Countries and Mottos Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bulgaria

Bulgaria has had this motto since the union of two of its parts in 19th century. Bulgaria is an active member of NATO and a member of the European Union since January 1, 2007. The country has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, and is a founding member of the OSCE.

Answer: "Order and progress"

In Portuguese, the official language of Brazil, the motto is "Ordem e progresso". Brazil was colonized by Portugal and it is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas. The country's Roman Catholic population is the single largest of any country in the world.

Answer: Chile

Translated in Spanish, the language spoken in Chile, "By reason or by strength" is "Por la razón o la fuerza". Chile is a country in South America. The Pacific forms the country's entire western border, with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip.

Answer: "Fear God and honour the Queen"

The Fijians write their motto in Fijian - "Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na Tui". Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. The country occupies an archipelago of about 322 islands, of which 106 are permanently inhabited, and 522 islets.

Answer: France

France got this motto after the French Revolution. France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. In some of its overseas departments, France also shares land borders with Brazil, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. France is also linked to the United Kingdom via the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.

Answer: Iraq

In Arabic, (much of the population of Iraq is Arabic) "God is Great" is the famous phrase "Allahu Akbar". Iraq shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf.

Answer: "With God's help"

It is usually written in Latin - "Deo juvante". Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world and the world's second-smallest independent country, with a population of just 32,410 and an area of 1.95 square kilometers . It has more millionaires per capita than any other country in the world. It is the smallest French speaking country in the world.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

"There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet" is also a citation from the Koran. Saudi Arabia is well-known for being a welfare state since the discovery of oil.

Answer: Spain

Spanish write their motto in Latin and it is "Plus Ultra". Spain, to the east and to the south of Galicia, borders Portugal. To the south, it borders Gibraltar (a British overseas territory) and, through its cities in North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla), Morocco.

Answer: "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength"

In Danish the motto of Denmark is "Guds hjelp, Folkets kerlighed, Danmarks styrke". Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland, which borders northern Germany, plus a large number of islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Vendsyssel-Thy, Lolland and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.