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Countries that Beat Switzerland

For each selected category, name any of the countries that ranks higher than Switzerland.
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Quiz by palstek
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Last updated: October 29, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 12, 2019
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Countries
11
Richest country by per-capita income
(PPP, 2019)
Monaco | Liechtenstein | Qatar | Luxembourg |
Singapore | Brunei | Ireland | United Arab Emirates |
Kuwait | Norway
9
Country flag with the highest % of red
Morocco | China | Turkey | Vietnam | Kyrgyzstan |
Tunisia | Albania | Tonga
3
Longest single-word name of a country
Liechtenstein | Turkmenistan
4
Most recent admission to UN
East Timor | Montenegro | South Sudan
2
Smallest country by area to host the Olympics
Belgium
4
Longest road tunnel
Norway | Japan | China
14
Longest time since the country has been
controlled by a foreign occupier
United Kingdom | San Marino | Turkey | Russia |
Sweden | Bhutan | Oman | Nepal | United States |
Portugal | Andorra | Spain | Liechtenstein
11
Most cheese production per capita
New Zealand | Denmark | Ireland | Netherlands |
Iceland | Estonia | Latvia | Germany | Austria |
Lithuania | France
3
Highest dam
China | Tajikistan
4
Highest maximum elevation in Europe
Russia | France | Italy
2
Highest average elevation in Europe
Andorra
5 (t)
Most official languages
Bolivia | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Ethiopia
7
Largest landlocked country in Europe
Belarus | Hungary | Serbia | Austria |
Czech Republic | Slovakia
11
Lowest murder rate
(2000–2019)
Vatican City | San Marino | Andorra | Japan |
Singapore | Qatar | Bahrain | Iceland |
Brunei | United Arab Emirates
2
Most passenger rail travel per capita
(by distance traveled)
Japan
2
Most Olympic medals in alpine skiing
Austria
2
Containing the most populous urban area
starting with Z
China
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Level 65
Oct 6, 2021
Nice one, thanks. Nominated. (PS I love Switzerland)
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Level 58
Oct 6, 2021
Norway, Sweden and Finland must also have more Olympic medals in skiing than Switzerland.
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Level 53
Oct 11, 2021
my bad, I meant alpine skiing. Will correct it
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Level 88
Oct 29, 2021
China has the most mosts.
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Level 77
Oct 29, 2021
How about most recent country to allow women to vote?
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Level 79
Oct 31, 2021
;) good suggestion
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Level 53
Nov 2, 2021
yep, that would be a "fun" one indeed. However, it is mostly just one canton that did not have it until 1991. For the country as a whole, it was introduced in 1971 "already", making it approx. 25th in the list.
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Level 69
Nov 4, 2021
maybe in europe, they would be third behind portugal and liechtenstein
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Level 75
Oct 30, 2021
And China has multiple cities starting with z more populous than Zurich
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Level 81
Nov 1, 2021
Fun fact: famous youtuber/mathematician Matt Parker (StandUpMaths) calculated that, when adjusted for terrain, the land area of Switzerland is larger than Netherlands, which makes Netherlands a possible answer to the Olympics question.

https://youtu.be/PtKhbbcc1Rc

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Level 76
Nov 1, 2021
Why would that change the number of medals?
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Level 76
Nov 1, 2021
Never mind, wrong Olympics question
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Level 53
Nov 2, 2021
That is fun indeed! However area is usually referred to without adjustment for terrain. So if you ever buy a plot of land in Switzerland, go for the steepest one and you'll get some for free ;-)
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Level 71
Nov 12, 2021
Wow, the Netherlands is larger than Switzerland? Only just barely but that still surprises me. Looking at a map, I would've thunk Switzerland is bigger.
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Level 76
Nov 6, 2021
Re: Longest time since the country has been controlled by a foreign occupier, the Channel Islands were occupied by Germany in WWII. Do you mean countries wholly occupied by foreign powers?
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Level 82
Nov 12, 2021
The Channel Islands aren't part of the UK.
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Level 83
Nov 12, 2021
Yep, as the other commenter says, the Channel Islands aren't part of the UK. They're Crown Protectorates. The UK is solely the land of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Level 45
Nov 19, 2021
Or even Crown Dependencies (rather than Protectorates)
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Level 76
Nov 12, 2021
For urban areas starting with Z, shouldn't Mexico count? (Zapopan?)

There's a number of others as well, Zaria, Nigeria... Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine... am I missing some other criterion here?

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Level 68
Nov 12, 2021
With the source Jetpunk uses, I believe Zapopan is considered part of the Guadalajara metro area and not separate, and the others are smaller.
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Level 59
Nov 12, 2021
zapopan isnt its own metro area
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Level 67
Nov 12, 2021
The UK’s Channel Islands were occupied by Germany during the Second World War.
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Level 74
Nov 12, 2021
It says "time since the country was controlled by a foreign occupier," yes that's a little ambiguous but clearly occupying the Channel Islands doesn't meet that standard. Guam was occupied in World War 2, but that doesn't make it so the US doesn't qualify, either...
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Level 45
Nov 19, 2021
The Channel Islands are not part of the UK; Jersey and Guernsey are separate political entities in their own right, who run their own affairs.
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Level 42
Nov 12, 2021
Well I think I know what country the creator DOESN'T like.
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Level 52
Nov 12, 2021
16/17. Repeatedly tried Zhengzhou in the last question like a madman :)
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Level 79
Jun 6, 2022
Also bashed my head into Zhengzhou for a good while, but did work it out within the time limit in the end.
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Level 39
Nov 14, 2021
I liked this quiz! I found the question "longest single word name" a bit unclear, wondering if it aimed for the longest word in the language, a (family) name or the name of the country. It would be great if you could make the question a bit clearer. Thank you!
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Level 53
Nov 16, 2021
Thanks for the feedback, I claryfied it a bit.
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Level 51
Nov 14, 2021
When did Belgium host the Olympics? And why isn't UK accepted for United Kingdom?
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Level 81
Nov 14, 2021
Antwerp in 1920.
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Level 53
Nov 16, 2021
also UK should work
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Level 31
Dec 28, 2021
Question 14 is confusing. Present Perfect here means that these countries ARE controlled by a foreign occupier. I don't know about all of them, but Russia is not, Portugal is not, Spain is not. I guess none of them are actually. If the question was about the past, it should be in Past Simple (a finished action). Present Perfect here would be something that began in the past and is still true.
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Level 73
Nov 14, 2022
You have to work hard to be confused by it
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Level 47
Aug 4, 2023
Shouldn't Croatia (Zagreb) count for the most populous area, or am i misreading the question?
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Level 75
Aug 4, 2023
Zurich has more people than Zagreb, so it wouldn't count.
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Level 67
Aug 4, 2023
Just missed Japan for passenger rail travel
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Level 45
Aug 6, 2023
Just reached level 16 with the completion of this quiz. 12/17. Not bad I guess.
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Level 42
Aug 10, 2023
Papua Newguinea has a lot more languages than Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and South Africa combined.
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Level 53
Aug 14, 2023
yep, but only 4 of them are official