Statistics for Countries Based on Clues #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Country shaped like a boot	Italy	100%
Previous name for Russia	United Socialist Soviet Republic / Soviet Union	85%
Transcontinental country in North America	United States of America / Panama	85%
Country invaded by the Soviets, local Mujahideen fighters backed by USA	Afghanistan	81%
Country that was previously known as "Zaire"	Democratic Republic of the Congo	81%
Country previously known as "Ceylon"	Sri Lanka	81%
This country is on every continent but Asia (because of overseas territories)	France	74%
Declared independence from Spain in 1810, before that was called Viceroyalty of New Spain	Mexico	70%
Name sounds very similar to Moldavia	Moldova	70%
Famous region of Romania, ____________	Transylvania	70%
Only transcontinental island country in Asia	Indonesia	63%
Coldest world capital	Moscow	63%
Nikolai Novikov country of birth (Cold War veteran)	Russia	56%
Country with the most languages spoken	Papua New Guinea	41%
Oldest country on earth (that is still recognized to this day)	San Marino	41%
Freddie Mercury's (aka Farrokh Bulsara) origin birthplace	Tanzania	41%
What infamous character made Russia as big as it is today	Ivan the Terrible	33%
Country also shaped like a boot	New Zealand	22%
Alternate capital is Colombo, what is the real capital	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	15%
This region all declared independence from Spain in 1821	Central America	11%