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Welcome to our Country Quiz - 35 questions all about countries!
Quiz I
- Which Southeast Asian country is now called Myanmar?
- What is the offical language of Austria?
- Which country's capital and most populous city is Minsk?
- As of March 2018, which is the world's newest country? (Hint: Its capital and largest city is Juba)
- The Ross Dependency is claimed by which country?
- In which country is Auschwitz?
- The contemporary use of the word 'jean' comes from the French word for which European city (where the first denim trousers were made)?
- In which country is the port of Frey Bentos?
- Astana is the capital of which landlocked country?
- Tarsus, the scene of the first meeting between Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and the birthplace of Paul the Apostle, is in which modern day country?
- Angkor, that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, is in which Asian country?
- Chernobyl is in which country?
- What name links an African country with the oldest university in the world and the fez-wearing sidekick of Secret Squirrel?
- Inhabited by man since at least 4,000 BC, Plovdiv is the second largest city in which country?
- The remains of the city of Babylon are in which modern day country?
Answers:
- Burma
- German
- Belarus
- South Sudan
- New Zealand (it's a region of Antarctica)
- Poland
- Genoa, Italy (although the name 'denim' derives from the French city of Nimes)
- Uruguay
- Kazakhstan
- Turkey
- Cambodia
- Ukraine
- Morocco (sidekick is Morocco Mole)
- Bulgaria
- Iraq
Countries Trivia II
- Which is the largest country in Africa?
- In which country were 23.6% of the population foreign born in 2004?
- Which republic consists of 26 cantons?
- Which country has the highest murder rate?
- Name South America's only two landlocked countries?
- Which country has the fourth highest population in the world?
- Which is the second-largest country in the Arab world?
- Name the largest landlocked country in the world?
- What is the populatiion of Poland: (a)29 million, (b)39 million, or (c)49 million?
- Four countries have a larger English speaking population than the United Kingdom; can you name them?
- Mongolia is separated from which country by only 22 miles?
- Which landlocked country in Eastern Europe is bordered by Romania and Ukraine?
- Panama has land borders with two countries, can you name both?
- Which country has the second largest Spanish speaking population in the world?
- What is the population of Iran: (a) 38 million, (b) 58 million, or (c)78 million?
- Debrecen, Miskolc and Pecs are cities in which European country?
- Which landlocked country lies to the north of Cambodia?
- Swaziland is landlocked between which two countries?
- Which country has 90% of its wildlife found nowhere else on Earth?
- Which country has the highest population in Africa?
Answers:
- Algeria
- Australia
- Switzerland
- Honduras
- Bolivia and Paraguay
- Indonesia
- Saudi Arabia (after Algeria)
- Kazakhstan
- 39 million
- United States, India, Pakistan, and Nigeria
- Kazakhstan
- Moldova
- Costa Rica and Colombia
- Colombia
- 78 million
- Hungary
- Laos
- South Africa and Mozambique
- Madagascar
- Nigeria