to be the title of a sequel to "Casablanca"Republic of the Congo
100%
The only nation to successfully land a probe on VenusRussia
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Its two islands are separated by a 3km-wide strait called The NarrowsSaint Kitts and Nevis
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Its royal family has about 15,000 membersSaudi Arabia
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The singer Rodriguez became extremely popular here in the 1970s, but he was unaware of his fame there until the late 1990s.South Africa
100%
Most hamsters sold as pets today descend from a litter captured in a wheat field in this country in 1930Syria
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The steel drum, now widely used in the music of the region, was invented hereTrinidad and Tobago
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The village of Matmata starred as Tatooine in Star WarsTunisia
100%
Australia and New Zealand commemmorate their war dead on the anniversary of a landing in this countryTurkey
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Home to 6,600 Akhal-Teke horses, renowned for their speed, endurance, and gold-coloured coatsTurkmenistan
100%
The most recent amendment to its constitution was ratified in 1992, 202 years after it was proposedUnited States
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Europe's only absolute monarchyVatican City
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If somebody comes from this country, there is a 40% chance that their surname is NguyenVietnam
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The town of Shibam Hadramawt, with its mud-brick buildings up to 30m tall, is known as the Manhattan of the DesertYemen
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Scores an average of 3.5 points per letter in Scrabble scoring, the highest of any countryFiji
67%
Travelling via ship to this country and then crossing it was the quickest way to get from the eastern United States to the west in the 1850sNicaragua
67%
Only country in the world named after a mountain rangeSierra Leone
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Volcanic eruptions here have produced one third of the lava erupted in human historyIceland
50%
Between 1639 and 1853, any citizen who left this country, including fishermen blown off course by accident, could not return.Japan
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The king of this country has been known to go about in disguise, revealing his identity when he encounters poor customer serviceJordan
50%
Has occupied a large, sparsely inhabited territory to its south since 1975Morocco
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The third-biggest consumer of Guinness, after the UK and IrelandNigeria
50%
There are not enough Ps in a set of English Scrabble letters to spell its namePhilippines
50%
Its parliament has 61% female members, the highest of any countryRwanda
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The only country named after a womanSaint Lucia
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Named after a biblical kingSolomon Islands
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Its language was written in Arabic script until 1928, then Latin script until 1939, and then Cyrillic script since thenTajikistan
50%
One of the quarters of the old city of Jerusalem hosts a diaspora from this countryArmenia
33%
Its name is 90 per cent consonantsKyrgyzstan
33%
In their first ever FIFA World Cup game in 2002, they beat the defending champions 1-0Senegal
33%
Very frequently confused with a similarly-named country to its southSlovakia
33%
Formerly ruled by an extremely paranoid dictatorship, nearly 180,000 military bunkers dot its landscapeAlbania
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The first of the three territories that have left the European Union, doing so in 1962Algeria
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The Vatican has a Catholic Bishop as ex officio head of state, and so does this countryAndorra
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The province of Cabinda is geographically separate from the rest of the countryAngola
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Its name means "old and bearded"Antigua and Barbuda
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Four successive presidents resigned over just two weeks during a financial crisis in 2001Argentina
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Mozart, Mahler, Schubert and Strauss all came from this countryAustria
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Thor Heyerdahl claimed that the Norse gods of the Aesir came from this country, partly because its first two syllables sound similar to "Aesir"Azerbaijan
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Most of the Lucayan Archipelago belongs to this countryBahamas
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Home to Cox's Bazar Beach, the longest beach in the worldBangladesh
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Often described as Europe's last dictatorshipBelarus
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Holds the record for the longest post-election failure to form a government at 541 daysBelgium
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The only Commonwealth member-state in Central AmericaBelize
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Shares its name with the fourth-largest city in its neighbouring country to the east.Benin
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This nation contains some of the highest mountains in the world, but mountaineering above 6,000m is bannedBhutan
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Women in this country often wear bowler hatsBolivia
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Named after a type of tree which strangely does not produce any nutsBrazil
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The most recent country to change its capital, doing so in 2019Burundi
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The largest religous structure in the world by land area is its biggest tourist attaction, and is also represented on its flagCambodia
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Reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, with the help of a talismanic striker who, at the age of 38, scored four goalsCameroon
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This island nation lies to the west of the geographical feature that it is named afterCape Verde
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The most generically-named of all countriesCentral African Republic
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In almost every town here, you will find a street called O'HigginsChile
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The most frequently misspelled country in British newspaper The GuardianColombia
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Lies 1200km further south than any other member state of the Arab LeagueComoros
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People from its largest region have a demonym synonymous with being artistic, unconventional and free-spiritedCzech Republic
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In 1889, Russia established a colony which they called New Moscow in what is now this country, but the would-be settlers were routed by French forces a month laterDjibouti
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Visiting for up to six months requires no visa, unless you are from a nearby country which has its first eight letters in common with this oneDominica
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The northernmost penguins in the world are found hereEcuador
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Ruled for thousands of years by a monarchy which enthusiastially built pyramids and obelisksEgypt
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The equator does not actually cross its land territoryEquatorial Guinea
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Reporters Without Borders rates it as the worst in the world for press freedomEritrea
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King Sobhuza II ruled it for 82 years, 254 days - the longest verified reign of any monarchEswatini
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Erta Ale volcano in its Afar Region has had an active lava lake for more than 100 yearsEthiopia
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A federation of the states of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and YapFederated States of Micronesia
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Its territory extends over two continents, three oceans and 12 different time zonesFrance
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Homophonous with one of the five archipelagos that make up French PolynesiaGambia
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The television program that has been repeated the most times in this country is a 1962 British comedy sketch that is virtually unknown in the United KingdomGermany
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The Akan people of this country often name their children after the day of the week on which they were bornGhana
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A young Che Guevara witnessed the 1954 CIA-backed coup in this countryGuatemala
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Since it became independent in 1974, only one president of this country has served a full five-year termGuinea-Bissau
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Leased a large area of forest to the Peoples Temple cult, which massacred 900 of its members in 1978Guyana
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The home of voodooHaiti
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Fought a war with its southern neighbour in 1969 after losing to them in a World Cup qualifying gameHonduras
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After hyperinflation following World War II, its currency was replaced by a new one at a rate of 1 to 4x10^29Hungary
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Known as Bharat to its own inhabitantsIndia
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The legendary Garuda is a symbol of this country and the namesake of its national airlineIndonesia
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The only country outside Africa where cheetahs live in the wildIran
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The world's largest producer of Cocoa beansIvory Coast
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Has the only flag in the world that has no red, white or blue on itJamaica
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The largest landlocked country in the worldKazakhstan
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Both the women's and the men's world record for the marathon are held by athletes from this countryKenya
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Declared independence in 2008 but is still only recognised by just over half the world's countriesKosovo
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This landlocked nation operates a navy on the world's 12th-longest riverLaos
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Its capital city has the world's highest concentration of Art Nouveau architectureLatvia
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By convention, its President is a Christian, its Prime Minister is a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of the parliament, a Shi'a MuslimLebanon
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Has the highest lowest point of any country at 1400m above sea levelLesotho
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A desert irrigation project at Al-Kufrah is easily visible from spaceLibya
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In its last military engagement in 1866, 80 men left and 81 came back, having experienced no actual fighting but making a friend on their way.Liechtenstein
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A six-metre high statue of Frank Zappa can be found in its capital.Lithuania
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All public transport in this country is freeLuxembourg
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The people of this nation, which occupies one of the largest islands on Earth, descend from emigrants from an even larger island some 5,000 miles awayMadagascar
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Its namesake lake hosts more species of fish than any other lakeMalawi
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The film Zoolander depicted a plot to assassinate a fictional Prime Minister of this country, and was banned here as a resultMalaysia
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Its president held a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009, to highlight the threat the nation faces from rising sea levelsMaldives
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In 1956, a referendum in this nation resulted in 77% support for union with the United Kingdom.Malta
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Bikini Atoll, nuclear testing site and namesake of swimwear, is part of this countryMarshall Islands
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Slavery was officially abolished here in 1981, though not actually made illegal until 2007Mauritania
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Home of the dodo until 1662Mauritius
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The only country in the world with a reptile on its flagMexico
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Part of this country, on the east bank of the Dniestr river, is a de facto independent nation but has no international recognitionMoldova
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Has one skyscraper, which gives it the second-highest number of skyscrapers per capita of any nationMonaco
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About a quarter of the population of this country live in traditional tents.Mongolia
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Its English name comes from the Venetian language. In its own language, it is called Crna GoraMontenegro
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A Kalashnikov rifle appears on its flagMozambique
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Its Skeleton Coast has seen hundreds of ships wreckedNamibia
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The last major landmass to be discovered and settled, some time in the 1300s.New Zealand
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Half of the 23 million people of this country are less than 15 years oldNiger
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Teenagers from this country are on average 8 inches shorter than their contemporaries from the country immediately to the southNorth Korea
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Has lots of fjordsNorway
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In 1966, under the increasingly erratic rule of its 13th Sultan, this country banned smoking in public, playing football, wearing sunglasses and speaking to anyone for more than 15 minutesOman
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In 1990, the Prime Minister of this country became the first elected head of government to give birth while in officePakistan
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A failed attempt by Scotland to colonise this country caused financial ruin and hastened its union with EnglandPanama
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Home to the world's largest species of butterfly; the first specimen was captured after being shotPapua New Guinea
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The alcoholic drink Pisco might have been invented in this country, although its neighbour to the south very strongly disputes thatPeru
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More than three-quarters of the population is maleQatar
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Home of Count DraculaRomania
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Suffered a major eruption of La Soufriere volcano in April 2021Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Until 1997, its name included a cardinal directionSamoa
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Has been a republic for more than 1700 yearsSan Marino
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According to the quiz on world countries, this is the least known country in the world.Sao Tome and Principe
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Cyrillic and Latin script are used fully interchangably in this countrySerbia
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The oldest living land animal is a giant tortoise nearly 200 years old, originally from this country and now resident on Saint HelenaSeychelles
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Its lowest ever recorded temperature is 19CSingapore
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Very frequently confused with a similarly-named country to its northSlovenia
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Its waters became notorious for ship hijackings in the early 2010sSomalia
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The first non-English language film to win Best Picture Oscar was from hereSouth Korea
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The world's newest sovereign state, having declared its independence in 2011South Sudan
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If you tunnelled through the Earth starting from Wellington, New Zealand, you would come out in this countrySpain
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Was connected by land to its neighbouring country until the 15th century when a storm broke up the natural causewaySri Lanka
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Both this country and its northern neighbour claim sovereignty over the Halaib triangle, but neither country wants sovereignty of the neighbouring Bir-Tawil triangleSudan
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Exchanged for New York in a colonial deal that probably was not very shrewdSuriname
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The village of Ytterby, namesake of four chemical elements, is in this countrySweden
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Using a number to identify a bank account instead of a name was a concept invented by bankers from this countrySwitzerland
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Was expelled from the United Nations in 1971Taiwan
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Formed in 1968 from the union of two countries, a large mainland territory and an offshore islandTanzania
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Very long surnames are common here because by law, each surname is unique to one familyThailand
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In the Ewe language, its name means "behind the river"Togo
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Its name means "South"Tonga
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The least-visited country in the world with 2,700 international arrivals in 2018 - an average of 7.3 per dayTuvalu
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Elephants go deep underground in search of salt-rich rocks in mountainous regions of this countryUganda
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The current president is a comedian who played the president in a satirical television programmeUkraine
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Has the tallest building in the world by a margin of some 196 metresUnited Arab Emirates
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Its full official name is the longest in the world with 56 charactersUnited Kingdom
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The only Oriental Republic in the worldUruguay
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Borders five countries, all of which end with the same four letters as it doesUzbekistan
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A cult on one of the islands of this archipelagic nation worships Prince PhilipVanuatu
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Shares its etymology with a district of West London which has several canalsVenezuela
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Winners of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 but have never yet qualified for the FIFA World CupZambia
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Its first president, Canaan Banana, made it illegal to make jokes about his surnameZimbabwe
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