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Greenland Country Quiz

🇬🇱 Can you guess these facts about the autonomous territory of Greenland?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: August 12, 2020
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First submittedJuly 8, 2019
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Clue
Answer
Capital city
Nuuk
Greenland is an autonomous part of this country
Denmark
Group of people who settled Greenland starting in 986 A.D.
Norse
Person who founded that settlement
Erik the Red
Countries which lie closest to Greenland
Canada
Iceland
Animal on the coat of arms
Polar bear
Country which offered to buy Greenland for $100 million in 1946
United States
88% of Greenlanders belong to this ethnic group starting with I
Inuit
Official language
Greenlandic
What covers 81% of the area of Greenland
Greenland ice sheet
Large bovid which lives in northern Greenland
Muskox
Food product which accounts for most of Greenland's exports
Fish
Sadly, Greenland has a _____ rate nearly twice that of any country in the world
Suicide
Common map projection which makes Greenland appear to be nearly the size of Africa,
even though Africa is 14x bigger
Mercator Projection
Animal found off the coast of Greenland thought to have the longest life span
of any vertebrate (300-500 years)
Greenland Shark
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Level 74
Jun 26, 2020
I feel like ice and Iceland shouldn't both be answers here, or at the very least put ice first so it's not filled in before you reach the question.
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Level ∞
Jun 26, 2020
Changed the ice sheet question slightly.
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Level 70
Jun 26, 2020
Quizmaster, can you create a series with the "country quiz" quizzes? It should be nice.
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Level 72
Jan 19, 2021
It happened!
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Level 69
Jun 26, 2020
I definitely should've guessed Greenlandic!
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Level 66
Jul 7, 2020
I did, but wasn't aware greenland had its own language. I mean I know there are inuit languages, but didn't know they went by the name greenlandic and that it was the official language. I would ve guessed a scandinavian language for the official one (not necessarily the most widely spoken, so not in households per see, but like in cityhall and official stuff)

Good to have learned how the actual situation is :)

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Level 44
May 28, 2021
Same. Just did the Palau one, it asks for two different languages. I typed English and thought the other one was some native exotic language, so I gave up. It was Palauan.
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Level 35
Jun 26, 2020
i somehow missed iceland 😭
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Level 80
Jul 4, 2020
The official language is also known as Kalaallisut.
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Level 67
Jul 6, 2020
Kinda odd, but the country trivia list states that 12 good answers are required, but the quiz itself states 14 are required. Which is incorrect?
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Level ∞
Jul 6, 2020
Fixed.
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Level 70
Jul 10, 2020
Congrats, everyone who wins his Country Trivia badge with this quiz!
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Level 67
Jul 29, 2020
I've finally done it!
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Level 66
Sep 1, 2020
I have also done it, finally!
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Level 62
Jul 22, 2020
This is not a country...
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Level 66
Aug 11, 2020
Well it is, but I believe the phrase you are looking for is "sovereign state."
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Level 67
Jul 22, 2020
The last question says "Greeland" instead of Greenland, not sure if that's intentional
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Level 66
Jul 25, 2020
Could Ice bear be a fill in for Polar bear?
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Level 42
Aug 26, 2020
Nee, dat is Nederlands :)
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Level 62
Aug 27, 2020
Ik had dat ook geprobeerd haha
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Level 46
Sep 12, 2020
Nei, det er norsk.
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Level 66
Nov 10, 2020
Nein, das ist deutsch.
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Level 71
Jan 15, 2021
Ei kun suomea. :D
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Level 59
Aug 6, 2020
I did it
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Level 24
Aug 16, 2020
Did you mean "Greenland autonomus territory quiz"?
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Level 58
Oct 29, 2020
I love these quizzes! Thanks for making them!
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Level 44
Nov 10, 2020
Greenland bears about the same relationship to Denmark as Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten do to Netherlands, as Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau Islands do to New Zealand, as the Faeroe Islands do, also to Denmark, as Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man do to the UK (none of which are part of the United Kingdom). How about quizzes on them too?
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Level 70
Jan 15, 2021
Seems like you know a lot about them. Why don't you make them?
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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
Yeah, and I would like to add, some are legally part of larger sovereign states. Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, together with the Netherlands, are all parts of Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Level 78
Nov 29, 2020
"Red" and/or "the red" should be accepted for Erik the Red
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Level 21
Dec 18, 2020
Imagine living for 500 years...
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Level 33
Jan 12, 2021
denmark owns greenland
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Level 89
Jan 15, 2021
Correct. So what's the problem?
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Level 76
Jan 15, 2021
What an epic series. Great fun that has lasted months.
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Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
Can't believe it's over after nearly 200 days

I'll wear this Country Trivia badge with honour.

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Level 72
Jan 15, 2021
Can you accept "ice cap" as well next to "ice sheet"?
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Level 71
Jan 15, 2021
I tried cap, glacier, cover... Are all of these really wrong?
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Level 64
Oct 12, 2022
Same here. Plus mantle, floe, plain, etc.
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Level 72
Jul 21, 2022
I learned about it in primary school as the "Ice Cap," but I don't think I have heard that term since then. Maybe it's an old term or it's just a certain sort of colloquial, but it is definitely a term that was used widely somewhere at some time.
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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
I knew that would be Greenland! LOL! Any projects for series? The HomePage will be a little bit boring without big projects...
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Level 75
Jan 15, 2021
Next is all the states
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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
Cool! And coincidence, I’m doing this in Portuguese!
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Level 45
Jan 15, 2021
Guys, this series is not over. There's still Bandiaterra, Limberwisk, Patch Amberdash and Qitzikwaka to come!
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Level 65
Nov 22, 2021
Don’t forget Sovonthak!
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Level 64
Jan 15, 2021
NEXT DO EVERY SINGLE SUBDIVISION

lol

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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
😶
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Level 52
Jan 16, 2021
My calling...
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Level 71
Jan 15, 2021
Wow, I got every question correct on this quiz! That rarely happens on a country quiz :)
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Level 70
Jan 15, 2021
I have really enjoyed the daily country quizzes during these strange times - a little bit of a substitute for not being able to go anywhere! Thank you
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Level 42
Jan 15, 2021
The next is going to be either French Guiana or Bermuda
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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
Or Minas Gerais!
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Level 43
Jan 15, 2021
Where is Tristan da Cunha? LOL
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Level 59
Jan 15, 2021
Really fun series! Great job
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Level 59
Jan 15, 2021
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Level 76
Jan 15, 2021
You know Greenland's not a country, right?
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Level 37
Jan 15, 2021
Thought I knew nothing about Greenland, but I actually got 15/16! Only missed the muskox.
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Level 83
Jan 16, 2021
If you're feeling too sad about the country quiz series ending you can always try it in different languages. May I suggest German for a start? :D
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Level 67
Jan 16, 2021
How did I get 16/16 in this?!
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Level 35
Jan 19, 2021
Is Greenland a country? I don’t think so. So why is this called a country quiz? Territory quiz sounds good. Day 1... Greenland territory quiz?
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Level 42
Mar 3, 2021
Do every single place over 1 person

LOL

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Level 42
Mar 6, 2021
I will do 110 subdivisions which will be posted every 2 days
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Level 28
Apr 11, 2021
I’m surprised only 36 percent got the official language of Greenland right.
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Level 60
May 11, 2021
"Shelf" should be accepted for "Greenland ice sheet". No one really calls it an ice sheet, it's Greenland Ice Shelf on every map that I have ever seen.
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Level 40
Jul 22, 2021
''Greenland Country Quiz'' is ironic.
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Level 70
Jan 10, 2022
But Greenland isn't a country!!!!! :O
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Level 56
Apr 6, 2022
I thought that Greenland wasn't a country?
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Level 72
Jan 4, 2023
It isn't. Question 2 even says it's an autonomous part of Denmark.
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Level 40
Apr 26, 2022
Please accept "Kalaallisut" for Greenlandic, it's the endonym for the language.
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Level 76
May 19, 2022
"greenlandic" lol
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Level 56
Dec 13, 2022
it's a muskox!
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Level 60
Feb 10, 2023
15/16. Couldn't understand why it wouldn't accept Greenlandish or Greenlandian as I've always called it and the answer turned out to be "Greenlandic" LOL. Gutted.
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Level 41
Mar 11, 2024
Felt bored, so even after i got progress towards the badge, i still wanted to get all, (i want those levels!!!) so i did