Statistics for Geography General Knowledge #11

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What language has the most native speakers?	Chinese (Mandarin)	94%
What country is also known as Persia?	Iran	94%
Which U.S. state has the smallest land area?	Rhode Island	85%
Of all the countries in the world, which one has the most coastline?	Canada	82%
What country was once known as East Pakistan?	Bangladesh	73%
What country is bordered by Panama and Nicaragua?	Costa Rica	73%
What's the most populous city on the island of Java?	Jakarta	71%
What are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania collectively known as?	The {Baltic} States	71%
What is the largest landlocked country in Africa?	Chad	67%
What city was famously built on the Palatine, Capitoline, and five other hills?	Rome	67%
What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?	Sarajevo	65%
What U.S. military base is located on the island of Cuba?	Guantánamo Bay	64%
What was the former name of the city of Kolkata?	Calcutta	63%
What English spa town was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis?	Bath	62%
If an American is from the "Bay Area", what bay do they live nearby?	San Francisco Bay	60%
Upon what river would you find the English town of Stratford?	Avon	59%
Besides Cape Town and Bloemfontein, what city is a capital of South Africa?	Pretoria	59%
What is the largest city on the Yangtze river?	Shanghai	58%
What is a synonym of the word "shire"?	County	34%
What island in the Caribbean is divided between France and the Netherlands?	St. Martin	34%