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Countries that Beat Tuvalu

For each selected category, name any of the countries that ranks higher than Tuvalu.
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Quiz by kalbahamut
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Last updated: February 17, 2019
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Rank
Category
Countries
6
Least guessed on the Countries of the World Quiz
São Tomé, Nauru, Palau, ...
2
Smallest by population
Vatican City
3
Closest to Hawaii
Kiribati, Marshall Islands
16
Most recently settled
Seychelles, Mauritius, São Tomé, ...
4
Smallest by land area
Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru
5
First to celebrate the New Year (easternmost)
Russia, USA, New Zealand, Fiji
14
Least rainfall
Egypt, Libya, Liechtenstein, Saudi Arabia, ...
6
Newest member of the UN
South Sudan, Montenegro, East Timor, Switzerland, ...
4
Most at risk from climate change
Kiribati, The Maldives, Vanuatu
4
Smallest parliament
Vatican City, Micronesia, St Kitts and Nevis
4
Highest obesity rate
Nauru, Palau, Marshall Islands
5
Fewest visitors
Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, Nauru
2
Flattest
The Maldives
12
Highest fish consumption per capita
Maldives, Iceland, Kiribati, ...
2
Shortest road network
Vatican City
kalbahamut
+7
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
There might be mistakes on this. I was making the quiz, going along fine, making sure everything was kosher and carefully copying and pasting all the standard regex type-ins from the countries of the world quiz so it would be consistent. Then realized that the quiz editor limits the number of type-ins to 10. I had to redo the whole dang quiz. Searching for something else with more than 10 type-ins (copied the countries that beat Russia quiz)...and then it was still a huge pain in the ass because there weren't enough regex spaces for each question. Had to get pretty creative. And by the end I was pretty tired and frustrated but I think it all should work.
Stewart
+17
Level 68
Feb 17, 2019
There's a way around this! If you put forward slashes between answers in Step 2 they'll appear as different lines in Step 3. And this overrules the 10 maximum AND recognises official typeins!

For example, putting "Hawaii / Florida / Alaska / Canada" in an answer box in Step 2 will result in 4 auto-generated rows (with their recognised typeins) in Step 3. Then if you switch that type-in to custom, you can then change the text in Step 2 however you like (changing slashes to commas, removing excess words etc...).

Also you can even use this method to get more typein boxes, then switch to Custom and just change everything, it'll hold the extra boxes.

Finally, you can use a tactic Scambigol used in the "by borders" quizzes where if you put a "|" at the end of a typein, it counts as a logical OR. meaning you can concatenate multiple typeins. E.g. "^FLORIDA|^MIS+IS+IP+I|^ALASKA" is identical to having those three on separate lines.

Hope this helps you out!

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
I did use the Scambigol tactic, that's what I meant when I said I had to get creative. But thanks!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
I wish I had thought of that before I re-made the whole quiz, though.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
May 9, 2023
I was thinking of doing this for my quizzes, because I also get to 10 typeins and need more.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
Stats that Tuvalu is actually #1 in:

Lowest highest point

smallest military (none, tie)

lowest HIV adult prevalence rate (none, tie, UN AIDS counts 10 sex workers in the entire country)

kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Feb 26, 2019
Something else Tuvalu is #1 in: smallest economy in the world, regardless of how you measure.
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Jul 17, 2021
I remember reading many years ago that something like 20% of Tuvalu's revenue comes from the fact that they own the internet suffix ".tv" for URLs, as a result of their country name (like ".us" and ".uk"). So any television network or show that wants to end their domain with ".tv" needs to pay a licensing fee to Tuvalu. I actually read that in a book about the Simpsons. Can't remember why it was in there.
Widgaa
+2
Level 49
Jun 12, 2020
Very fun quiz!
johnappleseed
+2
Level 49
Jun 29, 2020
i thought the maldives had the lowest highest point?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jul 14, 2020
The Maldives is the flattest country in the world so I guess the average elevation difference across the whole country is the smallest, but it must have one or two atolls that stick up a bit more out of the water because Tuvalu's highest point is considered lower.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
Things that I would have liked to have added but could not find good data for:

1. SPAM consumption per capita. Pretty sure they're near the top of the list. The American territory of Guam is #1 worldwide, and Hawaii is the #1 US State, but I couldn't find a list of countries.

2. Tattoos. I believe the majority of Tuvaluans have tattoos somewhere on their bodies, but I couldn't find a list of countries by tattoo popularity that included Oceania.

3. Guano production/capita. I'm not sure if this is still an important industry, but it used to be the most important in Tuvalu and they produced huge quantities of the stuff.

4. Fewest languages spoken. From what I could uncover, there are only 2-4 languages spoken in the country which is pretty remarkable. I'm not sure if there is anywhere with fewer spoken languages.

johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
Jun 29, 2020
4 could be vatican city or monaco or nauru
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jul 14, 2020
I'm sure that both the Vatican and Monaco have many many many more languages spoken there than Tuvalu does, considering how many immigrants (100% in the Vatican!) each country hosts.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Feb 17, 2019
5. and finally, would have loved to have added something about coconut production/consumption, but couldn't find any complete lists for either. I found one list that ranked Sri Lanka as the #1 consumer of coconut per capita in the world at 72 kg/person annually, but that list did not include data on Tuvalu. I found something that said annual coconut production in Tuvalu is, if my math is correct, about 148 kg/person. So... if they consume anywhere near the amount that they produce, they should either surpass or be very near to Sri Lanka in terms of consumption.
CaoMaru
+2
Level 49
Feb 24, 2019
This is such a fun quiz. Love it.
EmeraldOracle
+3
Level 69
Apr 23, 2019
Loved this quiz! It really made me think. Just wondered, does Vatican City actually have a Parliament? I thought it was an absolute monarchy, and all my searching seems to confirm this.

Hope to see many more great quizzes.

kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Apr 23, 2019
this was my source for that. It says that the Vatican has a unicameral legislative body consisting of 7 members, tying with the Cocos Islands for the smallest legislature in the world. Clicking through the source cited for the Vatican takes you to the Vatican's state website, which lists 7 members of the Pontifical Commission, which I assume is the body being referenced. The last time it was convened was in 2014.
zakatan
+2
Level 65
Nov 15, 2019
It's a great one, adds diversity in the series
Findlay
+8
Level 82
Feb 29, 2020
Finally, Tuvalu gets its moment in the spotlight!
baptistegorce
+2
Level 54
Apr 9, 2020
Very nice quiz! I love it so I nominate this quiz. A few months ago, after taking this quiz, I've made an other countries that beat quiz in French and, yesterday, I've translated it in English. Can the quizmaker of this quiz give me his opinion about my quiz? Thank you very much!
qcumber
+1
Level 45
May 14, 2020
Why have so few people gotten the Maldives? The average height is 1.5 meters there...
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
May 14, 2020
Probably because it's one of only two clues with a single possible answer, and the Maldives' flatness is not as generally well-known as the Vatican's smallness.
Kahikatea
+1
Level 76
Aug 25, 2020
The 'first to see the New Year' answer is wrong. Kiribati should be on the list, as it extends to GMT+14
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Aug 25, 2020
I think I might have mistakenly based that category on longitude rather than time zones. I'd have to look it up again.
nichster
+6
Level 55
Oct 6, 2020
Why has this quiz left the nominations list? Is this due to the lack of diversity in answers or something else?
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Oct 6, 2020
it's going to be featured we're just going to change some of the answers.
nichster
+2
Level 55
Nov 1, 2020
Ok, cool. I look forward to taking it again when it's featured
baptistegorce
+1
Level 54
Dec 4, 2020
It’s too long... I want to see this quiz featured...
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Dec 4, 2020
I gave QM the go-ahead but there were a couple of questions he was concerned about sourcing for. Not sure if he is still going to or not.
baptistegorce
+2
Level 54
Jan 1, 2021
We want feature!

EDIT: Please, Quizmaster...

NV1
+1
Level 51
May 6, 2021
YEAH!!!!!!!!
baptistegorce
+2
Level 54
Nov 2, 2021
@kal Do you have news about this quiz...? It's sad to see it was almsot succeed, and then has been completely forgotten...
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 3, 2022
No I don't. I think QM decided not to feature it.
ing
+1
Level 72
Feb 3, 2021
It's probably number 1 in fewest automobiles. There's only one, belonging to the only hotel. Everyone else has motorscooters (and they drive like crazy on the 1.5 roads). Also number 1 in most sports played on an active airport runway (the only public space on Funafuti).
agoel
+2
Level 62
Dec 29, 2021
But... there are 2 cars in this photosphere: https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.5241941,179.194606,3a,75y,10.51h,79.95t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN39TuvjksUKMTeYlv3XQNs5NPBlxHUSzKfYLe-!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN39TuvjksUKMTeYlv3XQNs5NPBlxHUSzKfYLe-%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya183.09013-ro-0-fo100!7i6700!8i3350
MajorHurricane
+1
Level 57
Apr 4, 2021
spent a good minute figuring out why kiribati wasn't on the list for first to celebrate the new year (UTC+14) but didn't work....
FloodedHouse
+2
Level 49
Jan 28, 2022
These are all lies, nobody beats glorious nation of Tuvalu! Tuvalu is the strongest there is! 💪💪💪💪🇹🇻🇹🇻🇹🇻🇹🇻🇹🇻
SamIsCool
+1
Level 58
Apr 15, 2022
Absolutely loving how this was made because of spite
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 17, 2022
?
3nchiladas
+1
Level 69
Oct 17, 2022
Kiribati should be in the list of countries that celebrate the new year

Even if you go by longitude that doesn't make sense

cocachiantos
+1
Level 68
Nov 16, 2023
The phrasing "Least rainfall" is dubious, I first thought that it was a very dry country. I second figured you meant "Most total rainfall received over entire territory", as phrased in "Countries that beat Russia" for example
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