Rank
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Category
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Countries
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6
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Capital city closest to equator
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Ecuador | Uganda | São Tomé and Principe | Gabon | Nauru
|
3
|
Highest GDP (PPP) per capita
|
Luxembourg | Liechtenstein
|
4 (t)
|
|
Denmark | New Zealand | Finland
|
12
|
Highest life expectancy (2021)
|
Monaco | Japan | Australia | Switzerland | Malta | South Korea | Liechtenstein | Norway | Spain | Sweden | Italy
|
2
|
Greatest population density
|
Monaco
|
9
|
Whitest flag
|
Cyprus | Afghanistan | Japan | South Korea | Georgia | Israel | Finland | Uruguay
|
11
|
Country with the busiest airport by passenger traffic (2019)
|
United States | China | United Arab Emirates | Japan | United Kingdom | France | Netherlands | South Korea | Germany | India
|
7
|
Most Michelin-starred restaurants per capita
|
Japan | Luxembourg | Switzerland | Belgium | Malta | France
|
2
|
Lowest infant mortality rate (UN, 2019)
|
Iceland
|
5 (t)
|
Most official languages
|
Bolivia | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Ethiopia
|
12
|
Lowest highest elevation
|
Tuvalu | Maldives | Marshall Islands | Bahamas | Gambia | Nauru | Vatican City | Kiribati | Qatar | Bahrain | Monaco
|
11
|
Highest Human Development Index (2022)
|
Switzerland | Norway | Iceland | Australia | Denmark | Sweden | Ireland | Germany | Netherlands | Finland
|
5
|
Greatest Chinese population (outside of China)
|
Thailand | Malaysia | United States | Indonesia
|
2
|
Country containing the biggest urban area ending with the letter E
|
Pakistan
|
6
|
Hosted the most Formula One Grands Prix in Asia
|
Japan | Malaysia | Bahrain | China | United Arab Emirates
|
2
|
Country with the busiest container port (2020)
|
China
|
13
|
Highest home ownership rate
|
Albania | Romania | Laos | Hungary | Slovakia | Lithuania | Cuba | North Macedonia | Vietnam | Croatia | China | Russia
|
2
|
Issues the strongest passport [2]
|
Japan
|
8
|
Most recently independent non-ex-Soviet country in Asia
|
East Timor | Cambodia | Brunei | United Arab Emirates | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Yemen
|
2
|
Lowest traffic-related death rate in Asia
|
Maldives
|
For "last letter of E" question, India could also qualify depending on whether Bangalore is accepted.
When it asks for “Capital city closest to equator” I spent way too long trying to enter Quito, Kampala, etc. and wondering why it wouldn’t accept any of them - I eventually gave up and never got the question at all.
I mean, I know that the quiz is about Countries that beat Singapore, etc. (And the answer column is also titled “Countries”) so it's certainly legit the way it is (and any misreading is my own damn fault).
But it still is slightly confusing - my brain only read the way the question was worded, and got stuck there.
So if it could be reworded to (something like) “Country whose capital city is closest to the equator” that would be really helpful!
does that mean i am bad a geography