Statistics for Progressively Less-Known Countries by Hints

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  • This quiz has been taken 87 times
  • The average score is 56 of 69

Answer Stats

% GuessHint(s)Country% Correct
96Formerly known as the Soviet UnionRussia
100%
97Divided into 50 states, this country was founded in 1776United States
100%
95Claims the most populated urban area, GuangzhouChina
98%
94Country that only borders Ireland and claims GibraltarUnited Kingdom
98%
92Often considered a subcontinent, its capital is New DelhiIndia
96%
93Completely surrounds Vatican City and San MarinoItaly
96%
85Home country of boy band BTS and electronics company SamsungSouth Korea
96%
84Contains a city once called Byzantium, then Constantinople, then IstanbulTurkey
96%
87Won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, fought with the UK over the Falkland IslandsArgentina
95%
86Contains the southernmost point in the world, also shares a long border with the aboveChile
94%
77Country invaded by Putin-lead Russia in 2022Ukraine
94%
75Birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sigmund FreudAustria
93%
88Its capital is the northernmost in the worldIceland
93%
76Least densely populated country in the world and birthplace of Genghis KhanMongolia
93%
63Shares the peak of Mount Everest with ChinaNepal
93%
82The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed here by Peter Jackson, a native kiwiNew Zealand
93%
71The Taliban forced this country to change their flag in 2021; now it is Arabian text on a field of whiteAfghanistan
91%
67Thanks to a canal in this country, it is much easier for ships to sail from the Atlantic to the PacificPanama
91%
65The smaller of the two landlocked countries in South AmericaParaguay
91%
74Containing both Mecca and Medina, this country is a popular pilgrimage site for loyal MuslimsSaudi Arabia
91%
64Country that sort of looks like it's "eating" Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia
90%
70The only country in the world where Hebrew is the official languageIsrael
90%
66This was the largest country by area in Africa until it lost its bottom 25%Sudan
90%
80The only country that ends with the letter QIraq
89%
57Four letter country on the Indochina Peninsula and one of the most heavily bombed in the worldLaos
89%
61Country that contains the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the worldUnited Arab Emirates
89%
78Site of a major missile crisis in the 1960sCuba
88%
72Country formerly known as SiamThailand
88%
79The largest island in the Indian Ocean, and it actually does have penguinsMadagascar
86%
56Country that borders the above ruled by dictator Pol PotCambodia
85%
52Caucasian country that shares its name with a U.S. stateGeorgia
85%
62Bordered by Poland to the north and Hungary to the South, this country has the most castles per capitaSlovakia
85%
46Small Catalan-speaking nation sandwiched between Spain and FranceAndorra
84%
47Small Mediterranean island nation off the coast of SicilyMalta
84%
59Country that possesses the Galapagos IslandsEcuador
83%
42Small European country between Switzerland and AustriaLiechtenstein
83%
50This country got into a naming dispute with Greece and ended up adding a cardinal direction to their nameNorth Macedonia
83%
37Country that gained independence in 1993, making Ethiopia landlockedEritrea
81%
44Country in South America whose "French" version can be found two countries to the eastGuyana
81%
58Balkan country that doesn't recognize Kosovo as an independent countrySerbia
80%
39Hard-to-spell country that borders the aboveKyrgyzstan
79%
38Indian Ocean island country with the lowest average elevation in the worldMaldives
79%
49This host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup only borders one other countryQatar
79%
40"Stan" country with the third highest average elevation in the worldTajikistan
79%
68The capital of this country went through six name changes in 30 years until the government finally settled on AstanaKazakhstan
78%
36Easternmost country in the Lesser Antilles where Rihanna was bornBarbados
76%
51Country with the most popes per capitaVatican City
76%
60Island in the Caribbean whose flag contains no red, white, or blueJamaica
75%
32African island country where the last dodo bird was killedMauritius
75%
41Country near Madagascar with an AK-47 on its flagMozambique
75%
83Wojciech Nowicki took the gold here in 2020, Lil Yachty took the Wock here in 2022Poland
74%
45African country that borders Lake Victoria with a median age of 19 in 2023Uganda
74%
55Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in this country's modern-day territoryBosnia and Herzegovina
73%
34Country between Togo and Nigeria whose main exports are palm oil and cottonBenin
71%
43Three word country in Africa whose official currency is BitcoinCentral African Republic
71%
53Central American country with a large number of bat speciesHonduras
71%
30Country between Cameroon and Gabon whose capital doesn't lie on the country's mainlandEquatorial Guinea
68%
48Country whose exclave, Cabinda, is separated from the mainland by DRCAngola
66%
31The four stars on this Oceanic country's flag represent its four statesF. S. Micronesia
66%
27Oceanic country near Wake Island made up of five islands and twenty-nine coral atollsMarshall Islands
63%
28Lesser Antilles country where Alexander Hamilton was believed to be bornSaint Kitts and Nevis
63%
35Country whose capital is NouakchottMauritania
61%
26Oceanic country whose national anthem, "Yumi Yumi Yumi", was written in Bislama and has been translated to English and FrenchVanuatu
59%
24Country made up of three islands and the only Arabic-speaking country in the southern hemisphereComoros
58%
23Portuguese-speaking country whose center is closest to the point (0, 0)São Tomé and Príncipe
54%
54The larger of the two doubly landlocked countriesUzbekistan
54%
25The only country with territory in all four hemispheresKiribati
46%
29The only country named after a woman, it has the most Nobel Laureates per capitaSaint Lucia
45%
33The roundest country in the world with a green-white-blue flag patternSierra Leone
45%

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