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Countries of the World Trivia Quiz

Hello! Let's see how much you know about countries. I give you a fact and you give me which country I'm talking about.

A multiple-choice quiz by colombia. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
colombia

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
76,822

Updated
Sep 23 23

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
13114

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 110 (8/25), Guest 136 (23/25), camhammer (20/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is the only country that shares a significant land border with Canada? Hint

United States

Russia

Greenland

Mexico

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Question 2 of 25

2. This country is located entirely surrounded by South Africa! Hint

Eswatini

Botswana

Namibia

Lesotho

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Question 3 of 25

3. This is the only country in South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Hint

Colombia

Chile

Peru

Brazil

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Question 4 of 25

4. This country is entirely surrounded by Senegal. Hint

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Gambia

Liberia

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Question 5 of 25

5. Does Papua New Guinea border Indonesia?

Yes

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which one of the following countries is 100 per cent land locked? Hint

Nigeria

Chad

Sudan

Ghana

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which one of the following countries does NOT have a land border with Saudi Arabia? Hint

Qatar

Syria

Oman

Yemen

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which one of the following countries is an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean? Hint

Vanuatu

Maldives

Jamaica

Kiribati

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which one of the following has a land border with Morocco? Hint

Senegal

Portugal

Western Sahara

Guinea

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which one of the following countries does not border Brazil? Hint

Peru

Suriname

Colombia

Ecuador

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Question 11 of 25

11. This country is known as 'Aotearoa' by the Maori (natives). Hint

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Australia

Iceland

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which of the following countries borders Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia? Hint

Sudan

Kenya

Djibouti

Tanzania

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which of the following countries borders the Dominican Republic? Hint

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Haiti

Cuba

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which one of the following countries does not border South Africa? Hint

Zimbabwe

Namibia

Angola

Botswana

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which one of the following countries is located between Mozambique and Madagascar in the Mozambique Channel? Hint

Seychelles

Comoros

Mauritius

Cape Verde

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Question 16 of 25

16. Malabo, the capital city of this country, is located in an island, even though the country has territory in mainland Africa. Hint

Cameroon

Gabon

Equatorial Guinea

Congo

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Burma? Hint

Myanmar

Vietnam

Laos

Thailand

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Upper Volta? Hint

Central African Republic

Burkina Faso

Chad

Niger

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia? Hint

Zambia

Mozambique

Malawi

Zimbabwe

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Question 20 of 25

20. Tarawa is the capital city of this country. Hint

Tuvalu

Tonga

Kiribati

Vanuatu

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which of the following countries became an independent country in July 2011? Hint

South Sudan

Zimbabwe

Eritrea

Namibia

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which one of the following countries does NOT border Colombia? Hint

Chile

Peru

Ecuador

Panama

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which one of the following countries does not border Russia? Hint

Bhutan

Ukraine

Mongolia

Belarus

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which one of the following countries does NOT border Libya? Hint

Tunisia

Mali

Egypt

Chad

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Question 25 of 25

25. Bogot�, D.C. is the capital city of this country. Hint

Peru

Venezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the only country that shares a significant land border with Canada?

Answer: United States

Greenland is an island and doesn't border anyone, except for an extremely small border with Canada on an Arctic island. Mexico and Russia are quite far away from Canada.

2. This country is located entirely surrounded by South Africa!

Answer: Lesotho

A lot of people think Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is also completely surrounded by South Africa, however, it does border Mozambique. It's not easy to see it on a map though.

3. This is the only country in South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Answer: Colombia

Peru and Chile are on the Pacific Ocean and Brazil on the Atlantic.

4. This country is entirely surrounded by Senegal.

Answer: Gambia

The Gambian territory is bordered by the Gambia River. The country is located completely within Senegal.

5. Does Papua New Guinea border Indonesia?

Answer: Yes

Indonesia borders Papua New Guinea in the Island of New Guinea. The Indonesian province bordering PNG was called Western Irian or Irian Jaya, now called Papua.

6. Which one of the following countries is 100 per cent land locked?

Answer: Chad

Nigeria and Ghana are located on the Gulf of Guinea and Sudan on the Red Sea.

7. Which one of the following countries does NOT have a land border with Saudi Arabia?

Answer: Syria

Syria is on the other side of Jordan from Saudi Arabia.

8. Which one of the following countries is an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean?

Answer: Maldives

Vanuatu and Kiribati are located in Oceania and Jamaica is in the Caribbean.

9. Which one of the following has a land border with Morocco?

Answer: Western Sahara

10. Which one of the following countries does not border Brazil?

Answer: Ecuador

Ecuador and Chile are the only two countries in South America that do not border Brazil.

11. This country is known as 'Aotearoa' by the Maori (natives).

Answer: New Zealand

The Maori are the natives of New Zealand. Aotearoa means the land of the long white cloud.

12. Which of the following countries borders Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia?

Answer: Djibouti

Djibouti is a tiny country on the Red Sea. But even though it's so small, it borders three countries.

13. Which of the following countries borders the Dominican Republic?

Answer: Haiti

The Dominican Republic is located on the Hispaniola Island. The western part of it belongs to Haiti.

14. Which one of the following countries does not border South Africa?

Answer: Angola

Angola used to border South Africa until 1990 when Namibia became independent. Now Namibia is in the middle. Oh, Namibia used to be a South African territory.

15. Which one of the following countries is located between Mozambique and Madagascar in the Mozambique Channel?

Answer: Comoros

Seychelles and Mauritius are located east of Madagascar and Cape Verde is on the Atlantic Ocean near Senegal.

16. Malabo, the capital city of this country, is located in an island, even though the country has territory in mainland Africa.

Answer: Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish speaking country in Africa (well, they speak Spanish in the Western Sahara but it's not considered a independent country, being mostly controlled by Morocco).

17. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Burma?

Answer: Myanmar

Although they took the effort to change their internet code from .bu to .mm, they only have a couple of servers in the whole country.

18. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Upper Volta?

Answer: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. They lack water and the main river, the Volta, is totally polluted.

19. Which one of the following countries was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia?

Answer: Zimbabwe

Rhodesia in honour of Cecil Rhodes, the British explorer who first settled there.

20. Tarawa is the capital city of this country.

Answer: Kiribati

Kiribati is located on the International Date Line. It is the country many people went to, to be the first ones into the new millennium.

21. Which of the following countries became an independent country in July 2011?

Answer: South Sudan

South Sudan was formerly part of the nation of Sudan. Civil wars within Sudan were fought and eventually South Sudan gained their independence on July 9th, 2011. The capital city is Juba, home to approximately 370,000 of South Sudan's eight million people.

22. Which one of the following countries does NOT border Colombia?

Answer: Chile

Colombia is in the northern tip of South America while Chile is way down south.

23. Which one of the following countries does not border Russia?

Answer: Bhutan

Bhutan is located between India and China. It's a very small country on top of the Himalayas.

24. Which one of the following countries does NOT border Libya?

Answer: Mali

Mali has borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Libya is on the eastern side of Algeria, Mali on the west.

25. Bogot�, D.C. is the capital city of this country.

Answer: Colombia

Bogot�, formerly known as Santaf� de Bogot�. Founded by Gonzalo Jim�nez de Quesada. It's a great, very green city located on top of the Andes. Great landscapes around it.

Source: Author colombia

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