Statistics for Belarus Country Quiz

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Countries that border Belarus	Russia	99%
Countries that border Belarus	Ukraine	98%
Countries that border Belarus	Lithuania	97%
Capital city	Minsk	97%
Countries that border Belarus	Poland	97%
Belarus was part of this country until 1991	Soviet Union	97%
Countries that border Belarus	Latvia	93%
Dominant Christian branch	Eastern Orthodox	86%
Country that invaded and killed about 1/4 of Belarus's population starting in 1941	Germany	86%
Alphabet used in Belarus	Cyrillic	78%
Currency used in Belarus	Ruble	77%
Belarus has been labeled by the media as "Europe's last ...."	Dictatorship	74%
Most important export, accounts for 20% of the exports	Oil	63%
Group of people who conquered eastern parts of Belarus in the 12th century	Mongols	59%
Current president, since 1994	Alexander Lukashenko	55%
Most popular sport (besides football)	Ice Hockey	49%
Although most of Belarus's members of the parliament are independent, the majority of the ones who belong to a political party, belong to this one	Communist Party	41%
Longest river	Dnieper	37%
Second most populated city	Gomel	28%
National animal	European Bison	17%
Female tennis player who won the Australian Open two-times	Victoria Azarenka	15%
Hard science fiction writer	Isaac Asimov	14%
Gymnast who won four Olympic gold medals	Olga Korbut	7%
Belarusian-born physicist who won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics	Zhores Alferov	5%