Statistics for Countries of the World quiz, in random order, with clues and map

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
The first country alphabetically	Afghanistan	84%
Shares its name with an U.S state	Georgia	84%
Island nation in the Nordics	Iceland	84%
The first european country alphabetically	Albania	81%
Formerly called East Pakistan	Bangladesh	78%
The world's most populous country	China	78%
Home to The Great Pyramids	Egypt	78%
Shaped like a boot	Italy	78%
The only country starting with the letter O	Oman	78%
The only country starting with Y	Yemen	78%
The largest South American country	Brazil	75%
Home to the Angkor Wat	Cambodia	75%
Prague is it's capital city	Czech Republic	75%
The smallest landlocked country in South America	Paraguay	75%
The teardrop of India	Sri Lanka	75%
Landlocked country between Spain and France	Andorra	72%
The land "Down Under"	Australia	72%
Completely surrounded by South Africa	Lesotho	72%
The largest island nation of Africa	Madagascar	72%
The largest country on the Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia	72%
The southernmost african country	South Africa	72%
The country where Chernobyl lies	Ukraine	72%
The last country alphabetically	Zimbabwe	72%
Is often confused with Australia	Austria	69%
The most visited country in the Caribbean	Dominican Republic	69%
The only South American country with English as the official language	Guyana	69%
Budapest is its capital	Hungary	69%
Landlocked Southeast Asian country	Laos	69%
The largest country by area	Russia	69%
The largest country in northern Europe	Sweden	69%
African country with the northernmost point	Tunisia	69%
Consists of seven emirates	United Arab Emirates	69%
Island nation a few hundred kilometers east from Florida	Bahamas	66%
This african country is considered as the poorest in the world. Extra hint: Starts with B	Burundi	66%
North american country that since 11 June 2022, shares a land border with Denmark	Canada	66%
Its offical languages are Greek and Turkish	Cyprus	66%
The northernmost of the three baltic countries	Estonia	66%
European country that shares a land border with Brazil	France	66%
Poor Caribbean country struck by an 7.0 earthquake in January 2010	Haiti	66%
Where you can find the Taj Mahal	India	66%
Persian is its official language	Iran	66%
Formerly called Burma	Myanmar	66%
World War 2 started after this country got invaded by Germany	Poland	66%
Where you can find the Bran Castle (Dracula Castle)	Romania	66%
Has the easternmost point on mainland Africa	Somalia	66%
Where the music "genre" K-pop originates from	South Korea	66%
The most visited country in Southeast Asia	Thailand	66%
The smallest country by area and population	Vatican City	66%
Largest african country by area	Algeria	63%
Where Lionel Messi comes from	Argentina	63%
Its three official languages are Dutch, French and German	Belgium	63%
The largest country in the Caribbean sea by area	Cuba	63%
The Galapagos Islands belong to this country	Ecuador	63%
The largest economy in Europe	Germany	63%
Its capital city is holy to three religions	Israel	63%
The smallest country that Iraq borders	Kuwait	63%
The only stan-country left in this quiz	Kyrgyzstan	63%
Has the largest city of the three baltic nations	Latvia	63%
The southernmost Baltic country	Lithuania	63%
Borders Morocco in the north and Senegal in the south	Mauritania	63%
The most visited country by americans	Mexico	63%
The poorest country in Europe	Moldova	63%
City state on the French Riviera	Monaco	63%
The country in Oceania which is closest to the Philippines	Palau	63%
A canal was built in this country, to connect two oceans	Panama	63%
Gambias only neighbour	Senegal	63%
The youngest country in the world	South Sudan	63%
The largest country on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	63%
Smallest South American country by area	Suriname	63%
A narrow country between Ghana and Benin	Togo	63%
Borders both Kazakhstan and Iran	Turkmenistan	63%
Island nation connected to Saudi Arabia by a bridge	Bahrain	59%
Country with the southernmost point	Chile	59%
This country's name comes from the Portuguese word “gabao” meaning “cloak”	Gabon	59%
Home to the first major european civilization, known as the minoans (ca. 2800 BC)	Greece	59%
Formerly known as Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	59%
A doubly landlocked country in Europe	Liechtenstein	59%
Has the southernmost capital city in Europe	Malta	59%
Former name of this country was the same as a region in northern Greece	North Macedonia	59%
Has won the most Winter Olympic medals	Norway	59%
The southernmost of the stan-countries	Pakistan	59%
Part of Oceania, but shares a land border with an asian country	Papua New Guinea	59%
One of its largest cities, was the capital city of the Incan Empire	Peru	59%
The only asian country that was a part of the Spanish Empire	Philippines	59%
Its capital city lies only 55 km away from Vienna	Slovakia	59%
Has the most oil reserves in the world	Venezuela	59%
Where you can find the Ha Long Bay	Vietnam	59%
Rihanna comes from this country, starting with B	Barbados	56%
The smallest country in mainland Africa	Gambia	56%
Was called "Le Grenade" under French rule	Grenada	56%
Where the most of Mesopotamia is located	Iraq	56%
Its name came from it's trade in elephant tusks	Ivory Coast	56%
Has the most populous capital city in the world	Japan	56%
Country closest to the Hawaiian islands	Kiribati	56%
Country which means Black Mountain	Montenegro	56%
Has the world's highest % of obese inhabitants	Nauru	56%
Home to the largest lake in Central America	Nicaragua	56%
Westernmost country on the european mainland	Portugal	56%
The meaning of this country is "Lion Mountains"	Sierra Leone	56%
The southernmost island nation in North America	Trinidad and Tobago	56%
Winners of the 1st and 4th FIFA World Cups	Uruguay	56%
Country bordering Quintana Roo (Mexico)	Belize	53%
South American country with two capital cities	Bolivia	53%
The only african island nation with all it's territory completely north of the Equator	Cape Verde	53%
Largest african country that is landlocked	Chad	53%
Its largest island is called Ngazidja, maybe better known as Grade Comore	Comoros	53%
In the late 18th century, Venice controlled almost the whole coastline of this Balkan country	Croatia	53%
Southeast Asian country that gained independence in 2002	East Timor	53%
The only country in Africa which has Spanish as an official language	Equatorial Guinea	53%
The second largest cocoa exporter on the planet, only behind the Ivory Coast	Ghana	53%
Was formerly named French Guinea	Guinea	53%
Got invaded by El Salvador in 1969, because of a FIFA World Cup qualifying match	Honduras	53%
The emerald isle	Ireland	53%
Where you can find the historical city of Petra	Jordan	53%
European country that gained independence in 2008	Kosovo	53%
African country on the Strait of Gibraltar	Morocco	53%
Has the busiest port in Europe	Netherlands	53%
FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts	Qatar	53%
Until 2011, it was the largest country in Africa	Sudan	53%
Shares the Matterhorn with Italy	Switzerland	53%
Its capital city borders Lake Victoria	Uganda	53%
The country closest to Russia (that doesn't border it)	United States	53%
Its currency is called Vatu	Vanuatu	53%
The largest african country that got colonized by Portugal	Angola	50%
The only european country with Capital punishment	Belarus	50%
Its capital city is a common name for girls	Bulgaria	50%
Together with Panama, this country is the only non-island- or non-micronation with a standing army	Costa Rica	50%
Borders both Lake Tanganyika and the Atlantic ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo	50%
Called Suomi in its native language	Finland	50%
The most populous island nation	Indonesia	50%
Produces some of the best sprinter athletes in the world	Jamaica	50%
Home to the second largest mountain in Africa	Kenya	50%
Landlocked southern african country that has the same name as a lake it borders	Malawi	50%
Where the extinct Dodo birds lived	Mauritius	50%
The birthplace of Buddha	Nepal	50%
The most populous african country	Nigeria	50%
Brazzaville is its capital	Republic of the Congo	50%
Has been nicknamed "the African Galapagos" due to its high density of endemic species	Sao Tome and Principe	50%
The only asian city-state	Singapore	50%
Had the world's tallest building from 2004-2010	Taiwan	50%
Dar-es-Salaam is its largest city	Tanzania	50%
Livingstone, a city close to the Victoria Falls, is located in this country	Zambia	50%
Has its largest city on the Caspian Sea	Azerbaijan	47%
Has the highest average elevation in the world	Bhutan	47%
Has the shortest coastline of any non-landlocked countries (excluding microstates)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47%
Has the largest elephant population worldwide	Botswana	47%
The smallest country on Borneo	Brunei	47%
Nicknamed the "Land of Volcanos"	El Salvador	47%
Renamed it's capital city in 2019	Kazakhstan	47%
The only african country that never got colonized by europeans	Liberia	47%
The first country to make all public transport free to use	Luxembourg	47%
The non-island nation in Southeast Asia with the longest coastline	Malaysia	47%
The flattest country in the world, with an average altitude of 1.8 metres above sea level	Maldives	47%
Has the lowest population density in the world	Mongolia	47%
Has the only national flag with a modern weapon on it	Mozambique	47%
Has the easternmost city with a population above 1 million	New Zealand	47%
The first british colony in the Caribbean	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47%
The first country to be named after a woman	Saint Lucia	47%
Shifted it's time zone forward by 24 hours in December 2011	Samoa	47%
Nikola Tesla was from this country	Serbia	47%
Home the longest continually inhabited city in the world	Syria	47%
Dushanbe is its capital	Tajikistan	47%
The most populous island nation that isn't in Asia	United Kingdom	47%
Formerly known as Upper Volta	Burkina Faso	44%
Has the world's lowest life expectancy	Central African Republic	44%
Zealand is its largest island	Denmark	44%
The last Caribbean island to be colonized by europeans	Dominica	44%
Africa's last absolute monarchy	Eswatini	44%
Most populous african country which is landlocked	Ethiopia	44%
"Operation Hailstone", a major US offensive against Japan took place here in World War 2	Federated States of Micronesia	44%
Where the largest accidental non-nuclear explosion (by magnitude) of the 21st century happened	Lebanon	44%
Had the largest death toll of the Arab Spring	Libya	44%
The Great Mosque of Djenne can be found in this country	Mali	44%
The word “Bikini” was borrowed from the country	Marshall Islands	44%
Has the lowest population density in Africa	Namibia	44%
Its calendar is based on its founder's date of birth	North Korea	44%
Has the highest GDP per capita of any african country	Seychelles	44%
Home of the second largest ski jump in the world	Slovenia	44%
Its capital city is called Nuku’alofa	Tonga	44%
Has the same name as a bird	Turkey	44%
Samarkand is one of its largest cities	Uzbekistan	44%
The first nation that adopted Christianity as its official religion	Armenia	41%
Before 1975, this country was known as Dahomey	Benin	41%
It's national sport is Tejo, which is similar to Bowling	Colombia	41%
The lowest point in Africa is located in this country	Djibouti	41%
Its capital city is Asmara	Eritrea	41%
Home to the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere	Fiji	41%
Has the most cars per capita	San Marino	41%
The least visited country in the world	Tuvalu	41%
Nicknamed the "Land of 365 Beaches"	Antigua and Barbuda	38%
Home to Korup National Park Forest, which is the oldest forest in Africa	Cameroon	38%
Its highest peak is Tamajulco, at 4220 meters	Guatemala	38%
In 2020, this country was ranked as the least developed country in the world according to the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI)	Niger	38%
Known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"	Rwanda	38%
This country is home to the oldest botanical gardens in the Western Hemisphere	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38%
Home to the world's largest raised coral atoll	Solomon Islands	38%