Statistics for Malta Country Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Closest country to Malta	Italy	98%
Capital city	Valletta	93%
Language that is commonly spoken by about one third of the population	Italian	92%
The other island nation in the Mediterranean	Cyprus	91%
Country from which Malta declared its independence in 1964	United Kingdom	89%
The other official language of Malta than Maltese itself	English	85%
Malta is both the least populous and smallest country that is part of this major international body	European Union	80%
The first settlers of Malta arrived from this nearby major island in ca. 5900 BC	Sicily	79%
Empire that attempted the Great Siege of Malta of 1565	Ottoman Empire	74%
Malta is world's 6th most ______ populated country	Densely	70%
Two main islands of Malta	Malta	60%
Most populous city (think of Minnesota twin city)	{Saint} {Paul}'s Bay	55%
Currency of Malta prior to Euro	Lira	54%
Two main islands of Malta	Gozo	48%
What the Order of Malta claims continuity with	{Knights} Hospitaller	41%
Name either of the two major political parties of Malta	Labour \| Nationalist	34%
Famous island between those two islands with only three residents	Comino	31%
Branch of Afro-Asiatic languagues the Maltese language has derived from (Arabic and Hebrew are also parts of it)	{Semit}ic	29%
Type of pastry filled either with ricotta or mushy peas	Pastizz	17%
The ______ Temples of Malta had once been claimed as the oldest free-standing structures on Earth	Megalithic	9%